Originally Posted by
rydabent
Anymore with bikes that can have 36 plus gears, and have riders that have cadence meters on their cranks, horsepower reading, pulse rate, GPS readouts and of course speedometers, does anyone just ride for the fun of it?
Since I will be 75 next month, I really dont care to be involved in all that information. Further I really dont care what anyone thinks about what I ride, where I ride, and how fast I ride. I just ride for the exercise, joy, and the fun of it. How many here do the same.
What does age have to do with your desire to ride the way you want? Answer: "Nothing".
That you feel compelled to post about your purported independence makes me question just how immune to perceived social pressure you really are. Note, I said "perceived". I doubt there is any real community action forcing you to ride at all, let alone ride in a certain way.
Stated succinctly: Any person who is not being paid to ride a bicycle and doesn't do it their way needs some counseling.