Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)

Somehow, I turned 50. And somehow, I got here - after years of working out and cycling - nearly crippled by AS, a form of spinal arthritis. So, while fighting this battle waged in my body, my bike gathered dust for the last couple of years. Last week, I'd had enough of trying to find a way to...

HI, I hope this wheel is going to last, my training wheels are not holding up to my CD weight and my interval training of short burst of speed the recover and so on. http://static2.westernbikeworks.com/productimages/images450/fufr31-1.jpg. Fulcrum's versatile Racing 3 wheelset delivers...

...the person who left the big chaw of cinnamon bubble gum somewhere along the trail. Last week I took the mountain bike out for a 20 miler, trying to get ready for a fall C&O tour. At about mile 15 the rear wheel started throwing rocks up into my feet. Then I smell it. Cinnamon !!! I...

to enable higher drop bars for old fart. Want Titanium. Litespeed Veneto is one (now out of production). Don't really want to waste time waiting for a used one to come up on bike.jaxed.com. Life is too short--then one finally comes up on ebay and some guy like me is willing to pay a king's...

A few months back, someone gave me some of those Snickers Marathon Nutrition bars. These were the crunchy dark chocolate variety. Now, I must say that I am not a big fan of may of the energy bars on the market. Clif had one a few years back, called Chocolate Espresso, but for some odd reason, they...

Dear Fellow Cyclists - a little Help please. My name is Scott Mayer I’m 52 and I’m riding in the Bike MS Bay to Bay Tour on October 16-17, 2010. I will be cycling 150 miles over 2 days to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Multiple sclerosis is a disease that randomly...

As we approach the real dog days of summer I have been looking for some entertaining 50+ threads from the past. No offense but this is sort of like panning for gold: Lots of filler with a few flakes. Some of the flakes are interesting. The evolution of the active members is almost like a long...

Finally rolled out my latest project today. After all the hullabaloo about the new Sturmey Archer 3 speed fixie, I decided that would be what my next build would be designed around. I'm sorta getting back into the bike biz doing custom builds, wheel building and that sort of thing at home, so this...

Just turned 50 yesterday (not sure how that possibly could have happened, but here I am) and I just wanted to say hello! I've been lurking on this fourm for a while and now that I'm "offical" I hope to contribute now and again. I ride mtb & road, although this year it has been mostly road,...

When I got back on the bike several years ago one of the rides I learned about was RAMROD (Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day) -- a 154-mile loop starting on the far edge of suburban Seattle and looping around and through Mt. Rainier National Park. With 10,000 feet of elevation gain, it...

I think I may have mentioned this here before, but for my 50th birthday present, my family sent me to Paris to watch the last stage of the tour. It was a whirlwind trip, but it was worth it. I spent all day Saturday walking and taking the metro everywhere, but on Sunday, I headed to the Arc...

SVCC in Australia is a club with approx 450 members, it is the leading club in Australia with weekly events and major events throughout the Summer and Winter season. The new website has lots of photos, statistics on how fast riders go etc. Check it out. http://www.southernvets.com.au

Hi guys. This is my first post, and I thought I would put up some personal results in case anybody is curious about what to expect when starting out at 50+. Below is a brief summary of my progress this year on my mountain bike. I’ll be 52 in a couple of months, and I am significantly overweight. I...

It's been a spell since I've bored you all with any pictures so assuming that you've sufficiently recovered from the last batch, here's a few from today..... I posted this picture of an old fire house that's been refurbished into a restaurant aptly named 'Hose Co. 22' last March..... ...

I just got back from Vacation about a week ago. On the way home we stopped I Williams Arizona so we could spend a day or two at the Grand canyon. As we left Williams the morning we were heading for home two road bikes were riding down Highway 40 just as we got on the freeway. These were not loaded...

I'm tired of cramming the bike behind the seats of my Camry (hybrid) on those occasions when I need to haul it to the LBS, or to the start of a ride. Taking the front wheel out is no big deal, but I also have to pull the seatpost (68cm bike), then put it back in precisely with a tape measure, and...

These past three weeks have been rather amazing for me. First, on July 3, Mrs. Road Fan and I biked 32 miles in blazing heat, toward Detroit on a totally new (to us) road. The uphill was deceptively easy - uphill but with the wind. All around us were long views of rolling farmland...

We spent 7 great days in the Netherlands, a country with more bikes than people. Ya gotta love that. The trip was a graduation gift for my two sons who both graduated on the same day at the same university. The trip started with us making our way up the narrow, steep flight of stairs to our...

Question Sir, Were you in downtown Denver this morning buying tickets for a show? If so I was the guy in the grey jacket that sent you to the wrong line. Didn't think to ask you that before you (if it was you) headed back home. Sorry about the mistake (the line) if it was you.

Finally achieved my second goal for this year. Today I rode 77 miles (2 miles more than I had to). Feels good to have done it but now I plan to do a bit of riding just for the enjoyment alone. Passed a studio of a friend and had thought it would have been nice to drop in but I was "on the clock" so...

My husband is scheduled for total shoulder replacement surgery on Oct. 21. He had his left shoulder done 3 years ago, with excellent results -- however, he wasn't riding at that time. Now, he rides 3-5 days/week and participates in our group's long weekend ride events. We're discussing the...

Anyone 50+ from northeast IL or northwest IN plan to riding the Two Rivers Century from Kankakee, IL on August 8, 2010? Event is described on this page: http://www.kvpd.com/Special-Events/special-events.htm Route map is here:...

I turned 56 in May and did my first Metric Century logging in over 65 miles today with my son. This is my first year of biking since high school. Love it. So far I've lost about 26 pounds. Bald man and his Scott CR1 ...

For about 2 months I have been shopping for a pair of Vittoria Open Corsa EVO CX 320tpi tires, they had to be red or black (first choice was red). Most merchants didn't have them in stock, those that did wanted an arm + leg. Finally cbike got a pair of blacks in stock and offered them at a very...

I had business in Atlanta last week and took the opportunity to drive and take my bikes so that I might get in some riding in the area. It was quite an adventure. The heat and humidity that can be characteristic of the deep south were, shall we say, in full flower. Day 1- I started day one...