Welcome Dude.

Post a lot with your doings.

The Peugeot..
 

I'm pretty sure this was the bike I owned back then, a Peugeot PHX-10. Mine was red and I had bought it used around 1963.. It was a great bike, but the tires were really a hassle.

See this link

You would be amazed at the differences in today's "racers" and "clincher" tires - not sewups any more.

BUt, time will tell. Just have fun.

I know.. I'm pretty amazed at the improvements in the new bikes. Thanks for the welcome!

I just turned 72 this month. I am one of the very fortunate few that has almost no old age problems. I have very few aches and pains and as of yet I dont even have to get out of bed at nite to tinkle. I retired 2 years ago and upgraded from a Rans Tailwind to a Stratus. In the 2 1/2 years I have had it, it now has a little over 6000 miles on it. I dont think that is too bad since I live in the snow belt and am totally off fthe bike for at least 4 months. I hate riding in the cold. In the last 2 years I have dropped 20 pounds. I usually ride every other day about 30 miles. I ride with the local bike club and a recumbent club in Omaha. My speed is usually around 13 to 15 mph, faster down hill of course. I do down hill with the wind really well!!

Keep riding guys and gals------its really good for you!!!!!

That is great.
I also like the down hills with wind at back but you sure get in trouble fast if you don't lookout.

Question, why are up-hill so long and the down-hills so short?

Hi Fellow Peddlers! Greetings from the MN tundra where as I write this it is 9 degrees outside and yesterday I had to spend a couple of hours trying to rake a big snow build-up off my roof. Since it had rained slightly between snowfalls, all I could get off was about 3 inches of the 20 or so that is on the roof before I hit the crust that stopped the snow rake. Soooo, I haven't been doing any riding lately due to weather. Thank goodness for the recumbent exercycle in the basement workout room!! Now then, I ride a hi-bred, Raleigh Passage 4.0 and really like it - I have a spyder-flex seat on it and can ride it long periods of time w/o pain anyplace but that darn foot with its hot spot that causes me to get off and walk around every hour or so. I love this bike but wonder if it is worth the trouble to look into purchasing one of those more refined touring bikes. Last summer I encountered a couple of riders of my age (68) who were bent over the bars and cranking along at about 15 MPH to my 12 and I couldn't keep up to them. My bike is comfortable to me, no aches in my wrists or neck or posterior so I should be happy with it after the 5 years I've owned it and worn out my rear tire but something in my geezer ego keeps urging me to step up to a faster ride. Has anybody else out there with a comfy bike felt the same way and if so, did they give it a try and how did that go? I'd hate to spend a ton of bucks and then be unhappy with my purchase. Or worse yet, be unable to ride it because the posture on it causes pain or discomfort. Especially in the seat!! Owieeee! After all, no matter how much you spend on it, you still have to pedal it! Advice is needed and appreciated. After all, spring will finally come here to the Tundra and the roads will once again be fun to ride on! In only about 90 days! Thanks in advance!
Rocky1405

Well, I guess I just joined the club (Dec 1945 birthday)! I too have very little in the way of health problems--just a bit more weight than I should have. I found an interesting article in a PubMed search today:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21148220

I liked his conclusion (and he got that published in the British Medical Journal), as I have three bikes. Rrydabent, I also have a Rans Stratus, it it has over 10,000 miles on it now. I just replaced the front brakes (back breaks to be replaced later this week) so I can get it going again. I have a Rivendell Rambouillet too, as well as a Trek 1420. I have the Rambouillet equipped with a handlebar bag, and racks for two bags in back. The Stratus has a neat fairing, and can handle both front and back bags. Right now the weather here in Oregon is pretty nasty, so I only get out on holidays and weekends. I still work, but it is a 12-15 mile one-way trip, with a nasty climb over the Portland Hills. If I want to avoid a really twisty road (Germantown Road), I need to go through Forest Park on a fire road. So that will probably wait for a better time of the year.

On my rides, I normally go between 12 and 20 miles, sometimes into the hills (when I can see them--when I cannot, it's too rainy and nasty to be up there). I have several really nice routes just north of Beaverton/Hillsboro, Oregon and end up at the Great Harvest Bakery, where I buy our weekly allotment of breads (Harvest White, Honey Wheat, Dakota, or some specialty breads) to take home along with "samples" (pieces from their bakery that they give away to people who come into the store). It makes for really pleasant biking.

Anyway, I'll be looking in here every once in a while.

John

Welcome John,

Post often

Have a happy

Welcome Rocky.

I'm 66 and never cared for hybrids or "comfort" bikes. My road bikes have always seemed comfortable to me. There's a link to my small collection of bikes in my signature. No "comfort" bikes there. :beer:

Welcome John. Sounds like your rides are quite scenic. Post some pics for us big city folk to drool over.

Nappy New Year Gang

[Okay, here's the photos from one of my last rides up Springville Road. I wanted to do a 20 mile circle, but conditions would not let me.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76...y/IMG_3974.jpg
This is the view from one of my stops about 5 miles out, but 2/3 the way up a 1000 foot climb. The scene looks to the south at Beaverton, Oregon.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76...y/IMG_3975.jpg
The wind was gusting at 40-50 mph. Here my Rans Stratus is facing directly into thewind, and having problems.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76...y/IMG_3977.jpg
I took this photo to show the wind actually blowing my Stratus backwards, and the kickstand leaving a trail in the gravel. This photo was taken just before I grabbed the Stratus to keep it from being blown over.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76...y/IMG_3978.jpg
I rode uphill just a bit further, to find out what was making a mess of the road (I had seen this driving home from work). Well, what I found is most probably an elk trail. There is a herd of elk in the Forest Park area just to the west of this road, and they sometimes go in different areas. The animals were too large to be deer, and cattle don't use that area, nor do cattle come down such a steep slope.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76...y/IMG_3979.jpg
The elk went across the road...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76...y/IMG_3980.jpg
To the other side...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76...y/IMG_3982.jpg
...then down the slope to some fields for grazing.

The wind was high enough I turned around here, and went back down the road (really fun on a recumbant). I have a few routes, but most go by the Great Harvest Bread Store, and this was no exception.

This shows though the advantage of riding verses driving a car; you can stop and investigate interesting findings much easier.

Well, the pictures are okay, but right now, in winter, it is not as picturesque as at other times of the year.

John

Very nice pics....Thanks

Thanks for sharing the GREAT pics. Very good!

Nice pictures, keep posting.

Great pictures, John. I can't wait to see pictures of it in the summer months.

Wow. Great pictures John. Nothing like that around here unless I drive at least 70 miles from home. :(
Thanks.

Off today (yes, I'm still working). Worked on my Rans Stratus recumbent, then took it out for a spin. I needed to change the rear brake pads. Then I took it out for a spin. I usually do not ride an Fridays (been hit twice by cars on Fridays, so this is my simple change to ensure that I don't get hit a third time on a Friday). But this time I was mostly on bike trails, so it didn't matter about the cars. 'Had a good ride. Now I need to get the info off my bikes odometers for a yearly tally. It will be interesting to see what I totaled for the year.

Okay, here's the totals:

Rivendell Rambouillet: 801.3 miles
Rans Stratus: 1271.9
Trek 1420: ?

Total, somewhere over 2073.2 for the year. I thought I was riding about 1200 per year. It pays to set it up on January 1 and find out! I don't know about the Trek, as the odometer is not giving me a total mileage for some reason. When I figure that out, I'll put it up too.

Here's a picture from our annual Bridge Pedal in Portland, this one in 2005:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76...ePedal2005.jpg

John

I'll be 67 in April so I guess I belong here. Retired in SW Florida. I live in a gated community with a bike club with 150 members. But there are only 10 or so who are serious riders. Our ride this morning (60 degrees at the start...70 degrees at the finish) was a hard 40 miles in a paceline of 6 riders. Average speed around 19 mph. I formerly lived in Minnesota and Chicago. No more rollers for me. It's great to ride year round.

Steve

Dang that is fast riding.
How old are the others?

Welcome, glad to see you here and posting.

Sounds like you are a Riding Dude.

Keep Pumping

The youngest is 60...the oldest is 73 (and the fastest rider).
Might sound fast, but remember Florida is dead flat. We had a whisper of a head wind heading South to Naples and rode 17/18. Same slight tailwind coming back, my last pull was about 4 miles and I kept it at 22mph+ (Got complaints afterwards) But I felt great after a hard ride for the rest of the day.

Pic of one of my bikes.

We have nothing but flat roads to ride on.
We don't do pace line riding.
We go for long miles.

I admire you for those long miles. Retired or not, we never seem to find the time for more than one century a year and regular half centurys. But even then, paceline riding just seems to materialize. I used to ride a back to back century ride in Ohio from Columbus to Portsmouth and back (6000 riders). One year in my forties I did the ride in one day, making it my only double century. I was able to put in those kinds of miles in a single day by latching onto pacelines and keeping the pace to 22/24 with young strong guys pulling me along. Stops were every 25 miles. The pacelines would disolve and new ones would appear after the break.

But however you do the miles and how many you do...the secret is to never stop. Your heart legs and lungs will thank you.I'm working on my second 100,000 miles. (Somehow I think I may fall short)

Steve

You will make it.

I started road riding at 65 years. Now 68.
Was able to ride 15,923 miles last year.
Got paid for this 4200 mile ride. NY to LA.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ide-Ends-in-LA

10,
Thats fantastic! Keep that up and you will pass my total miles which took me 35 years to accumulate.
Steve

It is all about fun for me.

We also do some camping rides.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...League-City-TX

Love the colors..