64 and had a bypass- had Prostate cancer and have had a dodgy knee (s) for 40 years.

At age 59 I decided to stop doing the offroad Enduros and that was my downfall. Not by stopping the enduros- ---- but by stopping the hard training that they require all year round. I have slowed down tremendously in those years but I retire next year. I will have time to get on the bike more and "Possibly" do a Metric Version of the big ride I used to do.

But I still ride- perhaps not as often as I should but todays ride pointed out one thing to me. I can still get up the hills- I can still pass on advice to other riders and I still enjoy riding. Perhaps not as fast as I used to be but the joy of getting up the "High and Over" this morning on a compact crank when everyone else had a triple made me realise that I still have a few more years of riding to come before I hang up my cleats.