Please tell us your age. 50

1. What type of bikes do 50+ folks ride?

early 90's Trek 720 hybrid (commuter)
2005 Specialized Sequoia Comp road bike
2006 Kona Cinder Cone mountain bike
2007 Rivendell Glorius mixte (new commuter, should be shipped this week)

2. Do you take any special supplements/vitamins/minerals as you have grown older?

calcium, vegetarian multi, B complex, iron, lutein to ward off macular degeneration

3. How much do you feel you have "slowed down" if any?

I've been completely unathletic my whole life, so I don't notice that I've slowed down at all. I do notice that I can't keep up with younger folks, probably due to a combination of age and excess weight, and I'm more timid on mountain bike rides than they are.

4. How long have you been biking? New, around a while, biked all your life?

I rode as a kid of course, but not again regularly until my neighbor got me into it in 2005.

5. What type of biking do you do? Long rides, touring, short rec rides, commute, tour, race?

14 mile RT commute
20-40 mile rides on weekends during spring/summer/fall
occasional metric centuries
week-long ride across Nebraska last summer
hope to do a century this year
occasional mountain bike rides
Don't care a whit about speed.

6. How often do you bike? Your approximate annual mileage?

commute 4-5 times/week (averaged 2x/week during February due to weather)
usually ride once on weekends during nice weather
rode about 3500 miles last year; shooting for 4000 this year

7. Do you do any other type of physical activities - weight lifting, skiing, running, etc.?

occasional weight lifting, occasional yoga/stretching DVDs, walk the dogs, "running" and swimming a few months before sprint triathlon (did first one last August)