Originally Posted by
McBTC
I was just joking but interestingly, as time goes on retiring bikers probably will have little acquaintance with, e g., down tube shifters, Brooks saddles, leather chamois, nylon stretched over a foam helmet shell, fixing a flat, sew ups, friction generators, riding on a highway protected only by a painted line, triples, public hiker/biker camps for 50¢ a night (showers included), eating an entire pizza, no phone or internet...
I'm on the tail end of all that. But time waits for no man.
I've worked my career in software, and to this day all my colleagues are under 40 with a good number under 30. This has not kept me young; on the contrary, it has made me acutely aware of being ignorant of their world. And it is their world, not mine.