Hi!

I haven't seen a thread on older Clydes and Athenas. Perhaps I have missed it. If there are any other older folks, please introduce yourself.

Are there others out there?

I am 68.7 years old, about 5'11" and am at 215 lbs as of today. A few years back I was at 240 lbs. I ride a Lemond BA (almost 10 years old) a Windsor Leeds roadie, a Specialized Hardrock, and have a beater mtn bike as a trainer in the basement.

My wife is 70.7 years old and rides a Trek hybrid and a Specialized Mtn Bike. She used to have a Cannondale R300 roadie, but never got used to it, even after 600 miles. So we sold it for the hybrid.

I ride about 150 miles per week - today, a friend (66yo) and I did a 40 mile ride in 90F heat. It was a lot of fun.

I am going to be very happy if I can get my weight to 210 pounds and just keep it there. I do a lot of weight lifting, swimming and walking, also, and keep in pretty good muscular shape.

Well, just wanted to say "Hi!" and find any other "older" clydes or Athenas on this forum. I've been a BFN participant for about 7 years now, but have not spent too much time in this forum. It looks as if I have about 75 posts in this forum over the past few years.

Thanks for reading!

I'm a few months shy of 49, and my race age is 49 for license purposes. Glad to have you here, Dnvr! :D

I am 51, and hang out in 50+ sometimes too... I didn't realize you were a clydesdale. I guess if I had paid more attention to the weight loss challenge thread over there I might have. :o

Weight is somewhere just north of 350.

I am 51, and hang out in 50+ sometimes too... I didn't realize you were a clydesdale. I guess if I had paid more attention to the weight loss challenge thread over there I might have. :o

Weight is somewhere just north of 350.

Although I started the first 50+ weight loss challenge, the thread has been restarted by others, and I have not participated for some time.

I decided this last year that I was no longer going to consciously try to lose weight. I will eat correctly, exercise correctly, and if the weight comes off, fine. If not, fine. I do weigh myself periodically just to be sure that I am not ballooning, but so far, I have lost about 10 pounds that way, and I am TIRED of counting this and that, and keeping track, etc.

I have to keep up with all the college students around here so I feel pretty old at 34. :D

I'll be 49 in 3 days. I have trouble (read can't) keeping up w/ some of the 60 & 70 yo folks that are in the morning group ride w/ Fat Frogs or the evening ride w/ Conte's (Both LBS's in Virginia Beach @ Red Mill Commons). I can only hope to be in that kind of shape one day.........

Sorry, I had to work in the blatent plug for both shops....

What's meant by 'OLDER'? Well, Gina the Athena has done 3,000 miles every year for the last 3 in a row. Maybe 2,000 each of the previous 10 years. 45 y/o and grandmother of 6!:D

5'4 and I can't tell her weight!:p
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47 in august here! Nice pics again Mr Beanz!

52 here.
Good thread DnvrFox. I hope I'm able to ride into my 80s.
I look at people older than me and it gives me hope for my cycling future.
I'm 5'10" and curntly 215.
I have 3 older road bikes and a hybrid.

I'll be celebrating the first anniversary of my 49th birthday in January. :) I'll probably always be a clyde, but working on getting closer to the cutoff line, and more importantly, staying there.

I'll be 48 in Nov. Still too young to join AARP, or hang out on the 50+ fourum, dangit.:)

I turned 60 las January. I'm 6', 230 and slowly shrinking.
I was mighty close to 300 in the early 90's, and went to light beer and then no beer.
The last few years, I'd reach about 250 over the Winter and work it down to about 225 in the Fall.
The end of this Winter, I was 230! I went from nacho cheese Doritos, to plain chips and salsa to no chips over the last year+.
I'd like to lose a few more lbs., but not too much more. It seems every time I get down around 200, I end up catching pneumonia from being too run down. I do want to lose "inches" though!
Some day, I want to have the confidence to buy smaller size pants without fear of gaining weight and not being able to wear them! I wish they made them in 1" waist increments so I could go 1/2 way to the next smaller size.:)

I'm 57 and a half! For the last 10 years or so I was 5'8" and about 220 getting down to 205 at one point. After cancer treatment and surgery and a lack of riding, my weight is up, back to a spot it hasn't been for many years. Makes me sad! :( Working hard to get back at least to my fighting weight. Someday I would like to drop below 200...

My roadie is a 2002 Lemond Zurich. Last year I added beautiful custom wheels and plan on having the bike awhile. I tend tomountainb ike more and am currently riding a 2006 Santa Cruz Superlight and a 2002 Spec. Stumpjumper M4 hardtail. After a series of bikes between 2002 and 2006, I finally fell in love with the Superlight!

I'm 49 right now. I commute 28 miles/day year round. I also throw in a couple of centuries when I'm feeling frisky; usually when the wife is out of town.

59 in August and have just gotten back on the bike. I'm up to 14 miles at least three times a week, want to do it more, but life gets in the way. Ride an '83 Nishiki touring bike most of the time. In wet weather, I switch to a Gary Fisher mtn bike I'm converting to street/utility use with 1.5 slick tires. I'm at 238...5'9" with a goal of 190. Hope to do a century in October.

I'm 56.

Turned 49 'bout four months ago; 6'1", stable in the 225-230 range, and it would be kinda sweet to have a bigger circle to ride with. Right now, it's two, and one is deployed in Iraq. So I ride a lot by myself, or with my daughter and/or nephew -- she's 10, he's 5, so those rides are pretty much 'recovery'.

Due to the limitations of life as I know it, I have one bike; I want as much versatility as I can get, so it's a mtn. bike; FS/AM, and I just put some new rubber on it -- Intense Micro Knobbys, they ROCK!! They're urban tires, and have pretty well convinced me where I need to go when this bike is finished (hardtail w/ susp. post).

Just don't see the transition to skinny tires, so there are quite a few of you I couldn't keep up with. I'll wave as you go by, though.

I'm 68+ and trying to get back into biking for fun and health. I'm about 242 bouncing between 230 -250 in the last 2 years.
I hardly post but for a few in the electric bike section where I tout my eZee Quando. Now I'm seriously considering a 2007 Norco 24 speed with disc brakes which I will electrify but which I can ride without power assist for exercise.
I am a caregiver for my wife and consequently don't ride too far or too often. Mostly for errands and shopping. But I sure enjoy reading bike travel blogs and this forum.

55 Here

62 here. I wander back and forth between 225 and 205. (lately I've been doing too little wandering and am actually hovering at 225). I stop by here every now and then to read about everyone's accomplishments.

I am 61, 6'4", 280lbs, ride 70-100 miles per week.

John

I just turned 50 last week. 6' 1" and 258 lbs., and hoping to shrink that over the coming months.

Bob

Turning 50 in the last week of August.

Still not ready for the AARP card but I rode my age today. Happy 49th Birthday To ME!! I went out for the normal 20 mile loop which has a longer option of "riding to the store" in Creeds and back -- a 33 mile total. I felt good so I went for the longer option. Just after leaving the store my mind starts to wander & "Well, since it is my birthday, why not "Ride my Age"?" It will be a good training ride for the century (One Helluva Ride" I plan on riding next weekend. Sooooo........ after 49.55 miles I was back at the bike shop & feeling GREAT!!
I'm looking forward to riding a century on the appropriate birthday!!

51 here. 5"10", 266. Try t get 100 a week but had a lot of hard rain this summer slowing down the ride time.

55.

55.

Yeah but you laugh like you're 16!:thumb:

I'm 67. Many pounds and many years ago, I did a lot of racing. I intend to get rid of that weight and see how close I can come to my performances of the 1970s and 1980s. In my head, I can still do it. Reality may be another matter.

IIn my head, I can still do it. Reality may be another matter.

Yea, I have the same problem!

I am 6 weeks away from being 54. I am just getting back into biking, after a few year absence, in the hopes of getting into better shape and loosing a few pounds (weigh 243).

I'm a 50 year old Athena.
5'2 and a bit (the bit is important when you're 5'2" :D)
205 and losing, although rather more slowly than I would like :rolleyes: but still headed the right way.

I'm a 50 year old Athena.
5'2 and a bit (the bit is important when you're 5'2" :D)
205 and losing, although rather more slowly than I would like :rolleyes: but still headed the right way.

But your smile makes you much taller!:)

I like your blog. It's a good reference for someone else that WAS in your shoes, being tentative about "taking the plunge".

How about an update?

I am 'only' 42 but this thread has made me very happy. Very inspirational!

I am 'only' 42 but this thread has made me very happy. Very inspirational!

My oldest son is older than you are!

I am 'only' 42 but this thread has made me very happy. Very inspirational!It is very inspirational. I turned 42 today.

Yeah but you laugh like you're 16!:thumb:
Ahhhhhhhhhhh, gee! Thank you, Fred!!!!!!!!!!! :love:

Wow, I was beginning to think I've been getting into the biking game a bit too late. I'm 23 and most of the people biking in my area are in their late teens or early 20's. It's so inspirational to see older folks still hammering away at their pedals. It gives me hope that one day I will be 60 and still mashing away at my bike. Thanks guys (and gals)!

Wow, I was beginning to think I've been getting into the biking game a bit too late. I'm 23 and most of the people biking in my area are in their late teens or early 20's. It's so inspirational to see older folks still hammering away at their pedals. It gives me hope that one day I will be 60 and still mashing away at my bike. Thanks guys (and gals)!

Tomorrow I am leading a ride:

Sally - 72 yo, does triathlons, came in 2nd in her age group in the Bolder Boulder run 2 years ago.

Jack - 66 yo, rides 85 miles a day at times, does centuries

Randy - mid 60's, recent double knee replacement, will ride 20 miles with us tomorrow

Kathy, his wife, same age, rides 20 miles with us

Me, 68.7 yo, who rides 45-50 miles - Jack and I ride together a lot. I also swim, weight lift, etc. Right now I am riding 125-150 miles per week. I didn't even start riding until I was 58. I have about 35,000 miles so far. I did the "Ride the Rockies" on a mtn bike 4 months after I started riding.

Check out the 50+ forum. We are pikers compared to folks such as Zonatandem, who with his wife rides tandem 100's of thousand of miles, in their mid 70's, and Will Dehne who recently rode across the entire country in 27 riding days (one day of rest made it 28) and others.

Hey, life just gets better.

What about your dads, grandparents, etc. Are they into exercise, health kind of stuff?

I decided this last year that I was no longer going to consciously try to lose weight. I will eat correctly, exercise correctly, and if the weight comes off, fine. If not, fine. I do weigh myself periodically just to be sure that I am not ballooning, but so far, I have lost about 10 pounds that way, and I am TIRED of counting this and that, and keeping track, etc.

I'll be 60 later this year. I'm 5'10" and probably about 210 lbs. I find it interesting that I also focus on eating well and exercising and only weigh myself when I go to the doctor. I eat a lot of whole grains, vegetables and only fish or chicken. I drink water, tea and coffee. I look at it this way: there is an intersection where the number of calories you can consume happily crosses the amount of exercise you can sustain indefinitely - that is your weight. I am always looking for way to do a bit better with both, and while I am gradually losing weight I am never sick, pretty much pain-free, heal fast, and can do anything I want to physically. I actually feel very fortunate.

What about your dads, grandparents, etc. Are they into exercise, health kind of stuff?

Wow, I cannot believe how active you older folks are! Truly an inspiration.

My Grandparents on my dad's side have passed away long ago (heart conditions run rampant on his side of the family). My dad just passed 61 this past May, he is about 240lbs and 5'9". He eats like a pig and is practically a chain smoker (pack a day smoker). I am actually surprised he has lived up to now, however I am eternally grateful as he is an incredibly supportive father (put me and my twin brother through college).

My grandparents on my mom's side are both still alive. My grandpa is fast approaching 78 and my grandma is 69 years old. My grandpa is in really good shape 170lbs at 5'10", he eats really healthy and likes to go on long walks after sundown. My grandma on the other hand is in terrible shape, her health is really fragile. She's approximately 230lbs at 5'4", she eats like a vacuum cleaner and sits on the couch all day watching TV. My mom is 52 years old and is somewhat fit at 140lbs and 5'7". She likes to go on walks with my grandpa (her father), but otherwise she sits on the couch watching TV with my grandma (her mom).

I a stand at 6'1" tipping the scales at 242lbs. I used to play varsity water polo back in high school and was incredibly fit (165lbs was my season weight at the same height with 8% body fat). I used to eat like a vacuum cleaner and never gained an ounce due to my high metabolism. However when I left for college I began taking on 16+ units a quarter, peaking at 24 units for several quarters in a row. I had literally no time to exercise or do anything healthy, and my biggest mistake was not changing my eating habits. I ballooned from 170 to 265lbs within 2 years of school. It was then I changed my ways and began eating smarter, however I could still not find time to hit the gym or exercise. I gradually declined to 252 which I was up until 3 weeks ago. I dropped from 252 to 242 in 3 weeks by simply incorporating a bike into my routines.

My goal by the end of the year is to melt off 22 more lbs of weight to bring me down to 220. Then by summer of next year i'd like to be under 200 as I have to attend my twin brother's wedding.

Wow, sorry for the long post. :p

Wow, I was beginning to think I've been getting into the biking game a bit too late. I'm 23 and most of the people biking in my area are in their late teens or early 20's. It's so inspirational to see older folks still hammering away at their pedals. It gives me hope that one day I will be 60 and still mashing away at my bike. Thanks guys (and gals)!

It hurts too much to mash when you're 60!:)

Tomorrow I am leading a ride:

Sally - 72 yo, does triathlons, came in 2nd in her age group in the Bolder Boulder run 2 years ago.


What about your dads, grandparents, etc. Are they into exercise, health kind of stuff?

There's a way to "fix" that, Sally:)

My parents were too busy working their butts off to get into exercise!

But your smile makes you much taller!:)

I like your blog. It's a good reference for someone else that WAS in your shoes, being tentative about "taking the plunge".

How about an update?


Thanks Bill :D

Working on it... Must try harder!

I'm 51 years old & 238 lbs.

I enjoy outdoor recreation, I alpine ski in the winter. I began a 40 mile round trip commute this summer to help me with weight loss and to improve my overall fitness.

My commute: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=437188&highlight=schaumburg

Skiing at Alta & Snowbird, UT: http://forums.epicski.com/showthread.php?t=67485&highlight=mineral+basin

Enjoy,

Michael

57
5"11"
215lbs.

Great thread, Dnvr.
I lurk here occasionally, may hang for a while as I don't anticipate dropping
below 200 anytime soon.