You are our hero. A few others on the Forum.
I rode an event ~50 gravel miles (1st day) this Summer, found out at the end an 80+ BF'er finished the same route. He's a regular rider. Very cool.

edit: Hope he chimes in. In addition to respecting our elders, it's always good to hear from them.

re-edit: JoeBCyclist clips I saw were years ago and not merely the more recent wobbly fall. Either NBC or CNN did a piece with long range video footage of Joe and his SS entourage - it was a slooow ride, maybe 8-10mph. Cycling politicians were featured. Even the guy (Kerry?) who crashed while cycling in Europe on an official trip. My take-away was that if I had been a politician, I would have kept my hobby under the covers. No respect, ZERO, in America for cyclists. Even Bush builds a private course to keep it out of the public view. Coincidentally, Bill Clinton gave up 'jogging' early in his presidential days. Golfing with carts is IN again. Remember, , you only have so many heartbeats in life (determined by your genes), ...why waste them on exercise?