Fifty Plus (50+) - Hill climbing and sex

I read on someone's tag line on a BF post that hill climbing is a lot like sex; the better you get at it, the more you want to do it. After climbing my favorite hill this morning, I'd add to that just by saying "and the older you are, the longer it takes."

And, I have heard, that somedays you just can't climb that hill until one takes a blue energy pill (but, I wouldn't know about that).

At our age, isn't the mantra supposed to be: Sex is overrated?

Hillclmibing? Well, that's another matter entirely. Machka and I have just finished a 200km randonnee on the tandem that had a 13km climb averaging between 4 and 5% (a rail-trail, but an unusually steep one). It came just under 100 miles into the randonnee. We put into practice all the requisite skills and techniques, and had a ball...

We've signed up for the 7 Peaks Challenge that takes in the seven highest mountain climbs here in Victoria, Australia. It's run between 1 November and 31 March. Average grades run between 4 and 13% and distances from 6 to around 45km.

We'll be doing the challenge on singles. The prize draw at the end includes an all-expenses paid trip to the Tour de France (but we aren't doing it for that reason).

We've also got a 300km randonnee in a fortnight that includes one particularly tough climb that I have yet to ride up entirely on three different attempts.

So we are looking forward to a season of climbing.

At our age, isn't the mantra supposed to be: Sex is overrated?


I thought it was;"You don't get those thoughts anymore, Dear".

I read on someone's tag line on a BF post that hill climbing is a lot like sex; the better you get at it, the more you want to do it. After climbing my favorite hill this morning, I'd add to that just by saying "and the older you are, the longer it takes."

Sorry... thought someone had figured how to do both things at the same time.

Carry on.

Somethin' ain't right here.

I had much higher expectations for this thread.

Nobody gets upset when you take pictures of hill climbing.

If climbing the hill can be paralleled to sex; what can the descent be paralleled to? :D

If climbing the hill can be paralleled to sex; what can the descent be paralleled to? :D

Excellent question! I can't wait to hear what the answer is going to be. :)

Nobody gets upset when you take pictures of hill climbing.

But nobody wants to see pictures of hill climbing.

There is no comparrison!
After over 300,000 miles of bicycling and 56 years of happy marriage . . .
Sex still wins!

Are you talking Tandem, or Solo?

I've never seen a hill say "No, not now!"....

Great reply. Made me laugh out loud which woke the wife. I gave her a suggestion. She told me to 'go ride a bike'.

ah now I know why the wife says.... go ride a bike? as for the hill bit going down. well must be like those old black and white movies of the cigarette after....

How many hills have "headaches?"

I've never seen a hill say "No, not now!"....


Yes, but on a few occasions I've seen a hill and said, "No, not now."

But nobody wants to see pictures of hill climbing.

..or senior sex. :twitchy::eek:

skilsaw:
In tandem, of course!
Do it TWOgether!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem

While climbing especially challanging hills strangers often shout out words of encouragement and offer compliments when I get to the top, not so much for the other though...

Another thing, I can climb as many hills as I want to whenever I want to....
a different hill evey day or several a day if I'm physically up to the challange.

.....Just sayin'. :innocent:

I've never seen a hill say "No, not now!"....


How many hills have "headaches?"

If I get a flat tire on my bike, it's fixed in about 5 minutes. ;)

..or senior sex. :twitchy::eek:

Feel free to Google(tm) this and get back to us with your results. :D
Who would have thunk when we were growing up about the prevasiveness of the web in our daily life?

Feel free to Google(tm) this and get back to us with your results. :D
Who would have thunk when we were growing up about the prevasiveness of the web in our daily life?

Pass on that suggestion thanks.. :)

If I get a flat tire on my bike, it's fixed in about 5 minutes.

What, you don't keep a CO2 cartridge, a patch kit, and a Tyvek boot in the nightstand drawer by your bed?

What, you don't keep a CO2 cartridge, a patch kit, and a Tyvek boot in the nightstand drawer by your bed?

I do, for my blow-up doll.

I'd run my bike between these hills...

http://images.travelpod.com/users/jameswidowss/1.1243908530.the-hills-look-like-boobs.jpg

Climbs to me have nothing to do with sex but everything to do with meditation--because you are not going so fast and you are trying to ignore the pain--there is a certain rhythm with the pedals and the momentum particularly when off the seat.

Yes a little slower today--but still going with great enjoyment! Besides I have no choice because there is no really flat roads around here!

If climbing the hill can be paralleled to sex; what can the descent be paralleled to? :D
That would be the refractory period.


refractory period
—n a period during which a nerve or muscle is incapable of responding to stimulation, esp immediately following a previous stimulation. In an absolute refractory period there is a total inability to respond; in an effectiveorrelative refractory period there is a response to very large stimuli

from dictionary.com

OK - Looigi gets prize for best posting on this thread. Might as well shut 'er down now.

OK - Looigi gets prize for best posting on this thread. Might as well shut 'er down now.

I'll second that.

If I get a flat tire on my bike, it's fixed in about 5 minutes. ;)

:eek:.............:roflmao2:

Hills have never left me for a guy with a large bike.

I'd run my bike between these hills...

Now I just have to find a picture of the Bubbles from Jordan Pond.

OK kids, ummmm, bike forums ya know!

OTOH, they say its just like riding a bike, you never forget how.

"...is only recommended for those healthy enough for hill climbing."

If you climb the hill for more than four hours, should you see your doctor?

Never met a hill I couldn't conquer.. :(

Climbing a hill makes you sound like you're having sex. :p:D

Here's one of my climbing videos that was recorded with a camera with a more sensitive microphone (NSFW due to heavy breathing). Because of complaints from those with no sense of humor, I now use a ContourHD, which has audio low enough that the viewer has to make a conscious effort to hear what the humor-impaired refer to as "porno breathing".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esNZxZz53wc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esNZxZz53wc

So after you've done one hill, how many more can you do before you fall off your bike?

So after you've done one hill, how many more can you do before you fall off your bike?
or, after you have ridden up a hill, how soon before you can ride up the next one?

Climbing a hill makes you sound like you're having sex. :p:D

Here's one of my climbing videos that was recorded with a camera with a more sensitive microphone (NSFW due to heavy breathing). Because of complaints from those with no sense of humor, I now use a ContourHD, which has audio low enough that the viewer has to make a conscious effort to hear what the humor-impaired refer to as "porno breathing".

I am glad nobody recorded my ride up Mt Lemmon!

Nobody gets upset when you take pictures of hill climbing.

speak for yourself...

I am glad nobody recorded my ride up Mt Lemmon!
Damn! I bet it was good stuff too! :D

I'm a female cyclist, and a male friend of mine suggested playing my video and a male cyclist's climbing video at the same time. I did that and just about fell out of my chair laughing! You can imagine what that sounded like! :roflmao2:

Damn! I bet it was good stuff too! :D

I'm a female cyclist, and a male friend of mine suggested playing my video and a male cyclist's climbing video at the same time. I did that and just about fell out of my chair laughing! You can imagine what that sounded like! :roflmao2:

:D :p :thumb:

The guy who organized the Mt Lemmon ride suggested making it an annual event. In line with this thread, "Same Time, Next Year" (after the Alan Alda movie) :D

And, I have heard, that somedays you just can't climb that hill until one takes a blue energy pill (but, I wouldn't know about that).

Some truth to that: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060624120556.htm

Dang. You all have a great sense of humor.

Should couples climb hills on a tandem in public?

We need to work some of this into the annual 50+ rides.

If you climb the hill for more than four hours, should you see your doctor?

Depends on if you took the right pill ...