At what age did you start getting slower?

[RoadBikeRecommendation]

Final average was actually 21mph according to club website. I'm planning another swipe at it in a couple of weeks. Will report back. Legs are fairly painful today though. Must be age!

 

[marzjennings]

Shut it ! I'm coming round to let your tyres down !

Sorry, but at 43 this year I've accepted the fact that the Olympic selection committee isn't going to come knocking at my door. But on the upside if I keep training and riding hard I reckon I'll be able to take on Lance by the time I'm 50. Unless of course he still has access to better pills than me.

 

[Nosaj]

Veteran agre records from our club

10 mile TT - 23.16 - 70 year old
25 mile TT - 59.50 - 71 yr old
50 mile TT 1.59.50 - 65 year old

And the best one yet was set this year 31 minutes 38 seconds for a ten mile TT - Age 82!

Food for thought

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Well I am 43, and was cycing home Wednsday, beautiful weather doing blistering 23 mph on the flat, I was over taken by a guy on a TT bike, who was definately older than me, I latched onto his back wheel at 27 mph !
so there's still room for my own improvement !

 

[gb155]

Ironically after lighting up my PB's this week I was thinking the same as the OP, when it is downhill on speed, reading this has cheered me up

 

[derrick]

At 60 am still doing personal best's, only started road biking about a year ago, and have watched my average go up to 16.4 mph over a 40 mile route, and i think there is more to come, have ridden mtb's for quite a few years before i started on the road, am enjoying myself more now than ever before, have got family and freinds involved as well.

 

[HLaB]

I did a 10 mile TT the other night and the 11 of the top 12 were all plus 50 years except the winner (21.13), he is a sprightly 48 year old.