Your entire cycling life, past, present and future.

[Andrew_Culture]

Just a bit of fun, where do you see your cycling life heading? Here's my cycling past, present and future:

<15yrs old
Rough and tumble bikes like Grifters

16 - 30yrs old
BSO Mountain bikes

30 - 40yrs old (now!)
Alu road bike, MTB and Single Speed

40 - 45yrs old
Ill judged and 'wasted on me' carbon bike and Single Speed

45 - 55yrs old
Alu road bike and recumbent trike

55 - 100yrs old
Personal hovercraft, orbit capable EMV


What's yours?

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Kid : Rayleigh thick wheeled kiddy bike of doom and much joy

16: Got my 1st road bike and road to Paris via Normandy

17-46 naff all cycling due to allowing self to get fat in pursuit of riches and a partner who had zero interest (not her fault though I guess)

46 got on MTB of doom and fell off lots in the park
47 Bought Dawes galaxy to support excess bulk and lose excess bulk
Rode up to Norfolk and around coast and back
Rode from Bremen to Basel
Rode from Calais to Montpellier
Became slim and gorgeous and fit
Bought Bianchi and grew hair back to correct length
Rode Shinto across America
About to ride around Cyprus

....the future...

"one day at a time, smell the roses taste the wine"

 

[Sara_H]

2 - 5 some kind of brightly coloured trike.

5 -10 lovely, pretty blue raleigh, with cream tyres. Started with stabilisers.

10 - 13 No Bike

14 - ill advised bike of unknown origin. Handlebars used to intermittantly collapse.

14 - 23 - No bike

23 - 27 Woolsworths BSO

27 - 35 Halfords BSO

35 - 38 Dawes Sonoran

38 -40 Dawes Sonoran, Specialized Myka Elite

39 - 40 Dawes Sonoran, Specialized Myka Elite, Raleigh Caprice 1994, Hoptown 5

 

[DCLane]

3-5: starter bike, which I stopped riding when I knocked a stabiliser off
5-10: kiddie bike
11-22: Raleigh red road bikes, 2nd was stolen
22-41: cheap road bikes, not fitting properly so didn't ride and got fat
41-42 (i.e. now!): a mixture of bikes, road/MTB/other
43-50: as above, plus a decent top-end bike (please!)
50+: who knows!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Kid : Rayleigh thick wheeled kiddy bike of doom and much joy

16: Got my 1st road bike and road to Paris via Normandy

17-46 naff all cycling due to allowing self to get fat in pursuit of riches and a partner who had zero interest (not her fault though I guess)

46 got on MTB of doom and fell off lots in the park
47 Bought Dawes galaxy to support excess bulk and lose excess bulk
Rode up to Norfolk and around coast and back
Rode from Bremen to Basel
Rode from Calais to Montpellier
Became slim and gorgeous and fit
Bought Bianchi and grew hair back to correct length
Rode Shinto across America
About to ride around Cyprus

....the future...

"one day at a time, smell the roses taste the wine"

Bikes of dooooooooooooom!

 

[Sandra6]

Love it.
So mine
2-pink traditional trike.
5- taught to ride a bike on my brother's old cast off.
7/8 - bought my very own bike which I rode round the block for the next few years.
16/17 occasional jaunts on a borrowed bike.
25 one failed attempt at cycling to the shops
39 (i.e now) hybrid used for cycling everywhere
40 - 50 addition of a road bike, mtb, new commuter,
50 -60 addition of child seat/trailer to said bikes for purpose of transporting grandchildren
60 plus development of a granny trailer to be transported by said grandchildren.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Love it.
So mine
2-pink traditional trike.
5- taught to ride a bike on my brother's old cast off.
7/8 - bought my very own bike which I rode round the block for the next few years.
16/17 occasional jaunts on a borrowed bike.
25 one failed attempt at cycling to the shops
39 (i.e now) hybrid used for cycling everywhere
40 - 50 addition of a road bike, mtb, new commuter,
50 -60 addition of child seat/trailer to said bikes for purpose of transporting grandchildren
60 plus development of a granny trailer to be transported by said grandchildren.

Oops, I totally forgot the addition of a cargo bike for carting about my wee one!

 

[fossyant]

0-8 Raleigh Budgie
8-13 Raleigh Chopper
13-16 Coventry Eagle Strato Road Bike
16-20 Raleigh Road Ace 531c Shimano 600 Ultegra
20-25 Road Ace as above, but 2 new frames after accidents - Ribble 653 that I have now
20-40 Ribble 653 Ultegra, Custom Frank Herety Columbus SLX Full Dura Ace, Diamond Back MTB XT/LX (all bought before I was 23)
40-43 Ribble 653 Ultegra, Custom Frank Herety Columbus SLX Full Dura Ace, Diamond Back MTB XT/LX, Wills Wheels Custom Fixed Road Bike

43 onwards Same as above, maybe another MTB, maybe a carbon Road bike - one can wish !

 

[fossyant]

Oh and don't start a bicycle light collection list !

 

[Paulus]

At the tender age of about three my first triang tricycle.
5-6 yet another Triang tricycle, like this but blue--

7-11 my first real bike,20 inch wheels, and blue again, rod brakes and steel mudguards. a Triumph Pilot.
11-16 a Raleigh with 26 inch wheels and three speed Sturmey Archer gears. Blue and gold colour. Passed my cycling proficency test 1968.
16-21 various racing bikes, Raleigh, Peugeot.
22-30 my first Dawes Galaxy Toured around France into Spain.
30-40 Added an Dawes Audax bike, Joined the CTC.
40-50 Touring again, Crested Mont Ventoux after an hour and 30 minuits. Bought my first bike from Condor, always wanted to get one of their bikes
50-55 Now have too many bikes, I need a new shed.

 

[ColinJ]

Something like:

• 0-4 Riding a tricycle which I probably loved, but it's over half a century ago (!) so I can't remember much about it and the people who could are no longer alive.
• 9-11 I had a Raleigh singlespeed which I rode and rode until it fell to bits.
• 11-13 A 5-speed Raleigh took over and I started venturing further afield on that, including my school 'commute'.
• 13-33 My bike was stolen from the school bike sheds and that was me done with cycling for 20 years.
• 33 Thank you, Greg Lemond! Watching your superb '8 second' Tour de France victory over Fignon inspired me to buy a road bike.
• 33-56 Riding miscellaneous road bikes and mountain bikes up here in Yorkshire/Lancashire and on various holidays in the UK and abroad. Fitness levels veering wildly between superb and poor.
• 56-57 Neglecting my cycling almost killed me! I developed a large DVT which spread to my chest and caused a pulmonary embolism which has kept me off bikes for the longest time in 23 years. Still fighting to get well enough to ride again!
• 57-85+ (Hopefully!) Another couple of decades or more on the bike, attaining higher levels of fitness than ever before, and cycling in the high mountains at last.

 

[MarkF]

I didn't get a bike till I was 12, we were too poor.

12-15 - Elswick Hopper something or other racing bike. I'd tell my parents I was "going out" and then do 50/60 mile day trips into the Dales, they had no idea. I had a big world. I rode that bike into the ground then found football & girls.

Finished with footie (but not with girls) at 40, with arthritis, it was suggested that cycling might "free" up my hips.

42 -43. Muddy Fox MTB. Was a 17" frame, I am 6'1", I knew n.o.t.h.i.n.g and had no idea that adult bikes came in different sizes. I didn't enjoy it.
44- 45. Dawes Galaxy. This bigger bike was useless in the woods. I had no idea why so many people wanted to buy a steel bike with a manky saddle.(Brooks B17)
45 - 46. Joined cycling forum and pennies started dropping. Dawes Discovery 201, then a 301, then a 401. Toured in dales.
46 - 47. Dawes Discovery 501 arrives, it is l.o.v.e. Toured France, Asturias and the Dales. Dahon D7 arrives for Dutch holiday. Officially addicted
47 - 48. Dawes MTB joined the hybrid, along came a Dawes Horizon for touring, this time Andalucia and the Dales.
48 - 49. Ridgeback Horizon replaced the Dawes Horizon, a Trek FX arrived and a disaster as my 501 was stolen on a Catalonia tour. Old GT Outpost arrives for "shopping".
49 - 50. Things are hotting up. Ridgeback goes. Dahon goes, Trek FX goes, Specialized Sirrus comes in and ridden Bilbao to Malaga. Think drops might be a good idea, in comes Triban 3. Disco 501 located in Barcelona and repatriated on my 3rd bleedin trip. Sirrus goes.

I have a lot of plans..............

 

[Black Sheep]

Here's my cycling past, present and guess at the future:

<15yrs old
mountain bikes by raleigh and muddy fox, playing on the old pit stacks and in the woods or just riding down stairs on the local (non council) housing estate

16 - 22yrs old
Mountain bikes, mountain bikes, mountain bikes, jump bike and XC bike, XC bike becomes singlespeed

22-25yrs old
Steel mountain bike (still single speed) jump bike sold to fund re-build of dad's 60's road racer, bikes used for transport and enjoyment - manage to get fiancee into mountain biking

25-30yrs old
Bike still for transport but also have access to a car, using bike less and less as no longer practical to cycle to work, bought motorbike.

30-35yrs old (now)
Still steel frames for both mountain and road, move to very hilly area, struggling on 5 speed road bike. Probably going to struggle even more by adding child seats.

35 - 45yrs old
Still steel frames for both mountain and road, spending time fixing kids bikes

45 - 55yrs old
Still steel frames for both mountain and road,

55 - 100yrs old
jet pack.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

At the tender age of about three my first triang tricycle.
5-6 yet another Triang tricycle, like this but blue--

7-11 my first real bike,20 inch wheels, and blue again, rod brakes and steel mudguards. a Triumph Pilot.
11-16 a Raleigh with 26 inch wheels and three speed Sturmey Archer gears. Blue and gold colour. Passed my cycling proficency test 1968.
16-21 various racing bikes, Raleigh, Peugeot.
22-30 my first Dawes Galaxy Toured around France into Spain.
30-40 Added an Dawes Audax bike, Joined the CTC.
40-50 Touring again, Crested Mont Ventoux after an hour and 30 minuits. Bought my first bike from Condor, always wanted to get one of their bikes
50-55 Now have too many bikes, I need a new shed.

I understood everything apart from the first half of the last sentence...

 

[Paulus]

I understood everything apart from the first half of the last sentence...

Maybe should of said, too many for my present shed.