Fifty Plus (50+) - Gonna be 60 this year. Anybody else hitting that milestone ??

Can't believe I'll be 60 years old this year !! And still riding this crazy bike. Any one else as thankful as I am for even being able to ride at all at this "advanced age" ??? Oh and, since this is a special year I treated myself to new wheels and tires. :D

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7799583/resizedbike.jpg

70 next month.
Just got these.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh187/10wheels/Red%20BMC/RedBMC023.jpg

Are those two identical bikes (except color)?

Funny thing about getting Older--Experience tells you that N+1 (Or two in the case of 10 wheels) Has to be something a bit special.

My 65th year and Retirement present to myself.

http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/jj566/VolKS47/Cycling/DSC00188.jpg

I'm not there yet...57 now, 58 this coming September. Had a nice long ride today, 53+ miles, with an 18.8 average speed (it's very flat down here in South Florida)...I plan to be riding to and from work until I'm 70. Then I plan to do a coast to coast ride if I'm able...and I plan to be able. A friend of mine, years ago was in his 70's and riding a bike. I asked him how he did it, he said," ride every day in your 50's and 60's if you want to ride in your 70's." I'm trying hard to follow that advice.

Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL

71 yo woman and I just bought this. I'm riding close to 100 miles a week on average!

http://www.bdgconsulting.com/Madone52Small.jpg

You guys/gals are an inspiration!

Especially the buying the new bikes part...

I'll be 70 in June; I'm still riding several times a week (and yes, I'm grateful for my health and attribute it in good measure to cycling).

65 and my bike is covered in mud! :innocent:

60 in July.
Since getting back out on my bike, feeling the best I have in years.
Planning to get some friends together and do some serious riding to celebrate!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eQvsIfcm2pU

18 months past 60, but living in a NYC apt. Maxes us out at 2 bikes each.

Passed that milestone in January. I have, since the age of 30, been thankful for each day that I can participate in any of the things I love.

Us old folk have some pretty nice rides ... huh !!??

I'm going to turn 59 this year. I can't believe it. That's just crazy.
I'd enjoy a new bike, but the one I want isn't made yet. Something like a Volagi, but with low, but close ratio gears and electronic D2I shifting.

That may never get made, so in the meantime I want to ride the snot out of the one I have. I can hear the clock ticking.

I turn 60 this year.

To be honest, it bothers me a bit. I keep getting asked when I intend to retire, I guess because 2011 changed my brown/grey hair ration from 60/40 to about 30/70.

I'm also more aware of my mortality as I often see folks younger than me showing up in the obits.

Then again, I'm on track to have my best cycling year evar, I have four beautiful grandchildren, and the family is doing really well. I really have everything I could possibly want, except a well-funded pension plan.

18 months past 60, but living in a NYC apt. Maxes us out at 2 bikes each.

I am just about the same age as you. I have four road bikes and a mountain bike; my wife has two mountain bikes.

Hit that mark about a year and a half ago. Tell the truth I'm in better physical shape than I've been in 15 years and mentally, never better.

My 60th birthday, nearly 3 years ago, was the first one that bothered me. I could not get my mind wrapped around the fact that I was 60, which seemed to me at the time as 'old'. When I was a kid, a 60 year old person seemed ancient and decrepit. Now that I am on the cusp of my 63rd birthday, I have a renewed sense of 'I do not feel nearly as old as I thought I would'.

Anyway, I am shopping for a new set of wheels for my Cannondale Synapse.

A friend of mine, years ago was in his 70's and riding a bike. I asked him how he did it, he said," ride every day in your 50's and 60's if you want to ride in your 70's." I'm trying hard to follow that advice.

Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL

Ride in your 70's? Simple. Put your leg over the seat and pedal away. Why would it be different than 60's?

60th BD present to myself a couple of years ago:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z284/JanMM/IMG_2329.jpg

I get better looking every year:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z284/JanMM/goodlookin-3.jpg

But I don't think much of the modern stuff- too exotic- too expensive- when people are losing their personal auto transportation- our activity is waaay too expensive, and so the turkeys keep riding a bike from World War Two

i was just thinking this morning- more than forty years around bicycles and for most of these people, it's like none of it ever happened! :o

1. '71 2. about '81 3. about '93 4. my '67 Peugeot PX10 now

I turned 69 at the beginning of the year and I've been riding this bike for 5 years:thumb:

61 and riding more than ever, rain or shine.

Oh you KIDZ!!!

Turning 80 this year.
Wife turning 77.
Still riding tandem and racing bike 100+ miles a week.
Pedal on!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem

I still have about a year before I hit the 6 0 and the advice about riding in your 50's and 60's helps you in your 70's is great stuff. Count me in.

...I'm also more aware of my mortality as I often see folks younger than me showing up in the obits...

Boy, is that a fact. On one hand, it is very disconcerting ... on the other hand, it makes me so very thankful for my good health, and the ability to be able to ride and play tennis.

But I don't think much of the modern stuff- too exotic- too expensive- when people are losing their personal auto transportation- our activity is waaay too expensive, and so the turkeys keep riding a bike from World War Two

i was just thinking this morning- more than forty years around bicycles and for most of these people, it's like none of it ever happened! :o



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Can't believe I'll be 60 years old this year !! And still riding this crazy bike. Any one else as thankful as I am for even being able to ride at all at this "advanced age" ??? Oh and, since this is a special year I treated myself to new wheels and tires. :D

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7799583/resizedbike.jpg

Great looking bike!

I'm turning 62 this year. Turning 60 was hard. I think I'm still in denial about it. So maybe I'll go back to my previous birthday system. Right now, Forty Twenty One.

I hit 60 this year. I am still trying to figure out what kind of riding i wan to do. It is narrowed down to road. touring or long-distance (Randonneuring)

Still getting stuff for each choice lights, racks and clothing for touring. Trash can panniers for the hybrid and lights. Road bike an Air-zound

Three road bikes 60 & 62 cm Mercier Corvus and a Trek 1420. Touring is a 64 cm Gran Turismo. For rando I haven't figured that one out. The road is not tough enough or handle well enough at my weight for the chip-seal and the Turismo is too heavy and stiff without an extra 40 lbs on it.
Someone out there will tell me i need a 'bent

I turned 65 in October and retired for the second, and last time, the same month. It's great to have everyday feel like a Saturday. You'll love it and your rides will be longer and more often. This is my retirement present to myself. Brought it home on January 31st and already have over 1,000 miles on it.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/429038_2626044253904_1339206461_32172788_1184923247_n.jpg

I'll be 60 next year, and if I don't quit building and hoarding bikes, I'll probably be homeless cause my wife will kick me out.

70 this year and still riding my Cannondale roadie and Trek hybrid.

I turn 60 next month and am still riding this:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WF0OCkNbE44/Ti4CDfZJ1pI/AAAAAAAAB4M/3RajL8EtfYk/s320/IMG_1204.JPG

and this

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b7T1Z0gDp5g/TbV9pfcwD5I/AAAAAAAABgM/xe-kH3Fu0YI/s320/IMG_0717.JPG

and this

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-REgxNnynl78/TqWXzMs7MLI/AAAAAAAACKg/mdbJ7MK-frU/s320/102411114907_01.jpg

I expect to put more mileage on this year than ever.

Marc

I hit 60 this year. I am still trying to figure out what kind of riding i wan to do. It is narrowed down to road. touring or long-distance (Randonneuring)

Still getting stuff for each choice lights, racks and clothing for touring. Trash can panniers for the hybrid and lights. Road bike an Air-zound

Three road bikes 60 & 62 cm Mercier Corvus and a Trek 1420. Touring is a 64 cm Gran Turismo. For rando I haven't figured that one out. The road is not tough enough or handle well enough at my weight for the chip-seal and the Turismo is too heavy and stiff without an extra 40 lbs on it.
Someone out there will tell me i need a 'bent

You need a bent.

Turned 60 this past December. That's why my tag line says "Half Way There"

-G

Going to be 61 in a couple months. Though, I generally ride recumbents, this was new around my 60th birthday:


http://home.comcast.net/~dtresenriter/rbx2011.JPG

I hit 60 this year. I am still trying to figure out what kind of riding i wan to do. It is narrowed down to road. touring or long-distance (Randonneuring)

Still getting stuff for each choice lights, racks and clothing for touring. Trash can panniers for the hybrid and lights. Road bike an Air-zound

Three road bikes 60 & 62 cm Mercier Corvus and a Trek 1420. Touring is a 64 cm Gran Turismo. For rando I haven't figured that one out. The road is not tough enough or handle well enough at my weight for the chip-seal and the Turismo is too heavy and stiff without an extra 40 lbs on it.
Someone out there will tell me i need a 'bent

James...you need a BENT. I commute on mine (Bacchetta Strada) and ride it for longer rides too. I'm planning to get another one in a year or two, strictly for touring and long rides. Looking at a Rans Stratus XL and a Tour Easy, don't know just yet which way to go, but I have time. I have ridden 'bents and I have ridden diamond frames, bent are better. Perhaps a bit harder to ride, but much more efficient and faster....way faster....

Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL

I passed 60 last month, and started racing (bicycles) this month. Oh, why not!

Glad I started this thread. Really enjoying the comments. Some funny as hell !!

74 this month and with a 70 and 77 year old planning a 10 day fully loaded bike tour next month. Also shooting for a sponsored century in April.

Bruce Gordon R&R
SOMA Stanyan
Scattante CFR Race 2010

Turned 60 this past December and can't get enough of my bike. Only been cycling since last March but it is something that I've fallen in love with.

Sweet bike. I hit 60 last year and got a set of Specialized Roubaix and Ruby bikes for my wife and I. Did a 130mi ride shortly after my birthday which I could never have done with my mtn bike. I'm still a clyde but will continue working on that this summer after the snow is gone.... Wish I'd discovered road bikes years ago. Never thought it would make a big difference...wrong!

I turned 65 in October and retired for the second, and last time, the same month. It's great to have everyday feel like a Saturday. You'll love it and your rides will be longer and more often. This is my retirement present to myself. Brought it home on January 31st and already have over 1,000 miles on it.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/429038_2626044253904_1339206461_32172788_1184923247_n.jpg

I always enjoy seeing pictures of this bike!

Can't believe I'll be 60 years old this year !! And still riding this crazy bike. Any one else as thankful as I am for even being able to ride at all at this "advanced age" ??? Oh and, since this is a special year I treated myself to new wheels and tires. :D



" "advanced age" ???" 60 years old is hardly advanced age in today's world--Actually there is no advanced age when one is riding a bike because it keeps you young. :lol:

My 73rd birthday is in 8 days (March 26), and I celebrated early last week by giving myself a new Giant Cypress 21-speed to replace my 1980 Huffy (regeared) 12-speed. Rode 14 miles today in northern Indiana, aiming for the 20-mile mark that I hit last November on the Huffy before switching to inside-the-mall winter walking. I took up riding again last year after a 20-year layoff and 50 years of sitting behind a desk.

Turned 60 last summer. Finally fulfilled a childhood dream ... to walk on the Appian Way. Have wanted to do that since I was about nine years old. It was a very emotional experience. I couldn't help wondering, as I was caressing one of the basaltic paving stones, what the slave who was laying that stone could have ever thought that someone 2,300 years later would be thinking about him. Rented a bike in Rome and rode out to the end of the preserved section of Via Appia Antica. The next day, I rode in the opposite direction to visit Ostia Antica. Cool place ... better than Pompeii.

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt98/volosong/IMGP3767.jpg

Yes, this June will the big milestone. Where the hell did all of those years go?.....

Turned 60 last summer. Finally fulfilled a childhood dream ... to walk on the Appian Way. Have wanted to do that since I was about nine years old. It was a very emotional experience. I couldn't help wondering, as I was caressing one of the basaltic paving stones, what the slave who was laying that stone could have ever thought that someone 2,300 years later would be thinking about him. Rented a bike in Rome and rode out to the end of the preserved section of Via Appia Antica. The next day, I rode in the opposite direction to visit Ostia Antica. Cool place ... better than Pompeii.

http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt98/volosong/IMGP3767.jpg

I was at Ostia Antica some 20+ years ago when I was working in Rome for a few weeks....I remember walking along running my hands on the stonework of the buildings and being blown away by the ceramic tile work that was still visible! I couldn't stop running my hands over the stones of the buildings, in awe that something built by a man could stand so long and survive! It is a real eye opener, a moment that I still recall to this day....

Thanks for the good memory!!!!

Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL

I'll be 60 in May.

Can't believe I'll be 60 years old this year !! And still riding this crazy bike. Any one else as thankful as I am for even being able to ride at all at this "advanced age" ??? Oh and, since this is a special year I treated myself to new wheels and tires. :D

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7799583/resizedbike.jpg

You go guy!! :thumb:

The colors and the bikes says a lot about you!! :thumb:

DON'T EVER STOP!!! ;)