Please tell us your age.

58

1. What type of bikes do 50+ folks ride?

Raleigh Technium on my long rides. Raleigh MTB for chores and riding at my camp. Grubb for rides under 40 miles. All components on all three bikes were hand-selected by me:

1989 Raleigh Technium Road Bike

58cm
Kinesis Road-D aluminum fork.
Campagnolo Veloce crank w/ 174 mm crank arms.
Stronglight 5083 Zircal chainrings, 39-53.
Campagnolo Veloce bottom bracket
Campagnolo Veloce brake calipers.
Fibrax S310 (sprint) brake pads.
Wheels: on rear: 28H Sun Venus rim (red) w/Royce RH30 High-flange hub and 14G, butted DT Swiss spokes, 3X.
On front, 20H Sun Venus (silver) rim w/ Hope Mono Pro III hub, 14G, butted DT Swiss spokes, 2X.
IRC Paperlite Plus tires (23c).
Campagnolo Victory skewers.
Terry Liberator Race saddle
Campagnolo Chorus "shorty" 180mm (26.8mm) seat post.
Cane Creek 110 Classic headset.
40cm Scott Liteflite Drop LF handlebars
ITM The Big One 110 mm stem
Six-speed Sachs 13-28 freewheel
Suntour Cyclone 6000 rear derailleur
Suntour Alpha 3040 front derailleur
Sachs PG (8-sp) chain
Speedplay Frog Ti pedals.
Suntour Accushift index shifters on downtube (set to friction).
Cane Creek SCR-5C brake levers.
Klean Kanteen 27 oz. water bottles
Specialized Rib Cage water bottle cages
Battaglin white handlebar tape.
VDO A8 computer
weighs 19.8 lbs with empty bottles
Professionally powder-coated Bold Yellow by The Color Factory in Paramus, N.J.

2001 Raleigh M80

16" frame: Long Life Aluminum
Lava Lamp Blue


Kinesis Maxlight 450 Alloy Rigid Fork 640g
Sram X7 175mm crankset 795g
(22-32-44)
Sram gpx bottom bracket 100g
Sram PG970 9-speed cassette 400g
Sram PG971 9-speed chain
Mavic XC717 rims (32H) 814g (pr)
DT Swiss 14G butted spokes
Shimano Deore M525 rear hub 440g
Shimano Deore M525 front hub 253g
Bontrager SR1 1.25" tires (summer)
Hutchinson Toro Hardskin 2.10" tires 490g (winter)
Topeak Defender FX/RX fenders 380g (pr)
KCNC Ti skewers 60g (pr)
Shimano XT M771 GS 232g
rear derailleur
Shimano Deore LX M570 125g
front derailleur
Sram Attack 3x9 shifters 260g (pr)
Sram 5.0 linear-pull brake 437g (pr)
calipers and pads
Xpedo Spry pedals 243g (pr)
Origin 8 Pro Pulsion headset 93g
Easton EA30 58cm flat bar 210g
BBE-17 Lightweight Bar Ends 104g (pr)
(by BBB)
Dimension Dual-Density hand grips
Bontrager Race Lite Stem 141g
(25 degree rise)
Strong Seat Post 220g
(33cm)
Hope stainless seatpost clamp
Topo KT saddle 205g (summer)
Serfas MSC-226 Reactive Gel saddle 528g (winter)
Answer Pro (bmx) rear brake lever 96g
Tektro 316A (bmx) front brake lever 82g
Zefal Spring water bottle cages 92g (pr)
Klean Kanteen 18oz. bottles 425g (pr)
Cannondale MT Expander saddle bag
Massload pannier racks

1963 Freddie Grubb Routier

Manufactured by W.F. Holdsworth

at Lullington Road Works, Anerley

SE20

“Crystal Palace”

County Kent

Size: 22”

72° seat tube, 73° head tube

Inaugural year for Routier (displacing Silver Star), and final year for Nervex lugs
and “rider” headbadge on Grubbs

Color Scheme:

Cobalt Blue Prismatic

w/bright blue bands on seat tube

and matching headtube

Frameset material:

Reynolds 'A' Quality 2030 drawn, butted

(U.T.S: 541 Mpa/ 455 N/mm2)
post-brazing strength: 312 N/mm2 (27,000 psi)

rame # 16324

C.B. # 4750 (Dec. 1959)

Nervex Legere #48 lugs and B.B. Shell

Francolam fork ends and dropouts

toptube brazed-on pump pegs

seat tube length c-c: 52cm (20 1/2”)

top tube length c-c: 57cm (22 ½")

seat tube inside diameter: 26.4mm

rear dropouts: 120mm

fork end spacing: 95mm

GB Maes handlebars 40cm (Britain)

GB Spearpoint stem 90mm (Britain)

GB Sport Mk III brake calipers (Britain)

GB Superhood brake levers (Britain)

Velox cotton bar tape (France)

Bluemels bar end plugs (Britain)

B.H. Eureka hubs 40-32H (Britain)

Super Champion 27” rims (France)

Brampton Continental head set (Britain)

Reynolds fork-mount lamp bracket (Britain)

Mansfield down-tube water bottle cage (Britain)

Ever Ready front lamp #2306 (Britain)

Campagnolo r/d steel cable housing (Italy)

Nicklin double chainset 46-49T (Britain)

Phillips cottered bottom bracket (Britain)

Renold 3/32'' chain (Britain)

Phillips Credalux pedals (Britain)

GB Professionnel toe-clips (Britain)

Peter Hare toe-clip straps (Britain)

Adie & Nephew Club Lightweight bell (Britain)

Stratalite 3 seatpin (Britain)

SKS frame pump (Britain)

Brooks Competition saddle (Britain)

Huret Svelto rear mech (France)

Cyclo/Benelux rod front changer (Britain)

Cyclo/Benelux Mk7 gear shift lever (Britain)

Atom 4-speed freewheel 14-28 (France)

Robergel Trois Etoiles spokes 15g (Britain)

IRC Roadlite gumwall tires (Japan)

Weight: 24.1 lbs
Frame: 2185g
Fork: 810g

2. Do you take any special supplements/vitamins/minerals as you have grown older?

multivitamin
B6
B5
C w/ equal amount of bioflavinoids
digestive enzymes
probiotics
amino acids
Candida Support by Now Foods
Cordyseng by Health Concerns
cal/mag/zinc w/ D
turmeric
black pepper
cayenne
hawthorne

Recovery drink is
Energy Shake by Nature's Plus

3. How much do you feel you have "slowed down" if any?

I have only started riding road "seriously" for the last three years. I haven't had time to slow down.
I'm slow in spring (I don't train in winter) and get progressively faster until I have to quit in early october.

4. How long have you been biking? New, around a while, biked all your life?

Been riding since 1981. Mostly to get to work, school, to get around locally, etc.


5. What type of biking do you do? Long rides, touring, short rec rides.

20 milers to 60 milers on the road bikes. Usually 20 or less on the M80, but under load.

6. How often do you bike? Your approximate annual mileage?

Every day in the summer. Not at all in the winter. about 100 miles per week for 25 weeks, so 2,500.
I'd like to move to N.C. to get a longer cycling (and gardening) season in.