Originally Posted by
BikeArkansas
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Most of the men and women I ride with have Strava and other programs. They have power meters. Are you kidding me. These guys are in their 60s and 70s. I can tell them how much power they have == very little.
You're showing off your ignorance.
I'm 60, and there are people older than me in my velo club (yes, we race at this age) who regularly drop thirty something cat-3 racers ... drop 'em like a pile of bricks!
Go to any crit and watch the lap times of the 60-plus racers, and compare them with the cat-3s. It will open your eyes. Go to any endurance race ... 12 or 24 hours. The podiums are liberally populated with sixty-somethings riding well in excess of 300 miles in 24 hours.
How do we 60+ riders drop younger riders? By training hard and intelligently, by knowing a thing or two about those technical gizmos and how to use them, and by refusing to believe that old = slow.
Read Friel's "Fast After Fifty". It will also open your eyes.
So drop your arrogant ignorance!
Originally Posted by
revchuck
I'm one of those for whom power meters and computers and all the stuff that goes with them are not meaningless accouterments. One of the many things I enjoy about cycling is the ability to push myself
hard. The electronics quantify my work and keep me honest...and I admit to enjoying geeking out a bit too. Being 65 doesn't equal being weak and slow. And enjoying riding hard doesn't preclude "stop and smell the roses" rides either.
My cycling preferences are neither more nor less valid than those of others. If you're on a bike, you're right.
Seems Rev Chuck and I are on the same page