I did my Kula to Haleakala visitor center ride in 2007. 22 mi linear and about 6500 ft vertical. Probably the most emotional ride I have ever done. I did it with my 34 yo daughter. She said she couldn't imagine doing the ride in 25 years...I said I couldn't either...then it dawned on me, She was saying she couldn't imagine doing it at my age. I decided to start driving an 18 wheeler with a flatbed....just to stay in shape...I lost 20 lbs my first three months on the job. It worked out a different set of muscles. When I had my partial knee replacement done last year the doctor said, " Walking - Bad; Biking - Good." Thanks for jogging me again. Tomorrow the rack gets put on the headache rack of the truck.

1. What type of bikes do 50+ folks ride?
Still riding my Eddie Merckx and my old TREK single track combo bike(this one rides on the 18 wheeler I started driving two years ago...yeah, I know retirement isn't for me).


2. Do you take any special supplements/vitamins/minerals as you have grown older?
Nope. Just trying to eat reasonably. Which entails as much fiber as I can find in fresh fruits and veggies.


3. How much do you feel you have "slowed down" if any?
No more than last time. I have lost some of my conditioning because I do not like the trainer and it was too darned cold to be riding on the weekends. I did my nuclear stress test three months ago and surprised myself as to how long I was on for the target HR.


4. How long have you been biking? New, around a while, biked all your life?
Off and on for a while...less this last year.


5. What type of biking do you do? Long rides, touring, short rec rides.
Right now, just short training rides to build up my semi-new knee. (Feb 2008-partial knee replacement )



6. How often do you bike? Your approximate annual mileage?
Putting the Trek back on the headache rack....Hope to have over two thousand this year.



If you haven't already, perhaps you might indicate your age. It helps others to see that folks 50+ do great things.

61 years old