age concern
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kedab
Veteran
- Location
- nr cambridge
35 now and i wish i could cycle as fast as the years seem to go by! i hope my misspent youth doesn't catch me up
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gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Thanks guys. You lot make me feel good although I never felt my age but always younger. Off to a ride now.
kedab
Veteran
- Location
- nr cambridge
Don't worry kedab, most of my life has been misspent but it's not stopping me riding my bikes.
haha! i'm printing that quote for use as a motivational poster! Cheers
give over, Arch. Nobody't going to go for that! I bet you still get half price at the flicks!
Salad Dodger
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kent Coast
I was 54 last time I looked.
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
I met a cycle tourist in his 80s touring Orkney, when asked if he was touring alone he replied yes, since his cycling friends got married he has just cycletoured on his own. I didn't like to suggest that most likely the grandchildren of his cycling friends would also have been married by now.
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
70 and still riding 150 miles per week Is there an bracket for attaching a zimmer frame to my bike.Your as young as the wommen you feel.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Over the past 3 years, about 60 forum members have turned out for my hilly forum rides and I'd say that roughly 1/3 were under 35, 1/3 were aged 35 to 50, and 1/3 over 50. I am 55.
I've had a few riders aged 60+ come out and they were fitter than some of the under 35s. Of course, the fact that my rides are very hilly might influence who decides to come along. Maybe I get more younger riders than I should because some older riders are put off?
HLaB's photo of the summit of the Port de Tudons reminds me of one of my Costa Blanca trips. That mountain is one of the biggish climbs near Benidorm and we always went up that a couple of times during the Spring training camps I attended.
On one occasion we had climbed the Tudons from sea level on the Benidorm side which (as you can see from the photo) involves over 1,000 metres of ascent. We'd descended the far side, climbed back up to Confrides then whizzed down to a cafe at Guadalest where we had a long break in the sunshine.
I was sat there chatting to a married couple and their friend. I'd met them there 4 years on the trot. An overweight man waddled over to us, followed by his wife. He spoke to the husband in our couple ...
Fat man: "Excuse me - I couldn't help overhearing you - you're British aren't you?"
Cyclist: "Yes."
Fat man: "I was wondering if you are cyclists?"
Cyclist: "Well, we certainly didn't all drive up here wearing Lycra shorts!"
Fat man (flustered): "Ah yes, I suppose so! Er, is there some kind of cycle race going on today because we drove up the Tudons earlier and saw lots of cyclists riding up it?"
Cyclist: "That could have been us - we rode over it on the way here."
Fat man (shocked): "Eh? Well, I used to be a cyclist when I was young but of course I'm too old for all that now. I retired this year - I'm 65!"
Cyclist (spitting out his coffee): "Absolute piffle, man - apart from that young man there [me] we are all well into our 70s! We come out here every winter to spend 3 months riding in the sunshine!"
Fat man (flabbergasted): "I, er, well, you ..."
Wife of fat man: "Right, that's decided it - I'm buying us bikes when we get home!"
It was a fantastic moment!
I've had a few riders aged 60+ come out and they were fitter than some of the under 35s. Of course, the fact that my rides are very hilly might influence who decides to come along. Maybe I get more younger riders than I should because some older riders are put off?
HLaB's photo of the summit of the Port de Tudons reminds me of one of my Costa Blanca trips. That mountain is one of the biggish climbs near Benidorm and we always went up that a couple of times during the Spring training camps I attended.
On one occasion we had climbed the Tudons from sea level on the Benidorm side which (as you can see from the photo) involves over 1,000 metres of ascent. We'd descended the far side, climbed back up to Confrides then whizzed down to a cafe at Guadalest where we had a long break in the sunshine.
I was sat there chatting to a married couple and their friend. I'd met them there 4 years on the trot. An overweight man waddled over to us, followed by his wife. He spoke to the husband in our couple ...
Fat man: "Excuse me - I couldn't help overhearing you - you're British aren't you?"
Cyclist: "Yes."
Fat man: "I was wondering if you are cyclists?"
Cyclist: "Well, we certainly didn't all drive up here wearing Lycra shorts!"
Fat man (flustered): "Ah yes, I suppose so! Er, is there some kind of cycle race going on today because we drove up the Tudons earlier and saw lots of cyclists riding up it?"
Cyclist: "That could have been us - we rode over it on the way here."
Fat man (shocked): "Eh? Well, I used to be a cyclist when I was young but of course I'm too old for all that now. I retired this year - I'm 65!"
Cyclist (spitting out his coffee): "Absolute piffle, man - apart from that young man there [me] we are all well into our 70s! We come out here every winter to spend 3 months riding in the sunshine!"
Fat man (flabbergasted): "I, er, well, you ..."
Wife of fat man: "Right, that's decided it - I'm buying us bikes when we get home!"
It was a fantastic moment!
I aspire to joining this lot.....
The cyclist on the Trike was Ron Beams, and the photos taken on his 99th birthday. IIRC at least three of these riders were in their 80's
The excellent Mr. Dare (see above) is in the red shirt. I think that the chap in the yellow shirt was Tom Fish who was in his 'early' nineties. Ron passed away just before his 100th birthday. Rumour has it that there was a small electric motor under the bike - but I think that, at a certain point in life you're entitled.
The oldest we've had on the FNRttC (which grew out of the South West London DA) was 69.
Paladin - York
New Member
- Location
- York
You're nobbut a bairn.
Last year, on an Explore trip to South Africa Dick Zeiner from Sacramento CA, 79, was like a tiger up the Swartberg Pass or was it down? It made me feel good anyway.
Keep watching the "birthdays" on the Forums page.
Last year, on an Explore trip to South Africa Dick Zeiner from Sacramento CA, 79, was like a tiger up the Swartberg Pass or was it down? It made me feel good anyway.
Keep watching the "birthdays" on the Forums page.