At twice Brian's age, I still feel exactly the way he does. That's the way you do it. That's how you get here.

As I've said before, I've never had a paceline crash. In fact, other than low speed stupid, I've only crashed twice, both solo: once when I stupidly tried to cross from a shoulder onto raised asphalt, once when a car turned left in front of me. Both crashes were my fault. In the first case I was inattentive. In the second, I was wearing blue and black and had no daytime blinkies running. He didn't see me. Now I only wear high viz and have a 250 lumen blinkie on the front. I'm seen. I've probably been on 1000 group rides and probably been in a paceline on every one of them. All the same, it doesn't seem like a good idea for LT. Safer to go climbing.

Skiing . . . How about Nordic? Better workout, cheaper, less dangerous. All the same, I still ski downhill. 2 more years and it's almost free. There are skiers at my local area with 80+ jacket patches. I talked to one guy who was 91. He couldn't walk worth didly, but he skied beautifully.