Please tell us your age.
I'll be 52 later this year.

1. What type of bikes do 50+ folks ride?
I have a pair of Trek road bikes, born 16 years apart ('85 & '01). Also a pair of aged, neglected mountain bikes hanging in the garage.

2. Do you take any special supplements/vitamins/minerals as you have grown older?
No... unless you count caffeine?

3. How much do you feel you have "slowed down" if any?
Three years ago I was 20 lbs heavier and my cholesterol level was in the upper 200's. Doc recommended a daily statin, exercise and weight loss. My workplace had just opened a on-site health club, so I joined up, and also started getting more consistent miles in on the bike. Weight & hdl/ldl are down to the 140s and my avg mph is up.

4. How long have you been biking? New, around a while, biked all your life?
Started in the early 80s when I was working swing-shift and needed something to do during the mornings. Cycling's been my favorite activity ever since.

5. What type of biking do you do? Long rides, touring, short rec rides, commute, tour, race?
An average ride for me now is 40~60 miles on a weekend ride, and I like the challenge of a good climb, especially since losing the weight. I try to do a few organized rides, especially because they provide goals to train for.

6. How often do you bike? Your approximate annual mileage?
Most of the year I'm riding a couple times during the week and a longer ride on the weekends. The past couple of months I've added bike commuting a few times a week (30 mile round-trip) and I'm usually able to devote at least one day per weekend for a moderate-to-long ride, thanks to a very understanding wife, and plenty of encouragement & good-natured competition from some fellow riders at work. Not sure about annual mileage because I usually manage to muck up the odometer on my bike before the year is out, but I'll estimate that in the last few years I've averaged about 2500 miles. This year it'll (hopefully) be more like 3K. Currently at about 1600 (not including LifeCycle or magtrainer miles)

7. Do you do any other type of physical activities - weight lifting, skiing, running, etc.?
Other than helping my son work on his fitness for soccer, and helping my wife work on our garden and other landscaping projects, cycling is it, and it's still what I love best. During the winter months I spend more time in the gym to maintain fitness, as available riding time is short. I swam and played golf during my high school years, skiied in my post-college years... But nowadays swimming is monotonous to me, golf maddening and I hate being really cold. I'd rather spend the time on the bike.