Did 41 Miles today with group averaging over 17 MPH. First 20 Miles stayed with fast entire group and averaged 19-20.

Still getting back after serious fall last year and long vacation trips off bike.

FYI there are four of us over 70 in group of 60+ Riders. Most do better than me. Average age of total group in low to mid 50s.

A great month!!! A typical hot and humid July in NC.

We celebrated my oldest grandchild’s birthday at 2 years old and got him a stryder. He didn’t want to put on his helmet so my wife and I put on helmets and wore them for a while. When he saw it was okay so he put it on!!!

I got some riding in around Glacier and Canada.

One of my 50+ golfing buddies made a hole in one.

Life is good!

Hi “old” guys. I am about to turn 69, so I guess this is my forum too.

I am brand new, just one other post. I am in the process of moving to Cherry Log, Georgia, at the foothills of the North, GA mountains. I am maybe 5-10 miles north of the “Mountain Bike Capital of Georgia” Ellijay, GA. The community I live in has a network of paved/gravel roads. I live on one of those roads and plan to ride most days. The roads are very hilly and there are large quantaties of very small gravel in many areas which are easy to slide on. There are many forest roads and MTB trails in close proximity.

I have two bikes a Rocky Mountain Sherpa, which I switched over to a SRAM 1X, 11 speed bike, 32t chain ring, 10-42 cassette, 27.5+ tires (tubless). l have been riding the Sherpa as my Focus Mares CX has a Shimano 105 2x groupset, 36/46 front and 11-28 rear, which is a problem on the sttep hills. I like the Sherpa so much I have decided to make a similar conversion to the Focus bike. I just bought a GX Eagle group set for the Focus Mares CX. I plan to convert the Focus bike to a flat Riser handlebar & grip shifters. The very steep ups and downs on the roads I ride may benefit from gripnshifters that allow fast multiple gear changes. I am obviously enamored with the simplicity of 1X groupsets. The Focus bike has two sets of tires and rims, 700-40C, tubless with Stans, 28mm Continentals for paved trails, roads and maybe commuting.

At my age I bruise easily and heal slowly so I am more interested in exercise than racing. There are steep drop offs at many places along the roads I ride. I found out the hard way how easy it is to roll off one of those slopes, crash & burn. Fortunately I only got a scrape or two but I learned to be more careful. I like flat pedals and flat riser handlebars for the increased comfort while riding and because I believe I could exit the bicycle faster.

I would like to learn to work on my own bikes. I have invested in a good many bike specific tools and a Park Bike rack. I hope to find other people to ride with in the area.

I know it’s only early August in northern New England but I feel the long, bike-unfriendly months of winter looming. I’m thinking of taking a month to drive south in March. I grew up in AZ and love the desert but that’s too far. I haven’t spent much time in the south and southeast but that’s what I’m thinking of for a winter getaway.

I do mostly gravel or combo paved and gravel rides and I like rail trails, too. Any suggestions from folks familiar with the Deep South or SE, ideally where camping is a possibility? Is it still too cold in many places that time of year? I know I could post this in the regional section but you folks are my age, so I figured I’d star in these friendly environs.