Who's the oldest person in the road forum...?
04-11-12, 10:01 AM
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Who's the oldest person in the road forum...?
Hopefully, this thread will reveal a bunch of roadies riding late into their sunset years ... giving the rest of us something to look forward to. Just how old can people be and still ride regularly?
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I bet it's zonatandem. He does more than his fair of miles! .. puts me to shame.
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Don't know about the road forum, but there was at least one roadie in the fifty-plus forum who was riding 1000 miles per month at age 80.
I do close to his sort of mileage, but I'm still an adolescent of 57.
I do close to his sort of mileage, but I'm still an adolescent of 57.
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It's not the years, it's the miles.
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I am 54 but last summer I was passed on a hill climb by a 78 year old 100 lb lady. However, I have since had surgery to repair a respitory problem. I think I can kick her butt now.
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Turned 70 years old Apr 2.
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I'm 24yrs old....did I win?!
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Turned 70 years old Apr 2.
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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.
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Throw the stick!!!!
It's good to have goals. Beating a 79 year old lady up a climb sounds like a very reasonable one.
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opposite end of the spectrum:
I think fishymamba is the youngest. youngest that has self-identified, and actively posts, at least.
I think fishymamba is the youngest. youngest that has self-identified, and actively posts, at least.
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