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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Fredericksburg, Va
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Bikes: '65 Frejus TDF, '73 Bottecchia Giro d'Italia, '83 Colnago Superissimo, '84 Trek 610, '84 Trek 760, '88 Pinarello Veneto, '88 De Rosa Pro, '89 Pinarello Montello, '94 Burley Duet, 97 Specialized RockHopper, 2010 Langster, Tern Link D8
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I won't go into the "Hall of Shame Moment". Being 65+ I figure that with a VO2 Max of 61.3, I have no reason to be shamed. I may not be as fast as I once was, but I can be fast once as I ever was, going down hill! I would love to be were I would have been if I hadn't given up riding in my mid 20's. I went 30 years without riding and then started up again in 2008. It has been a slow road but I am better now than I was 30 years ago, just not 45 years ago!
I am my own competition and that is good enough. My shame, if I have any, is not to have taken advantage of a ride when it was available.
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