"old fart travelling gently"

[GrahamNR17]

I'm only 'nearly 44' but wouldn't wear lycra anymore. I was brought up with a high regard for public decency

 

[Speck]

I say the older you are the more you should spend on kit, but don't let your family know. That way the rest of us can hoover up some bargains when you pop your clogs.......every cloud and all that

Mrs Speck would get a shock when she found out that it's worth more second hand than what I paid for it new

 

[youngoldbloke]

If others like carbon fibre teapots and jet powered prams, or whatever, they are still (just) free to do so. I may not choose to join youngoldbloke and those who wish to go high tec, but I'll certainly cheer them on.
Thanks for that, Porteus, and thanks for the loan of your original quote - hope you didn't mind! Reassuring that there are obviously many other like minded people out there too.

 

[Banjo]

I am in my 60's, ride a straight barred hybrid, even wear poncy gear at times, and do you know what, I don't give a shoot what the young posers think of me. It's my ride, my gear, my money I spend, so stuff the lot of them.

It is sad that cycling has become so snobbery driven.

My attitude exactly I have a straight bar bike and a modern drop bar roadbike. I wear lycra leggings because they dry quickly keep your legs warm and dont flap about.Fashion doesnt come into it.

As well as some Endura Waterproofs for long rides I also have a set of industrial type waterproopfs for commuting.Someone once said I look like a bin man on a bike.Binmen arent silly,they are out there all weathers.

Ride what you like wear what you like,enjoy yourself and dont be a fashion victim.

 

[valleyold boy]

66 year old,have been riding a flat bar hybrid,but bought a new MTB last week as a winter bike,took a spin up to cwmcarn forest last week on it,in lycra of course.

 

[addictfreak]

Yep im with you!

48 with carbon bikes, lycra, shades the works. A by god I look good:?:

 

[wilko]

I'm 58 and just taken up cycling again. I own a flatbar hybrid/roadbike and today went out in lycra for the first time. I have to say I was very comfortable on the bike, but would feel a bit self conscious off it. I am planning to get a Spesh Roubaix next year and enter some Audax rides so no intention of slowing down here.

 

[jimheaney57]

Yep im with you!

48 with carbon bikes, lycra, shades the works. A by god I look good:?:

No carbon bike for me, but I do the lycra & shades.

Can't say I look good, but I try to go fast enough and don't stop so people can't see me

If I pass people I know they don't recognise me with the shades and the helmet so it's all good

 

[rich p]

I'm 55 and ride with a group aged 54, 58,58 and 65 and we all where lycra and ride carbon or ali road bikes. We love it and don't give a monkeys what we look like.

If I'm pottering down the town I may wear something less garish.

 

[hubgearfreak]

my gear, my money I spend, so stuff the lot of them.

I would put it even stronger than "stuff the lot of them"

lycra, shades the works. A by god I look good

good on you chaps. you should wear exactly what, when and where you want. i don't mind punks, kids with hoodies and jeans at peanut level or transvestites either

 

[Aperitif]

I'm chucking a post on this thread just for fun. But I'm young...
Watch out for MacB you oldies - he's after your stuff. He'll start with a sociable PM like "Oh, I was wondering if..."

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Another one here growing old disgracefully, 58, chest full of stents, flies round on a Pearson fixed, wears cycle gear for the club runs ordinary clothes for general running about and intends to keep going until forced to stop.

 

[Wobbly John]

Fastest guy in our club is 62. Rides carbon fibre Planet X bikes as he's sponsored by them (he has a geared & a fixed). He normally pushes 108" gear on the fixed for time trails.

 

[MacB]

I'm chucking a post on this thread just for fun. But I'm young...
Watch out for MacB you oldies - he's after your stuff. He'll start with a sociable PM like "Oh, I was wondering if..."

Bah, rumbled, and I thought I was being so subtle

 

[jimheaney57]

i don't mind punks, kids with hoodies and jeans at peanut level or transvestites either

I can't have the spides & the kids with hoodies

I'd slap ASBO's on them all until their dopey parents have them slapped into shape