Originally Posted by
Willbird
I have adopted the Philosophy from the Cyclists Training Bible that it can take 8 YEARS of athletic development to "get there"...and there are a couple more years of slow gains after that.
^ this is one of my favorite things about cycling. Keep pushing and you're going to get faster for a long time. None of us newbes, I'm 4.5 years in, really know our potential yet. Using 8 as a hard number I'll get there at the ripe young age of 61, perfect!