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Bicycle use among older Americans has increased fivefold since 1995
Older cyclist are the fastest growing group of users:
Bike use is rising among the young, but it is skyrocketing among the old | PeopleForBikes
"Between 1995 and 2009, the most recent year for which data is available from the National Household Travel Survey, the rise in biking among people ages 60-79 accounted for 37 percent of the total nationwide increase in bike trips."
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When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.