Fifty Plus (50+) - 70 plus year old rider = 100,000 miles

Just thought I would share this with the 50 + group. There is a recreation trail near me that is rated one of the highest trails in the area. It runs nearly 34 miles. There is a guy that rides the trail round trip (around 68 miles) 3 to 5 days a week. I believe I was told he is in his 70's. This past may he went past 97,000 miles. He is projected to get 100,000 miles in August. Here is the link to the article

http://www.vacreepertrail.org/

Steve

An inspiring guy. Thanks for the link.

Al

I regularly ride with a member of the 300,000 mile club (all these miles have to be verified) but he must be well in excess of that total by now. The man is 87 and has just bought a new hybrid.

At 54, I can speak for most of you when I say I hope I am doing what he is when I'm his age!!

These old railroad bed trails are really cool. There are two in Central Florida, one near Ocala, the other near Gaineslille. I recently did the Ocala one and found it to be really super. Not cluttered with riders and, being an old railroad bed, it passed through small towns along the way.

They call these "Linear Parks" and are maintained by various park systems. I wish we had one in the Fort Lauderdale area. If we did however, it would probably be too crowded.

What so amazing about this guy is he will get his 100,000 miles in 10 years.

200,000 miles of riding tandem bicycles TWOgether!
Same guy, same woman, our 5th tandem . . . BTW we do not count riding single bicycle miles, just tandem.
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem

At 54, I can speak for most of you when I say I hope I am doing what he is when I'm his age!!

These old railroad bed trails are really cool. There are two in Central Florida, one near Ocala, the other near Gaineslille. I recently did the Ocala one and found it to be really super. Not cluttered with riders and, being an old railroad bed, it passed through small towns along the way.

They call these "Linear Parks" and are maintained by various park systems. I wish we had one in the Fort Lauderdale area. If we did however, it would probably be too crowded.

That is one thing that is great about living in the Midwest. We have plenty of these trail on which to ride. Check some of them out in Ohio.

http://www.miamivalleytrails.org/index.html

What so amazing about this guy is he will get his 100,000 miles in 10 years.

If he has done those miles on that mountain bike, that must be the equivalent of 150,000 miles on a roadie. Wow, that's detecation to a healthy lifestyle. Good example of placing a priority on health and fitness, can't wait to see the article about his 500,000 mile mark!! Seems to be taking serious the ad line "Just Do It"

100,000 thats about 4 times around the earth
it's time for a 100,000mile checkup, brakes, timing, gear, compression, etc
how many miles/year does that come out to?
keep on pedalling, keep well and enjoy