What has cycling done for me (you)
08-15-16, 08:25 PM
#27
Full Member
I am in the best shape of my adult life at 59. I weigh less now than I did in high school. The biggest benefit of cycling for me is how much I love it. I look forward to my early morning ride every day.
08-16-16, 03:54 AM
#28
Senior Member
A life partner with the same interests, world travel, improved health and fitness, physical achievements beyond what I could have imagined at any younger age, useful knowledge and skills about cycling and bikes, determination, and organisational skills.
08-16-16, 05:45 AM
#29
Senior Member
Cycling has kept me (reasonably) sane --- is that even possible? LOL... 
Seriously, cycling has been keeping my cardio vascular system in shape. I know I posted a while back about my late father and his inactivity after retiring from IBM. I don't want to end up like that! Heck, I can remember back around 1979, maybe 1980, after I had already graduated school, moved away, joined the US Coast Guard, etc... and came home on military leave. In the garage was a matching pair of his & hers Sears Free Spirit 3-speed bikes. My parents said they bought them for short bike rides down the road. I thought that was really cool at the time. However about 3 or 4 months later, again, I came home on military leave over a holiday, and looked in the garage, and the same Free Spirit bikes were still there in the same spot, untouched, and now had a bit of dust on them.
I love scenery and love to get out and ride, even if it's something short like 8 miles, or a longer 30 mile ride. It keeps my lower back stretched out and keeps me healthy. Eventually I will get down a nice, even 200# instead of being 212# or 210# depending on what I eat. Heck, I would love to get down to a trim 190#, but don't if that is possible.
Seriously, cycling has been keeping my cardio vascular system in shape. I know I posted a while back about my late father and his inactivity after retiring from IBM. I don't want to end up like that! Heck, I can remember back around 1979, maybe 1980, after I had already graduated school, moved away, joined the US Coast Guard, etc... and came home on military leave. In the garage was a matching pair of his & hers Sears Free Spirit 3-speed bikes. My parents said they bought them for short bike rides down the road. I thought that was really cool at the time. However about 3 or 4 months later, again, I came home on military leave over a holiday, and looked in the garage, and the same Free Spirit bikes were still there in the same spot, untouched, and now had a bit of dust on them.
I love scenery and love to get out and ride, even if it's something short like 8 miles, or a longer 30 mile ride. It keeps my lower back stretched out and keeps me healthy. Eventually I will get down a nice, even 200# instead of being 212# or 210# depending on what I eat. Heck, I would love to get down to a trim 190#, but don't if that is possible.
08-18-16, 01:12 PM
#30
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: 25 miles northwest of Boston
Posts: 29,549
Bikes: Bottecchia Sprint, GT Timberline 29r, Marin Muirwoods 29er, Trek FX Alpha 7.0
Mentioned: 112 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5224 Post(s)
Liked 3,581 Times
in
2,342 Posts
08-18-16, 06:48 PM
#31
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Southern California
Posts: 588
Bikes: Gary Fisher Hi-Fi Deluxe, Giant Stance, Cannondale Synapse, Diamondback 8sp IGH, 1989 Merckx
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 51 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 2 Times
in
2 Posts
I "Lost" Brooks" 23 years ago. I'm still not over it ---
Joe
Joe
08-18-16, 07:04 PM
#32
Member
Join Date: May 2016
Location: In the Portland, Maine area
Posts: 34
Bikes: Trek FX7.2 Hybrid, Bianchi c2c road bike
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 13 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
My best friend, fellow musician, fishing buddy ... And eventually my brother in law dropped dead suddenly after 47 years of friendship. 4 years later it's still very much with me. As cycling is such a personal quest it's let me do something on my own... Without mourning him. It's been great on many levels... But especially in helping me regain my personal independence and finding a new focus in my life.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
MillieKY
Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg)
7
12-20-13 04:19 PM
borgagain
Fifty Plus (50+)
30
08-26-11 12:40 PM
Ron_J
Fifty Plus (50+)
43
01-11-10 10:59 PM
