Please tell us your age.
59
1. What type of bikes do 50+ folks ride?
Trek 1200c
Trek 6700
Giant spinner
2. Do you take any special supplements/vitamins/minerals as you have grown older?
Glucosamine
fish oil
multi-vitamins
3. How much do you feel you have "slowed down" if any?
rotator cuff and carpal tunnel surgeries have affected arm functions
mountain bike accident has made lower back "iffy"
Legs are better than in the 30's and 40's and resumption of biking at 49 vastly improved knees.
Two weeks ago I was back down to what I weighed in '78
4. How long have you been biking? New, around a while, biked all your life?
Ten years
5. What type of biking do you do? Long rides, touring, short rec rides, commute, tour, race?
Enjoy long rail-trail rides the best ie: tip-to-tip on Prince Edward Island, Riviere-du-loup to Edmundston, NB. Just getting into road-biking, and if I find a third career I'll commute.
6. How often do you bike? Your approximate annual mileage?
About three times a week except during winter when I spin. Annual mileage averages about 1800.
7. Do you do any other type of physical activities - weight lifting, skiing, running, etc.?
Walk a couple of miles a day when I don't ride.