Please tell us your age. 58 soon
1. What type of bikes do 50+ folks ride?
Specialized Tarmac Comp, SRAM, PowerTap spoked to an HED and a Velocomp iDash.
2. Do you take any special supplements/vitamins/minerals as you have grown older?
No. Do take a couple of prescriptions - and that really irks me.
3. How much do you feel you have "slowed down" if any?
Lifestyle not at all - I still like to play very hard. I'm heavier than I like and that impacts my cycling speed but nothing I find embarrassing. Heat, days near or in the 100's this year impacted my longer distance riding more than last year. At least I felt it more this year. I may have to adjust recovery days a bit but have no intentions of reducing the maximum intensity of my real training rides.
4. How long have you been biking? New, around a while, biked all your life?
Did at least 4500 miles a year in my twenties and most of my thirties. Was sans auto a few of those years and had more bike miles than vehicle miles.
It was a small town and there weren't a whole lot of places to go. and then was mostly off bike until May 2009 but back on now with a vengence.
5. What type of biking do you do? Long rides, touring, short rec rides.
No touring. Longer weekend rides and shorter more intense weekday evening rides. As winter approaches I'll move the bike indoors to the trainer and take advantage of any reasonable weekends for outdoor rides. I'll also do some treadmill runs and weight lifting in the winter.
6. How often do you bike? Your approximate annual mileage?
5 or 6 days a week in season, fewer days in fall and dead of winter. In the height of summer can sometimes work in two rides on some days but one or both will be low intensity - cal burners/seat time. Will hit 5000 mile for 2010. Surgery really messed up the first 4 months of 2010 for me. Should hit 6000 to 7000 next year assuming work doesn't force a lot of travel. That's a question I have - does anyone travel (air) for work and have figured out how to include bicycling during their travel?
If you haven't already, perhaps you might indicate your age. It helps others to see that folks 50+ do great things.[/QUOTE]
58 in December 10