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Old 01-22-05 | 02:08 AM
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bikendan
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Joined: Jan 2005
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From: NAPA, CALIF.

Bikes: 1 road bike and 3 mountain bikes

i am a 50 male rider, living in Napa, California.

1. What type of bikes do 50+ folks ride?
i mainly ride mountain bikes. i have 3. 1 for around town, 1 for racing and 1 for fun. 1 is a hardtail, the race bike is a 3" travel full-susp. and the fun is a 5" travel full-susp.
i do have a scott road bike that i ride for fitness and some century rides

2. Do you take any special supplements/vitamins/minerals as you have grown older?
i take a product called "overdrive" when i exercise for long periods.

3. How much do you feel you have "slowed down" if any?
i have BAD knees, (6 surgeries) and have slowed down quite a bit since turning 45.
metabolism has really slowed down also.

4. How long have you been biking? New, around a while, biked all your life?
all my life, but seriously since i was 30, after my first knee surgery, for rehab.

5. What type of biking do you do? Long rides, touring, short rec rides.
i mainly do 2 hour mountain bike rides. if i ride road, i ride 40-50 miles, unless i am training for a century.

6. How often do you bike? Your approximate annual mileage?
i probably average 2000 miles a year.
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