Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
What does older mean? I'm 41. Feel half my age most of the time. I never let the number be a reason to limit what I do in life.
My post had nothing to do with slowing down with age or anything like that. I was simply observing that where I live and ride, the majority of people I see embracing gravel riding and gravel/adventure bikes are younger riders. Folks my age around here (50's and up) are usually on road bikes or mountain bikes. Obviously from the replies, that phenomenon is not the case in other regions.
Lots of factors of course, but I've come to conclusion that a big part of it is our terrain--we don't have gravel roads so to speak. We have pavement and then steep rocky dirt, which most people see as mountain bike territory (and rightfully so in many cases).