ok i am 69. 2-7-40 i am riding again, but i noticed that I am not as fast as I once was. I got a road bike, its a Peugot course, i found a place to put bike hooks and have three bikes hanging in there, ones a Cannondale M700, the other is a Trek 830, i have a bunch of good bikes up in North East Missouri in storage, can anyone help me get those bikes to Arkansas?? let me know if u can. i need a riding partner bad too. Hey some of u could be OTR truckers. near Macon Mo to HS ar.

Denver:

Have you joined the Royal Order of the Eighth Decade yet. I see you have taken the days till your birthday off your signature.

Just in case I've missed it: Happy Birthday!:thumb:

To celebrate the ice cream is on me when I see you again in a couple weeks.:bday:

Not for a few days yet.

But, thanks for the early happy birthday!

Hi,
I hope you have a great birthday.....
DnvrFox
6..5..4..3..2..1..70

Just keep riding man , nothing really changes that much, I find that I can ride and still dream of
when I was 25 yoa and I feel great. Just don't set your goals too high and remember there are thousands if not millions of seventy year old people out there who wish they could do what we do.
I have my bike set up on a training set up that lifts the rear wheel so that it runs on a roller. You can adjust the tension so that it simulates riding on the road.
It 's great for spinning or doing a longer Stamina ride.
All the best to you all
Cheers Ian

Got a great complement from a 40 y/o Asst Fire Chief (female variety) today at the gym. She walked up to me and said: "You look GOOD!" You look better than most of these people who are half your age!

Now I know this gal and we are friends so I couldn't read too much into it. Especially since I know and have worked with her husband. But, it let me know my work is appreciated. Also, it helped me since in 18 days I add a new number to my age. (I will have completed the 3rd year of my 8th decade).

See what y'all have to look forward to when you join the ROED.

I had an interesting comment today.

I was talking with a lady church friend while working out at the gym. Sitting on a machine nearby was a friend of hers - a gentleman perhaps a couple of years older than I.

So, the lady friend turns to the gentleman and said, "Do you know Denver Fox?"

He looked at me and said, "No, but I have heard of him. He is the guy who works out and exercises so vigorously that he puts all the rest of us to shame."

I didn't quite know how to respond.

hi, yall 65 last july got my 1st ride on aug. and got bucked off, got back on and am enjoying the health benefits. loss 21 lbs and trying for 23 lbs more by Jan. type II diabeties got me moving to control it by diet and exercise. 6ft2in and was 244lbs. Feel great. Now up to 20 miles and not having to rest.

The Benjamin Button Syndrome
 

Lately I am feeling like the movie, "Benjamin Button", where the main character gets younger as the years go by. Last summer I injured my back and was laid up most of the summer. Started walking and then this past spring got out my old 70s bike I used to commute with. That has got me hooked on biking to the extent that I rode 51 miles last Sunday. The computer on my hybrid "comfort" bike is about to hit 1000 miles. This does not include riding on my old road bike. As mentioned in another thread, my idea is to get in shape for when I eventually "grow old". Not in a category with some of the other amazing people on this site but definitely happy with just feeling great and being within 3 pounds of my weight when age 25. New life at age 74!

Hello, all! I turned 66 on November 2nd. Just noticed this thread and thought I should turn myself in. I ride fixed gear, single speed and regular 10 speed, and ride as much as I can. I am trying to get down to my weight as of age 25, but I really wasn't very healthy in a lifestyle sense back then, so I am taking liberties with a new target weight - I'm shooting for about 145, but my aim hasn't been great lately. I still have about 10 lbs. to go. I work out about 6 days a week, and try to get in at least .5 to an hour's swimming laps if I can. Tha gym has an indoor pool. I live in Texas, so I am fortunate to have pretty good cycling weather.

Welcome - another 65+'r swimmer and bicycler!!!!

Many older folks ride the NEVADA OATBRAN ride evert Sept.
 

This Bike tour has lots of people over 65 who love riding lots of miles.

http://www.rhs1956.org/OATBRAN/oatbran.HTML

Want to loose a quick 5-10 pounds? Quit eating red meat. I did and lost 7 pounds in a month and never gained it back!!!

As I approached 65, I was trolling this forum while riding my Specialized Allez, getting in shape for the first time in a decade and looking forward to maybe a Century down here in south Florida. Then the bike and I had a fall and I sit here with a broken collarbone and two broken ribs. I'm hoping to be back on the bike within two months and, in the meantime, will enjoy posting to this forum legally.

OW!!

So sorry, and hope you heal quickly!!

Broken bones
 

I,m 65 my wife and me just got up to 12 miles a day on beach cruisers. We were looking to upgrade bikes , when she broke her elbow.

and why did I say me?

You are always welcome to edit or delete your posts! Easy to do.

i'm 75 and been riding 50 years. current bike is a khs tr101 a long wheelbase touring bike.

will be 67 if i survive ti l2010 yipes wot happened hope to ride as long as i can get on the bike live in coal regions of pa no flat land ride all winter go to gym daily gross out at 235 so hills are tough i consider riding a gift

I live in a studio apartment in Bangkok. Nice big bed, a verandah that overlooks the swimming pool, a gym, which I don't like using, I should, but I find it boring. No room for a wife or girlfriend; have three bikes instead, a hybrid trek which I use to go swimming about four times a week, a Trek 1000 road bike which I just put on shimano 105 to make gear changing a bit easier and my new lover a Cervelo Team Soloist which I bought in Singapore earlier this year and road in the Singapore Half Ironman which I am doing again next year, my 68th. I love women, but bikes are better. I can always find room for another bike, but a woman, oh my they take up too much space and need drawers and closets and things. I just swam a mile this morning at the local university pool and then road 40 miles near the new Bangkok airport. Merry Christmas folks. "dorothy" comes from a UK TV program which you now have in the states called "life on mars" the senior policeman calls the hero dorothy a slur at his not being a true beer drinking whisky swilling man. Take care all and look around before turning around.

Amen to riding being a "gift". I figure its like putting money in your "Health Bank" and we can never be too healthy. Its a great investment in our own well-being. If you don't believe that, just go sit and people-watch at your local Wal-Mart for awhile and see all the overweight folks there who have a hard time even getting from the car to the store - a LOT of them aren't even in their 60's yet and they can hardly move. Any money and time we spend on this hobby of ours is money and time very well spent as far as I'm concerned.
Merry Christmas from the MN Tundra where today we are going to get our first blizzard of the season. I'm going to hit the recumbent exercycle in the basement and watch an action movie.
Rocky1405

Well said, Rocky1205. That's a great viewpoint. It's 28 degrees this morning in Maine but I am seriously thinking of taking my hybrid out for a few miles just to feel that sensation of losing 40 years off my true age (75).

Well Sculptor it's nice to see someone out there a bit ahead of me feeling as I do. I'm 71 as of last May. In August I completed a solo journey from Klamath Falls Or. to a point 60 miles above San Francisco in thirteen days, as far as I could go without having to travel on the freeway. I'm convinced cycling has saved my life. I feel just as good as I did in my forties and fifties. I can't hear **** all though.

Ok. Turned 65 today so here I am in all my glory. :rolleyes:

Happy Birthday Ron, here's hoping you have many many more.

:cheers:

I'm still five years+ ahead of you

This is one race you can not win!! :p

Thanks.

:lol:

i am 69, i rode my Schwinn High Sierra today. the bike was thrown away, so I picked it up and put it on my car's bike rack. took it home and worked it up, It is a great bike,
Its not that cold here so I got away with not having my gloves with me.
. I get looks from people who can't believe that I want to ride in December. I think a ride on Christmas or new years would be great. a riding partner would be great but not all that necessary. Lots of people here in Hot Springs Ar are bike riders, but either they leave me in the dust or they still have training wheels on their bike.

Getting ready for CA tour
 

I'm finally going to go on a bike tour with Adventure Cycling in February. It's sort of a warm-up for the cycling season even though when I get back home I'll still have a wait till I can get on the road. It will be my first tour.

I've had to wait 12 years to work up to this event. I had promised myself that when I retired I would ride across country using the routes planned by Adventure Cycling. However, when I reached retirement age (55) after suffering for 10 years with a bad back, I found out that I had a broken vertebrae. Prior to this I had 3 surgeries for bad discs but no one found the separated vertebrae which continued to cause all sorts of trouble. I was still using my bike but it was like a scooter that allowed me to get around. I couldn't walk more than 100 feet.

Then I found a good surgeon who reconstructed my spine with rods and screws and replaced two discs with spring barrels. My God, what a difference. I felt great. Finally, I could plan a bike trip.

Maybe not. I had to have both knees replaced first (not at the same time!). After two decades of backpacking and climbing all over the country, my knees were shot. So they were replaced 4 years ago and now, after a full regimen of exercise, I bought a new touring bike (my other was stolen) and never looked back.

This past summer, I biked 7 mikes to an exercise facility, rode an elliptical for an hour and then biked back home. At first, it was difficult (mostly the seat) but then things got better and better and by the middle of summer I felt incredible. Better than I've felt in a long, long time. I saw the description of the CA Warmer tour and decided to try a supported tour to see if I could handle a bike tour. If things go well, then I'm on my way across country.

Oh, did I tell you I also had to lose 100 pounds? I'm almost there (lost 80 pounds in a year) and hope the rest comes off slowly. It's no longer the pounds but the conditioning. I'm ready, man!

So, God willing, life is good again. I'd like to pass along my wishes for everyone to have a Merry Christmas (and the holiday you celebrate) and an exciting New Year. Just remember, 70 is the new 40! Cheers!:thumb::thumb::thumb:

Take a camera. Post some pics.
Ride slow. Ride safe...