I’m an inactive cycle tourist, with a cross country ride, and some week long tours previously, in the 70's and 80's. In a somewhat related thread on the Fifty-Plus Forum
”What do you find hardest about cycle touring now we aint spring chickens any more?” I posted:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
...Last year, I avidly read the posts on BF about a perimeter tour of Lake Ontario, and I experienced some surprising mental discomfort that struck me as a sign of getting older.
While I would still enjoy riding about 50 miles a day for an extended trip, the thought of the uncertainty of finding a place to stay for the night was unsettling. ...If I/we were to resume touring, it would at least be a credit card style, if not an organized tour....
I guess 30 years of a stable, predictable cycle-commuting lifestyle erodes that exhilaration of the uncertainty...
Probably the most common challenges reported on that thread were sleeping on the ground and finding a bathroom at night.
