Originally Posted by
Dan Burkhart
My favorite line in that story was "against medical advice". Great stuff!
Mine, too!
One nice aspect of cycling is that older riders can do well on long slow distance (LSD) rides. I did my first Grand Tour / Los Angeles Wheelmen Double Century in 1972, with two of my fellow fresh UCLA Physics graduates and my 50-year-old coach and employer (ex-Marine, father of 5, UCLA Physics PhD, entrepreneur). Along the route we met a number of delightful folks, including a 76-year-old gentleman from Watts, who was doing his 12th consecutive Grand Tour, an annual tradition he had started when he retired as a postal carrier.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069