Originally Posted by charles vail

Being an old, fat, sandal wearing, fred type, cyclist and still a fairly good sprinter, I regularly blow past decked out road riders on my commute, riding my single speed. But my commute is essentially a 8.5 mile time trial. Give me some hills and I slow to a crawl. I have managed a 10 mile rolling hill ride in exactly 30 minutes so maybe there is hope for me yet. Just gotta stop eating so much. I suppose they have age categories for these events? It might be a good goal for me to train for one in order to motivate a life change.