Originally Posted by stapfam

One thing I have noticed as I get older is that it takes more effort to do the exerting rides. Difference is I now know my limits and get more enjoyment out of those rides. When a little less mature I used to put too much into the hard bits and then had to recover on the easier parts so the rides probably took around the same time as they do now. That body that used to be able to take punishment is beginning to have a few faults come in. The back is getting weaker and the joints are beginning to fail occasionally so I work to those limits and it seems to help.

By knowing my limits and trying not to exceed them-I still get a few harder rides in. May be a bit slower than I used to do them but the "Smiles per Mile" is still way up there.

But that Tandem--How did you get the wife to ride on it with you? Mine took one look at the speed we had on a fast downhill and looked at the hills we still had to climb and vowed never to get on it. And she never has.