Please tell us your age. 54

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

canondale bad boy for towing my four year old in his trailer and errands around town
bianchi san jose ss for short 20 mile or so road rides as i get in shape than maybe longer
trek 520 for longer road rides and for use as i get in shape for centuries
gary fisher rig 29er ss for trail rides (not much yet)

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

solgar multi and ginseng

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

back to biking after years running but yea slower - and longer to recover, can't beat body with no consideration like I used to.

4. How long have you been biking? New, around a while, biked all your life?
back a few months - biked when young for all transport on my own at 16 and for the freedom and joy it gave me. left it as i built high tech career and ran instead. laid off 18 months ago and now I am using the bikes I bought the last 3 years with intent to resume biking but didn't use with the job as I was always traveling


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

4-5 times a week right now 20-30 miles road with add of a longer ride weekly with hope to ride my age and maybe a century (how can i find some in CO?) before this winter

also errands around town - 15 miles to shopping and libarary kind of stuff, rides my my son on trail and dq

lastly a few trail rides but not many yet


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

answered above - first yearly mileage will be this year