From "Fred" to "Road Nazi" in a Year

Before:



















After:



















I posted this on bikeforums.net, but then looked back and noticed that these pictures were taken almost exactly a year apart. The first "before" picture was from the last week of July 2007 on the Portland Velo Century (which, by the way, completely destroyed me). The second "after" was at the Sunset Crit in mid August of 2008.

Notice the pasty skin and fat flab in the first picture.  I bought the Trek one week after the first picture was taken, then lost 20 lbs and started training and racing with the Portland Velo team.