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Old 04-11-12, 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mmmdonuts
If he were a U.S. president his name would be W.J. Clinton.
LOL. I really must be getting old, I didn't used to be that slow.
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"sunset years"??!? Hah! At 60, I feel as strong and fast as I did in my teens and 20's. Only thing is that I don't try to set any type of record on descents anymore.
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Old 04-11-12, 01:50 PM
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I'm 57 and just rode 70 miles on Saturday. My legs felt great, and I could have gone further, but my shoulders were killing me. Of course, I have two torn rotator cuffs, so that's a different thing completely. There's no reason you can't ride for years and years after 57.

Actually, I'm getting stronger. Or more accurately, I've lost weight and feel stronger.
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Originally Posted by volosong
"sunset years"??!? Hah! At 60, I feel as strong and fast as I did in my teens and 20's. Only thing is that I don't try to set any type of record on descents anymore.
were you fast or strong in your teens and 20s?
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Old 04-11-12, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by chasm54
LOL. I really must be getting old, I didn't used to be that slow.
Well, I doubt that's what 10Wheels meant when he posted...
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Old 04-11-12, 02:10 PM
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I'm barely 50. Hard to believe my life's almost half over...
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Originally Posted by chasm54
Will somebody indulge a foreigner by telling him what BJ stats are, please?
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Originally Posted by rangerdavid
Definitely pcad, he's ancient!
pcad?? Seriously? pcads still a young pup. Unfortunately, I've got him beat by a number of years. Wish I didn't.
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Old 04-11-12, 02:20 PM
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I'm one of the younger people in the group I ride with at 63. It's amazing how fast some of them are in their 70's. I guess riding 150 plus miles a week for decades keeps them in good shape. Here is a link to our club ride yesterday.

https://connect.garmin.com/activity/166790127
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Originally Posted by dmcdmc
I'm 24yrs old....did I win?!
No, but give it another 20 or 30 years, and you'll learn to tell whether 24 is < or > 70.
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Old 04-11-12, 02:26 PM
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Thanks. Looks like fun, I'll sign up.
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I'm 66, been riding for a few weeks & feel great. I try to do ten miles a day. It's a start.
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Originally Posted by mrardo
I'm one of the younger people in the group I ride with at 63. It's amazing how fast some of them are in their 70's. I guess riding 150 plus miles a week for decades keeps them in good shape. Here is a link to our club ride yesterday.

https://connect.garmin.com/activity/166790127
At 54 I am much faster than I was when I started riding at 48. I did a 32 mile ride on Saturday and averaged about 16.2 miles per hour which included a lot of climbing. Not that I am fast but there are dozens of 60 and 70s somethings in my club that can kick my butt. I expect that when I am 60, I will be faster and have more endurance than I do today.

One of the reasons that I ride is that my energy levels are much higher than they were before I started riding.
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The 25th of April will be my 69th birthday and I'm going to do 69 mile on that day!
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I'll turn 59 next week.
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Old 04-11-12, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by mmmdonuts
Well, I doubt that's what 10Wheels meant when he posted...
Er, no. I'm not as slow as all that...
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I'll be 70 in June.
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Old 04-11-12, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by chasm54
You have one, it's your bike. I've seen at least one study that found regular cyclists in their sixties to have an apparent age 10 years younger than their non-cyclist contemporaries.
Thank you! I'm going to follow your (implied) advice on this one.
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I'm 62 1/2 years old.
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Originally Posted by ColinL
I bet it's zonatandem. He does more than his fair of miles! .. puts me to shame.
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I'm 64 in September and ride 5-6K miles/year. I once rode with a guy in his mid 70s that could FLY up big hills on a Bike Friday and on a bike tour in WI helped a 78 yo women find the final stop after a 65 mile ride. I wonder how many miles I'll be able to ride each year when I retire.
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So I'm younger than 10 Wheels and older than Scooper I'm in my last month of 60 something
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This month makes it one year since I got back into cycling after decades away from it. At 52 I feel better now than I have in the past ten years and really enjoying riding again.

It nice seeing a lot older folks on here still laying it down.
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Damn, a bunch of old farts in here. I thought 55 was the cut off for the Internets.
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