Fifty Plus (50+) - Can I join at 49?

Those other guys are too healthy for me :eek: 0

49 years old...at LEAST 20 lbs overweight. I'm back on my beloved road bike after 15 years.
I used to ride a Cannondale at least 30-35 miles every day. Got married, got lazy, got fat.

A few days ago, I wandered into a LBS and fell in love with a Specialized Sequoia Elite. Plunked 1K on the counter and headed home to dream about my old body.
So far, I've manged to do about 10 miles between 2 nights of riding, while sustaining a 65% heart rate. (doctor's suggestion after a routine stress test).
I feel born again.

Sorry if I babbled.

Nice to meet all of you.

You are welcome here.

You may however never be the same again.

I am younger than you by a year and I have not been run off yet... With any kind of luck you will manage to become 50 eventually...

You will enjoy it. I can't imagine a better group to share stories with. Of course there's really only three people here, each with several different alter egos.

You will enjoy it. I can't imagine a better group to share stories with. Of course there's really only three people here, each with several different alter egos.

Very different. Welcome aboard anyway, 49 is definitely close enough for this bunch.

sure. age brings tollerance.

sure. age brings tollerance.
Whoa, watch the spelling, BluesDawg is hanging tonite.....

Those other guys are too healthy for me :eek: 0

49 years old...at LEAST 20 lbs overweight. I'm back on my beloved road bike after 15 years.
I used to ride a Cannondale at least 30-35 miles every day. Got married, got lazy, got fat.

A few days ago, I wandered into a LBS and fell in love with a Specialized Sequoia Elite. Plunked 1K on the counter and headed home to dream about my old body.
So far, I've manged to do about 10 miles between 2 nights of riding, while sustaining a 65% heart rate. (doctor's suggestion after a routine stress test).
I feel born again.

Sorry if I babbled.

Nice to meet all of you.

I'll gladly give you one of my years to make you legal:D Welcome!

You may actually be 50, as some of us came back a year younger after returning from the "mother ship". Just ask DG or TWL--they can probably explain it better!

You're welcome to join IF you brought pie. Did you? :D

Whoa, watch the spelling, BluesDawg is hanging tonite.....

yamama :p

We used to have a cop named Webb Diego who checked IDs at the door, but he was run off, so you're safely in. Even if you didn't bring pie.

Heck yes you can join. How much junk mail have you been getting from AARP? That should quaify you.

You're about 50 legally. I think the group does waive that. That's clever of you to join early. I joined in my mid 50's. Welcome to the group and BF.

When can we expect your Rode My Age report?

You need to have fake ID or three pieces of mail from AARP.

You need to have fake ID or three pieces of mail from AARP.


But everybody's got 3 pieces of mail from AARP!

But everybody's got 3 pieces of mail from AARP!

We like mailing things to people.

Do you have aches and pains (arthritis is preferable)?

Do you like to take mallets and rub your saddles?

Do you like to eat pie?

Does it take you 5 years to find a proper fitting bike?

Do you think "centuries" are best measured in "cent"imeters?

Do you remember when Italian bicycles were made in Italy?

Do you remember doo wop?



If you've answered "yes" to anyone of those questions, you may join this forum

Welcome, my friend to the show that never ends.

Do you have aches and pains (arthritis is preferable)?

Do you like to take mallets and rub your saddles?

Do you like to eat pie?

Does it take you 5 years to find a proper fitting bike?

Do you think "centuries" are best measured in "cent"imeters?

Do you remember when Italian bicycles were made in Italy?

Do you remember doo wop?



If you've answered "yes" to anyone of those questions, you may join this forum


yes:(

yes:o

yes:p

yes:rolleyes:

yes:D

yes:)

yes:D

Oh, I forgot, welcome aboard.

Seems to me you already did. Welcome to the aslyum.

Anthony, you could ride your bike around Detroit at night time for a bit. That will age you by 12 months, if you live to talk about the rides.

Do you have aches and pains (arthritis is preferable)? yes

Do you like to take mallets and rub your saddles? no way

Do you like to eat pie? take it or leave it

Does it take you 5 years to find a proper fitting bike? no

Do you think "centuries" are best measured in "cent"imeters? hell no

Do you remember when Italian bicycles were made in Italy? hell yes

Do you remember doo wop?



If you've answered "yes" to anyone of those questions, you may join this forum

-or if you didn't

I am the 50+ treasurer and can make it official. Just send me the early joining fee of $2500 and we'll be glad to have you participate as a full fledged member. Although I'm not sure if anyone here has quite sustained that status just yet but has qualified in other ways.........As DG has pointed out we can be bribed with pie and also words of encouragement are generally very well accepted here as well.

NO! You must have accumulated the required number of age credits, absolutely no exceptions.

Fortunately for you, however, I have some extra age credits that I'm willing to sell. Actually, I may have some from the 60's that I don't even remember so I'll never miss them.

You are already in your fiftieth year...WELCOME!!!
Your Sequoia is an excellent bicycle.... are you seriously conemplating putting a Brooks saddle on your new Sequoia???

are you seriously conemplating putting a Brooks saddle on your new Sequoia???

Here we go again....10, 9, 8, 7, 6, .....

Paypal me $10 and I'll testify that you are confused.................................................about your birth date and that you are really 56.

This is relavent: todays Dilbert cartoon.

Dilbert: "Happy Birthday. What's it feel like to be 50?
Old Guy: "It's great! I've never felt better in my entire life."
Dilbert: "So it's sort of a delusional thing?"
Old Guy: "Yes. Luckily."

End of stroy.

I believe the Chinese start counting age from the moment of conception. Post a generic avatar and we'll never know.

Sorry if I babbled.

Nice to meet all of you.

Welcome to the forum, and feel free to babble anytime. That's our specialty.

Nothing more to be said as the rest have said it. Including the welcome .

Be carefull- Be very carefull. Just started riding and you don't have clipless- Don't wear bib shorts and don't know what a brooks is-

Wait another year and you will start to understand this forum. Spend a year on the by lines and

wheres the pics- we must have pics.

"Those other guys are too healthy for me"

What makes you think we're not healthY?
Well, if you're forty-nine you're already being recruited by AARP, so that's close enough for this outfit. Welcome. Ride safe.
Steve

Nice bunch here........I think :-)

Nice bunch here........I think :-)

bwaa-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

Actually, yes it is.

I'm glad to see this thread. I've been shy here, as I am merely 'pushing 50.'
I also have a Sequoia, though not a new one. It came as part of a screaming deal on a used Burley tandem; the price was so right, we figured 'why not?' I can hardly ride it; it feels like I'm a little out of control on a race horse.

Both the stoker seat on the tandem and the sequoia are already proudly sporting new Brooks saddles.
:)

about my old body.


You are welcome, but you must never say something like "old body" again.

You see, I am 18 years older then you, and I like to think of my body as "young."

But when some young whippersnapper such as you starts talking about an "old body," then I have to think, if 49 yo is an "old body" what am I walking around in? So it gets me depressed. In order to avoid my depression, start thinking about your body as "young." Besides, it will make you feel better about yourself!:D

You're welcome to join IF you brought pie. Did you? :D
:)

Oh...that's PEEEECAN Pie. Haven't had a good slice of that in forever.

Geesh...by the time this thread winds down, the OP will BE fifty! :D

Oh...that's PEEEECAN Pie. Haven't had a good slice of that in forever.
:)

Then have some. <pushin' pie plate over, along with fork and napkin>

Is VV bribing her way to get into the BF 50+ with a pecan pie?

It's working....

If you phart a lot, you qualify. If you are militant about it, and openly phart in mixed company, you're in. bk