Originally Posted by
DaveTG
full throttle on this Specialized and take the dust off! I'm 49 in a month and I feel better than ever. Well... my lumbars some days kills me
but other than that... we still have a whole life ahead of us.
Enjoy the ride!
LOL my mind still thinks Im 30, my sense of humor suggest Im 12yo but my back and my knees think Im 80yo and thats where the bike comes to fix that part or broke a bone
Originally Posted by
downtube42
Welcome. A $50 bike is the perfect gateway drug into cycling. After a season or so, you'll know better what kind of cycling you enjoy, and a specific type of bike will start calling.
56? Granted I didn't take a hiatus from cycling (ever, since learning), but I think mid 50's was my peak fitness. The untapped potential is enormous! Your body will respond quickly, your job is simply to persist, and your body will do the rest.
when I was young, maybe from my 12-15 yo I had my cheapo BMX and spent a lot of time on the dirt trails and small hard packed sand dunes so, I still feel attracted by MTB but duuuude MTB bikes had changed a lot, I never thought about seeing a MTB costing almost what a small used car cost , incredible !!! I live on the dry desert of Baja, nothing but rocks and lose dry sand here, the local MTB routes scared me to death LOL, no soft dirt or bushed where to land on a fall, just rocks and dried bushes or small cactus plants everywhere, I think I will be good with cycling around my town and taking some hard packed dirt roads in the mix.
we will see, for now Im pretty exited and feel like 15 yo cleaning and thinking in tinkering the bike with new bar grips, new sadle and some stickers here and there.