I'm 59 years old, and I'm still crazy enough to be working on my descending skills. I can do that now that I'm living full time upstate where we have lots of hills. On Friday, I hit a lifetime record for high speed, 47.5 mph (76 kph). I did this with my old Campagnolo Record single pivot calipers with the old fin-cooled Matthauser pads I've had since new in (I guess) the 70s. They work well enough for me but most people would not be happy with them. I would also like modern dual pivots but I'm keeping these for now. That descend immediately followed my ascent where I also hit a personal record on that particular hill, so it was a good day.
My ride on Friday