Senior riders

[kingrollo]

Do the same for our autistic daughter. Comes home every weekend, so can only get out on the bike Tues to Friday. So try and do a short ride on each of those days.

Respect. That must be a tough gig at times.

 

[kingrollo]

58 and suddenly realised wherever I go (apart from national trust sites) I'm always the oldest there......depressing !!

 

[Dogtrousers]

58 and suddenly realised wherever I go (apart from national trust sites) I'm always the oldest there......depressing !!

And Cyclechat!

 

[steveindenmark]

I am 64 and am still riding 200km a week when I am not training.

 

[Petrichorwheels]

I think there are lots of us in our 60s, 70s and 80s. Maybe beyond!
Is that 'senior' enough for you? I'm right in the middle of that age range, but I think of it as my second - and better - youth.

do feel free to tell us about the worse youth -before light seen.

 

[taximan]

77 and I consider myself an old fart but young at heart. I cant ride anything like the miles that some of the guys and gals on here do but I enjoy what I can do.

 

[postman]

77 and I consider myself an old fart but young at heart. I cant ride anything like the miles that some of the guys and gals on here do but I enjoy what I can do.

There is an actual Old Farts cycle Jersey on the internet.

 

[Juan Kog]

Thought I would share a conversation I had a few weeks ago with another mature cyclist . We were (far) too old too be M.A.M.I.L s so we were P.I.L.O.C s , that’s pensioners in Lycra on cycles .

 

[Erasmus]

Our little gang of slow old duffers (acronym there in itself) refer to ourselves as f.o.s.s.i.l's - fat old silly somethings in lycra (words for the s's vary...)

 

[Gwylan]

Well there must be a good few seniors on here, well I'm one as just comming up to my 75th birthday. I took up cycling again at 65 to have more of a heathly lifestyle after a fairly sedentarly job fortunatly I took to it and now find that as the years go by find I don't go anyware near as far as I did but still enjoy it even if after all this time havn't found a comfortable saddle yet! So I don't plan to give up tillthe knees tellme to.

Welcome to my world!

 

[Fredo76]

The Beatles wrote a song about my age. I'm still fed, and I think I'm at least a nice-to-have, maybe a little nicer after re-starting cycling a couple years ago. I'm half as fast as I used to be, and haven't yet ridden half as far as I used to ride, but I feel better than I have in a long time.

Congratulations!

Keep it fun and you'll keep it up.

 

[Sharky]

The Beatles wrote a song about my age.

I played one of the "age" songs to my then GF on her birthday, then 47 years later played the other ageist song to her, now my OH.

 

[taximan]

There is an actual Old Farts cycle Jersey on the internet.

Thanks for the info postman. Just added it to my 'must have' list.

 

[Mart44]

I'm 77 and took up off-road cycling as a born again cyclist at age 52. Gave that up around 4 years ago. I am now much more sedate and ride a Scott e-bike on the road most of the time. I still have my Claud Butler mountain bike and ride it sometimes but I think tackling some of the off-road hills I used to ride up would be out of the question now ..but still onwards and upwards eh? ..or onwards, along and preferably downwards.

 

[rustybolts]

71 and riding the roads , all good