I'm 57 and my wife is 61, and my shop of preference has no problems with "older" folks and drop-bar bikes. In fact, shortly after buying my new Synapse from them, I talked with the shop manager about what they have in the way of a straight-bar road bike for my wife, who currently rides a 25 year old Panasonic and is finding it a little less comfortable than she used to, and he showed me their stock of flat-bar bikes, but said he could virtually guarantee he could make her more comfortable on a new drop-bar roadie than her current one, or a new flat-bar one. We hope sometime this fall to put that to the test.
Last edited by CraigB; 08-22-11 at 08:42 AM.