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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Redwood City CA
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Bikes: 57 ExpressWerke, 58 CinelliB, 62 CinelliB Altenberger, 70 Cinelli SC, 76 Masi, 77 Colin Laing, 78 Ritchey, 80 Jack Taylor, 82 Appel, 82 Davidson, 85 Ironman, 92? Andy Gilmour, 04 Peter Johnson, 91 Ed Litton, 11 Bianchi
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67 yrs
1. What type of bikes do 50+ folks ride? Road bikes only
2. Do you take any special supplements/vitamins/minerals as you have grown older? No
3. How much do you feel you have "slowed down" if any? Yep, a little bit, have to pay attention to rest and recovery periods after big rides.
4. How long have you been biking? Road biking whole adult life. Not a racer, just a sport rider.
5. What type of biking do you do? Long rides, touring, short rec rides.
Road bike only. Multi-day tours once or twice per year about a week long. Routine is (1) 50mi+ 5Kft, (1) 30mi/3Kft, (3) pleasure spin, (2) days off per week. As summer riding season approaches, that all bumps up 110 miles per week to 150 miles + depending on what is coming up.
6. How often do you bike? 5-6 days per week. Your approximate annual mileage? 5500 - 6000miles, and about 500K ft