Fifty Plus (50+) - I'm going to crash yer 50's party ;-)

.... If there were a 45+ forum category , I'd be posting on it, but there's not.(I'm really 45.5) So, I hope it's okay if I sandbag with you kids here? I just introduced myself the other day on the commuter category, as bike commuting seems to be what I'd do if I lived in a perfect world. Alas, the world may still be *not* perfect, and well, maybe I ought to broaden my thinking anyway, to starting out just riding for sport around my block (23 mile mtn loop it is, with aprox 2100 ft elevation gain) . I'm a retro rider, for starters, almost a grouch about it >>okay, so I have friction downshifters on my road bike...I hope that's not going to be a problem with anybody here...;) ... and also a mtn biker who bit the dust metaphorically, and at this time I just can't seem to even hoist myself back up on the beast. I have lost my edge, one decade and forty pounds away from my prime, but it's not so bad, because I know I can get it back with the encouragement from all of you. :D

Just wanted to wave and say "hi", and now I guess I'll just familiarize myself with the big kids around here. ~jen

Did you bring beer?

And have you seen my glasses? Nevermind. I don't wear glasses.

I was going to respond but I forgot what the thread was about. As long as you have blueberry pie you can come in.

I've got a nice cup of coffee, which I can make for anybody , given that I keep a backpack stove, and coffee schwagg in my panniers at all times (as well as a pair of glasses! ) . I am going to start a bike club, I think, called "SlowRiders".... and the whole deal is to see how slow one can go without actually falling over. Then, when somebody does, that's when I stop, and we make a cup of tea/coffee and perhaps if anybody else lugged along a cooler of beers, well that'll be great too!

I like this place, already. Thanks for the good humor. I think I'll fit in fine.

ps. oh... and I keep chocolate in my panniers as well, enough to share.

I like this place, already. Thanks for the good humor. I think I'll fit in fine.

Only problem I can see is the penalty for the Birthday ride. We all have to ride at least 50 miles and you will be doing less- Unless you offer to Make up Tom's defecit from last year- I can't see you getting in.

And what kind of pie will you bring?

Birthday Ride? Oops

So you think you will be fine...without the appropraite number of years you may not be able to answer any questions with the appropriate sense of ,,,now what was this supposed to refer to...
Welcome to this hodge-podge of bicycle enthusiasts who happen to be mostly above a certain age.
peace

I've got a nice cup of coffee, which I can make for anybody , given that I keep a backpack stove, and coffee schwagg in my panniers at all times (as well as a pair of glasses! ) . I am going to start a bike club, I think, called "SlowRiders".... and the whole deal is to see how slow one can go without actually falling over. Then, when somebody does, that's when I stop, and we make a cup of tea/coffee and perhaps if anybody else lugged along a cooler of beers, well that'll be great too!

I like this place, already. Thanks for the good humor. I think I'll fit in fine.


I want to join that club--as my sig would suggest.

And speaking of specs, 20 years ago, an eye doctor told me, "You need glasses. He tried to sell me a pair with a titanium frame for many hundreds of dollars. I asked my father (who had no medical training of any kind) about it.

He said, "Can you read the phone book?"

I said, "Yeah."

"Well, then," he declared. "You don't need glasses."

I can still read the phone book without glasses, but now I have a titanium bicycle. I think it all worked out pretty well.

And, yes, I'm sure you'll fit in famously.

Did you bring beer?

Friction shifters with beer are better than Ergolevers without beer.

Road Fan

SnaveBob~ OH306 requested blueberry.... but apple is my specialty.

Stapfam ~ I will train hard, and hopefully then I'll be able to ride half of my age.... oy.

I've got a nice cup of coffee, which I can make for anybody , given that I keep a backpack stove, and coffee schwagg in my panniers at all times (as well as a pair of glasses! ) . I am going to start a bike club, I think, called "SlowRiders".... and the whole deal is to see how slow one can go without actually falling over. Then, when somebody does, that's when I stop, and we make a cup of tea/coffee and perhaps if anybody else lugged along a cooler of beers, well that'll be great too!

I like this place, already. Thanks for the good humor. I think I'll fit in fine.

Sounds like it's time to find a beer-hauling bike.

Stapfam ~ I will train hard, and hopefully then I'll be able to ride half of my age.... oy.

Just ride the defecit as a starter then- Tom will tell you how much it was.

Without looking it up.....Who was the first man in space.........Who was in charge in Cuba before Castro.............and finish this title "Sky King and ------"

I am going to start a bike club, I think, called "SlowRiders".... and the whole deal is to see how slow one can go without actually falling over.

At last, a bike club where I would be a contender for the grand championship. I am superb at riding slow.

So you think you will be fine...without the appropraite number of years you may not be able to answer any questions with the appropriate sense of ,,,now what was this supposed to refer to...
Welcome to this hodge-podge of bicycle enthusiasts who happen to be mostly above a certain age.
peace Seems like the bike riding may be the easy part, the real challenge will be to keep up with the keen wit and smarts you kids have.

At last, a bike club where I would be a contender for the grand championship. I am superb at riding slow.Well RIGHT ON Tom ! We can figure out just how to make a competition of this. Hmmm... wind sprints could prove entertaining. I'll be sure to bring my knitting... :D

Without looking it up.....Who was the first man in space.........Who was in charge in Cuba before Castro.............and finish this title "Sky King and ------"Um.... um....

Just ride the defecit as a starter then- Tom will tell you how much it was.Okay, I'll do whatever it takes!

Ok, you can stay.


You'd think it was easy, but we have had an amazingly hard time getting consensus on what the membership rules should be for this forum....:eek:

Sounds like it's time to find a beer-hauling bike.I'm thinking that's why the BobTrailer was invented?

Well RIGHT ON Tom ! We can figure out just how to make a competition of this. Hmmm... wind sprints could prove entertaining. I'll be sure to bring my knitting... :D

We'd have to call them breezy drifts. with too much wind the yarn gets blown all over.

Ok, you can stay.
Thanks. I want to grow up to be just like you kids here. :D

Without looking it up.....Who was the first man in space.........Who was in charge in Cuba before Castro.............and finish this title "Sky King and ------"

Heck, I belong on this forum and I only know one out of the three!! :rolleyes:

I know, let's add some hints...:)

At least his screen name is fitting for someone in this fine forum. Welcome! I'm the one they call D.G. (and can't you just feel the love in the room?).

I'm thinking that's why the BobTrailer was invented?

6, so far I only ride Italian-style old racy bikes, so therein lies the problem. I'd need a Bobbish Colnago or Masi trailer.

Road Fan
54 yo poseur

Heck, I belong on this forum and I only know one out of the three!! :rolleyes:

I know, let's add some hints...:)

Yuri Gagarin fer sure!

I want to join that club--as my sig would suggest. I can still read the phone book without glasses, but now I have a titanium bicycle. I think it all worked out pretty well.. Well, I have a steel bike, so to make up for the difference in age not quite making the standard here, I hope the difference that my bike weighs, is fair enough?

We'd have to call them breezy drifts. with too much wind the yarn gets blown all over.And instead of a stop watch, we can use one of those egg timers with the sand. We merely compare grains of sand to see who wins!

6, so far I only ride Italian-style old racy bikes, so therein lies the problem. I'd need a Bobbish Colnago or Masi trailer.

Road Fan
54 yo poseurThat'd be great! With wooden rims to boot!

So, for the LowRiders club, lets have jerseys made , and put together a jingle to the tune of "Low Riders" .... ?

a ----- for your thoughts!

but apple is my specialty.

with a scoop a vanilla ice cream I hope.:)

with a scoop a vanilla ice cream I hope.:)

Home-made in fact with flecks of vanilla bean!

a ----- for your thoughts!Um....

Sorry. Without BLUEBERRY pie, you are hereby relegated to the "roadies" forum (other wose known as "at a turks"

Sorry. Without BLUEBERRY pie, you are hereby relegated to the "roadies" forum (other wose known as "at a turks"I can do blueberry too. In the mean time, I'll ponder the Roadie meaning AtATurks.

::scratches head ::

Gosh darn it! Will somebody PLEASE give the answer to the Sky King question? I used to know that, but then there were the sixties. And seventies. And, and...well, you know.
Oh, and welcome to the forum 6bikes. Pecan for me if you don't have blueberry.

Gosh darn it! Will somebody PLEASE give the answer to the Sky King question? I used to know that, but then there were the sixties. And seventies. And, and...well, you know.
Oh, and welcome to the forum 6bikes. Pecan for me if you don't have blueberry.

Second only to Annette, the famous Penny.

Phew...thanks MM.

Slow? Coffee? CHOCOLATE??? :)

You're in!

Welcome!

Yen (aka Jen)

Gosh darn it! Will somebody PLEASE give the answer to the Sky King question? I used to know that, but then there were the sixties. And seventies. And, and...well, you know.
Oh, and welcome to the forum 6bikes. Pecan for me if you don't have blueberry.

Penny

I new DG would be able to answer that one. She was so..........photogenic.

Are you sure it wasn't Sky King and Batista? I'm sure that she had a beard.

.... If there were a 45+ forum category , I'd be posting on it, but there's not.(I'm really 45.5) So, I hope it's okay if I sandbag with you kids here? I just introduced myself the other day on the commuter category, as bike commuting seems to be what I'd do if I lived in a perfect world. Alas, the world may still be *not* perfect, and well, maybe I ought to broaden my thinking anyway, to starting out just riding for sport around my block (23 mile mtn loop it is, with aprox 2100 ft elevation gain) . I'm a retro rider, for starters, almost a grouch about it >>okay, so I have friction downshifters on my road bike...I hope that's not going to be a problem with anybody here...;) ... and also a mtn biker who bit the dust metaphorically, and at this time I just can't seem to even hoist myself back up on the beast. I have lost my edge, one decade and forty pounds away from my prime, but it's not so bad, because I know I can get it back with the encouragement from all of you. :D

Just wanted to wave and say "hi", and now I guess I'll just familiarize myself with the big kids around here. ~jen

Hi Jen and welcome. I'm *only* 46, and they let me post here, too. I'd love to ride around your block with you! Sounds very fine.

What's this talk about being a decade out of your prime? Heck, 60 is the new 40. We're all young at heart when we mount our trusty steeds :-) (settle down I'm talking about our BIKES)

Colleen

Hi Jen and welcome. I'm *only* 46, and they let me post here, too. I'd love to ride around your block with you! Sounds very fine.

What's this talk about being a decade out of your prime? Heck, 60 is the new 40. We're all young at heart when we mount our trusty steeds :-) (settle down I'm talking about our BIKES)

ColleenThanks Colleen ! You're right, I can find a whole new level of prime !

Don't push it, old age comes to fast already.

Thanks. I want to grow up to be just like you kids here. :D
Uh-oh!:eek:



Welcome to the madhouse, Jen.