View Poll Results: If you are a recumbent rider, what is your age?
10-19 years of age
0
0%
20-29 years of age
13
7.60%
30-39 years of age
29
16.96%
40-49 years of age
40
23.39%
50-59 years of age
65
38.01%
60-69 years of age
22
12.87%
over 70 years of age (you go dude/dudette!)
2
1.17%
Voters: 171. You may not vote on this poll
POLL: Age of Bent Riders?
04-16-09, 02:12 PM
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Yet another LONG DEAD post has been revived. This seems to be the going thing nowadays. This one was dead and sleeping for 5 and a half years!
In fact, some of the people who responded to it in 2003 may no longer be with us.
In fact, some of the people who responded to it in 2003 may no longer be with us.
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04-16-09, 06:57 PM
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Looks like we need to poll again in several months to change the demographics.
I built my first bent in the late 60's early 70's after I saw the "Groundhugger" in a magazine. It was heavy angle iron but was the cats meow for me. I took it to a low rider show in 1996 + or - and one gal really liked it... had it in a 4th of July parade several years ago with blue and white streamers, after I painted it red, and got 1st place in the bike division. SO I have had fun with it. Sorry no pic on the computer,,,that means I need to get busy.
I built my first bent in the late 60's early 70's after I saw the "Groundhugger" in a magazine. It was heavy angle iron but was the cats meow for me. I took it to a low rider show in 1996 + or - and one gal really liked it... had it in a 4th of July parade several years ago with blue and white streamers, after I painted it red, and got 1st place in the bike division. SO I have had fun with it. Sorry no pic on the computer,,,that means I need to get busy.
04-16-09, 07:39 PM
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On the other hand, maybe it just means that if you're over 70, you don't spend time in forums? 
04-16-09, 09:20 PM
#29
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This is roughly what the population pyramid looks like in the U.S. So, one could conclude that recumbent riders are right in the norm.
https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/id...&submit=Submit
https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/id...&submit=Submit
04-16-09, 09:20 PM
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04-17-09, 12:15 AM
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Yeah, I'm 57 but I got my first Tour Easy in 83 when I was 32. I didn't see another recumbent rider until I got my wife one in 85! The thing I've noticed about recumbent riders is that they have enough sense not to worry about what the main stream thinks! Their popularity just keeps slowly growing instead of a flash in the pan like a lot of things.
04-17-09, 07:07 AM
#32
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Looks like we need to poll again in several months to change the demographics.
I built my first bent in the late 60's early 70's after I saw the "Groundhugger" in a magazine. It was heavy angle iron but was the cats meow for me. I took it to a low rider show in 1996 + or - and one gal really liked it... had it in a 4th of July parade several years ago with blue and white streamers, after I painted it red, and got 1st place in the bike division. SO I have had fun with it. Sorry no pic on the computer,,,that means I need to get busy.
I built my first bent in the late 60's early 70's after I saw the "Groundhugger" in a magazine. It was heavy angle iron but was the cats meow for me. I took it to a low rider show in 1996 + or - and one gal really liked it... had it in a 4th of July parade several years ago with blue and white streamers, after I painted it red, and got 1st place in the bike division. SO I have had fun with it. Sorry no pic on the computer,,,that means I need to get busy.
Please do "get busy" -- I'd like to see your Groundhugger.
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09-21-09, 10:08 AM
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Hi
Hi all. New to the forums. I don't have a recumbent yet, but have been investigating them after my low back started giving me problems this summer. I am interested in a tadpole trike but have only seen one older lady riding one around here. I was just curious how out of the norm I would be by riding one. I am 41, btw. I see there are a few others my age riding the bents. I'll come back and post here if I end up getting one.
09-21-09, 12:43 PM
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I am 49, and just started riding a Catrike this season. I had not ridden since I was 20 due to bad balance.
09-21-09, 04:11 PM
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wouldn't put a lot of faith in the significance of the poll data since the thread started six years ago.
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09-22-09, 09:07 AM
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I just turned 69 last month, and have been riding bikes since 1950, and bents since 1996. I now ride about 100+ miles per week.
09-22-09, 03:22 PM
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Wow! For once I'm right in the middle of the bell curve! Age 55 (and a half), been riding since I was 8 yo, df's until two years ago. In retrospect, I woulda switched to 'bents sooner if I'd had access to one to try.
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Bend, OR
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Bend, OR
09-22-09, 08:35 PM
#41
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Im 71 and have been riding bents since 2005. In just a few more miles I will have ridden 2000 miles this year I ride a RANS Stratus LE, probably the best recumbent for the bucks on the market.
Probably due to cycling almost all my life, the BP is around 122/67, resting heartrate is around 55, and colestoral sp is 115. However I do take Lipitor. RIDE OR RUST
Probably due to cycling almost all my life, the BP is around 122/67, resting heartrate is around 55, and colestoral sp is 115. However I do take Lipitor. RIDE OR RUST
