Originally Posted by
skilsaw
I think there is an engineering solution to every problem.
Buy a new crank with smaller rings.
Buy a casette with larger rings.
You're old, and you can't take it with you, so buy a whole new bike with lower gear ratios.
Relax, grow old gracefully.
You don't want the people at your funeral to say, "Having a coronary while cycling is a terrible way to go."
That's a rather gloomy perspective, isn't it? I can think of worse ways to go. Dying with your Sidis on and all that.
To the OP, yes. I'm a member of the Old Guys Who Get Fat in Winter.
I haven't studied the Strava data too closely but I doubt I'm tearing up the roads. Lately all my riding has either been solo our with my daughter, so it's not like I'm in a big hurry or anything.