Is this the 56+ thread or is my disxelia acting up again?

Oops!

Someone made this a "sticky." But, not at MY request. Likely no one will evere read or post again.

Now Catweazle is going to complain and give us all a lesson on what should and shouldn't be a "sticky."

OK, CW, we are awaiting!

I just looked for a "65" forum???

But maybe we nicer guys can just post on this 65 thread but to keep it from getting to long we need the start a new tread every week.

You are - even in Wisconsin. :thumb:

Yeah, you're right. Thread kinda looks like a wall filled with graffiti tags sprayed on by wobbly old geezers propped up on walking sticks, doesn't it? So no worries. I'll see if I can help! :D





It was my old dad you see! Gettin' on into his 80s now, and facing a medical for license renewal later in the year. Gettin' a bit concerned and depressed about it all, too, cause even though he can see what's going on around him when he's driving he can't read those ridiculous little little "Stand ten feet away and read the fifth line" thingumibobs!

Of course, being the kind and concerned son that I am I addressed his fears, and sought to allay them a bit.

"Guess you'll be riding a treadlie up and down to the shop, then?"

He gave a bit of a "Hrrmmmpphh!" to that, as I expected he would. But a few days later I saw him wheel one of the bikes out of the shed and sneak around and up the drive with it, so I wandered out.

I got around the front of the house only to see him pedal a few yards, wobble all over the place, and then stagger half way across the yard, red in the face, trying to get off the thing.

"I can't bloody ride that thing! Face facts! I'm past it and I'm useless and ....."

The muttering kept going all the way back up the driveway and into the shed. The face was gettin' kinda redder too. He wasn't really in a mood for conversation at that point in time, so I muttered over the top of his mutterings to say

"Ya know, if it strikes ya fancy to try that again sometime I reckon you oughta let me know. I reckon that seat is a bit too high for ya, and I might have to drop it down so's you can ride the thing!"



Later that day, after Mrs CW and I returned from a visit to our son's house, I saw him wander in to chat with her.

"I'm not gonna tell him" I could overhear him saying "but I tried ring that bike while you were out and it was a bloody disaster! Fell arse over head in the driveway and it hurt so much it took me half an hour to get up again."

I didn't say anything, on account of how he was whispering so loud and not wanting me to hear, but I had a chat with my son about it the next day. Shortly afterwards the old bloke wandered in, only to have his grandson say

"You know, old bloke, there's about half a dozen old chooks in town who ride adult sized trikes and cart baskets around on them for the shopping!"

My goodness! THAT sure sparked another red-faced muttering spasm episode!




I'm kinda expecting him, sometime in the near future, to have a chat about lowering that bike seat down :)

So are we or are we not going to have a 65+ thread? If we are then we have to mean 65+. It's not good for these youngsters to be running riot and posting all over the place. They should be seen but not heard. They should know their place. And that isn't here! :D

Well I am 66 just starting to ride and enjoying the H out of myself doing it. If I could locate a bunch of old geezers to ride with things would be a lot better.

Old Geezer,
Did you find anyone to ride with?
Try meeting some of the local riders on the weekend and they can help you find others your age. Maybe someone dropped out because he didn't have someone to ride with.

Let me know how it works out for you.

I would post in this thread but, I'm only 62! Maybe next year.
Mud

We're changing it to 66+ next year, and you DO need a good math refresher course!

I guess that means that every year there might be a new jersey! I can't wait to get old enough to join this group, maybe the year after next.

I consider 65 year olds as still developing but worthy of sympathetic feelings. Just joined the forum and am working on putting an electric motor in a tapole trike. I'll keep following developments.
foggybottom

OK, the old guys are mouthin' off . . .
How many ladies out there (asides from Mrs. D'Fox and K/zonatandem) are willing to fess up to be more than 65 years 'young' and still pedalin'?

Mrs. D'Fox did a nice ride yesterday, along with a group of 7 others ladies and gentlemen over 65!

I'll certainly fess up to it.

I turned 65 in January and still do quite a bit of riding. I just finished a week long tour, will be doing another this month and then it's off to the Allegheny Passage for a few days in October:D

At 65 I rode the Mt. Hood MTB trail this year....rode up then hung on while we rode down...put quite a pucker on my poor leather seat. LOL Next it is off to Normandy in late September for a bike tour to Paris...if I can stay sober enough as it goes through the wine country.

Well, I guess.....
 

my second childhood is beginning. I rode an old Western Flyer from the time I was 8 until I went in service at 17. Now I'm buying a used Trek 6500 and I'm going to do it again. I don't mean I'm going back in the service but I am going to ride again. I got the kids to give my wife a 3 wheel bicycle and she won't ride it. She never learned to ride a bike as a kid. Maybe now I can get her to ride with me a little if I stay on smooth pavement when with her. Time will tell. She'll be 70 the last day of this month and I'm lagging behind a little.

Dave Nowlin

Dave: Skip the trike . . . get a tandem; you can't loose her in traffic and she does not have to steer, shift, brake . . . just pedal and pinch your bunz if you misbehave!

I don't think so...
 

You need to see the hills around here and take into account the fact that her legs are weaker than mine. Then you need to explain how in the world I will ride log roads when going with my granddaughter when she rides her horse. You can have the tandem, I'm not in the least interested. Even though she couldn't steer, she would find some way to turn me over.

Dave Nowlin

I waited a long time to get to 65 and by golly it aint age discrimination. Like we say in Texas don't pick a fight with an old man, he will just kill ya.

I am 67 am gonna finally ride the Houston to Austin MS 150 next spring, the good lord willin. I have a new bike coming next week and will start training. I am presently riding 5 miles a day weather premitting. It has been a bummer, it has been raining all this week.

HI: I'm glad to find this thread and that other's who are over 65 are still crankin' along. I figure riding is putting money in my "Health Bank" and find that the more I learn about how to do increasing distances the easier it is to go farther. Duhh, who'da thunk that!?! I really started to appreciate how lucky I am to be healthy enough to ride 10 to 20 miles at a time when a few years ago I met a couple of old Army buddies who I hadn't seen in about 40 years. One has arthritis so bad he can't walk to the end of his driveway w/o help and the other let himself get so overweight that he can't walk up 3 stairs w/o having to rest. After that, I started to really work on getting into better shape. I figure we can't lose by investing some time into biking regularly and I'm glad to hear others out there who are over 60 feel the same way. Bike trails are my favorite places to ride of course but since its not always convenient to get to them where I live I've recently started to ride out along the open roads where ever the roadway shoulders are wide enough for safety. The more I do it the farther I can go and the more fun it is. So, lets keep doing it until they close the lid on us! (Hopefully, that's not for a L-O-N-G time).

Just testing to see if the age filter is active yet.....

I'm 62 and a 65 wannabe. The bus fare drops to 40 cents at 65 and since I bus/bike commute to work that would be an advantage. I'm sure if I hang out here I'll learn even more advantages of being 65.

I qualify as a 66 year old. Don't feel that I have much to contribute to these forums but I sure have enjoyed reading the 50+ forum in the last two years.

I've been cycling for over 35 years and it is the biggest factor in maintaining my physical and mental health at levels that make me feel far younger than my years. I don't worry about equipment, techniques, clothing etc. anymore, just about getting out there and improving my fitness level on a continuing basis.

I'm sure most of us at this age would agree that health and fitness, along with the fun of being out there are the biggest reasons we've stayed on the bike when far too many of our friends have become "couch potatoes".

73+
 

After many years of inactivity I have taken my bike out of storage, now ride, after breakfast, 24 miles in 2 hours each day.....Bike is a Maruishi 505 1970s vintage.....Frank:)

Welcome Frank,
Let us be part of your life, keep us posted with how you are doing and smile at some of the messes we get into.

Hi Guys & Gals: Last week I rode along the shores of Lake Superior a few miles South of Grand Marias, MN, and then rode into town there and went along the Gunflint Trail until the road shoulder disappeared and the hill got too steep. The hills in that area will have you working hard to keep your tongue out of the spokes of your front wheel! :roflmao2: Also, the hill leading south out of town there will have you walking to catch your breath, but the views are well worth the effort. During this trip, the front wheel on my 2 year old Raleigh Passage 4.0 started to make a little bit of noise so when I got home I took it to the bike shop where it was discovered there was hardly any grease in the hub. I had both wheel hubs serviced for 30 bucks and was surprised at how much easier it rolls down the road now. The bike only has about 3000 miles on it so if yours peddles hard and if it makes any noises, get it to the shop! At age 66, I'm so happy to be healthy enough to ride a bike regularly that sometimes I cannot believe my good fortune, but then, maybe because I've been riding all my life has something to do with my good health. I say, when in doubt, get off the couch and keep moving! Ride safe and keep the rubber side down!!!
Rocky1405 :)

Forget about age and just do it. It is very wise to have a cardiac stress test to make sure that you do not have silent ischemia that could kill you. My best bud, and partner in practice, died at age 45 due to severe coronary disease - died in bed. He was a marthon runner.

I'm pushing 68, ride everyday and have 1500 miles on my new Trek Madone that I bought earlier this year.

Billy

There are tons of advantages to being 65:)

Retirement, senior discounts, being able to be crabby and people just attributing it to old age:rolleyes: