Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
^ Age is a significant consideration. At 23, and in your first year, your run way is shortening to hit the bigs. UCI Continental teams have to have the majority of their riders under 28 years of age. Thus the closer you're getting to 28, the less value you have to a Continental team.
23 isn't too old, but if you have a chance to really go somewhere with this, you need to get on it now.
I forgot to put that in as I was getting lazy. If you look at Hincapie they are all under 23, as is Bontrager, Hot Tubes, etc.