donheff

Yup, since I retired biking has knocked 15 pounds off and I feel great. I'm 60 and always feel like I couldn't possibly look as old and tired as my peers. But I suspect they may think the same of me. Oh well, who cares

v70cat

Yup, in better shape at 53 than 45. In addtion to riding and gym I find getting up the same time every day is a big plus for energy.

Timtruro

I am 60 today!.........I was 60 yesterday as well.

bikegeek57

wait wait was that body transformation in the right light before you got out of bed?

and yes, after riding for the last year on a daily basis (commuting) I have noticed a difference and more importantly my wife has noticed too. the muscle tone is amazing. truly I never had muscles when I was 18 one of those 125 pound weakling bodies. I was active just no muscle to show for it. Now at 150 pounds I have more mass to work with? definitely seeing a difference (come on 6 pack abs.... I know you're in there...)

Barrettscv 

I'm not sure if I look younger or not, but I'm sure that I do look like a happier person;

freeranger

Most people I meet guess I'm around 45 (I'm 58), and I feel like I'm in much better shape than I was in my late 30's-- I don't smoke or drink alchohol now- and haven't for many years, and so glad I don't. The price alone of cigarettes would make me quit now, and alcohol is something best left alone by me.

TromboneAl

Yes, I think I look younger, and about 80% of the time I feel younger. Some days I feel a lot older.

maddmaxx 

I don't look a day over 60.

waldowales

I'm 69, and look it. I occasionally feel like a 21 year old girl, but my 65 year old wife won't let me have one.

stringbreaker

I'll be 56 next week and I feel it but that doesn't stop me from riding in fact I feel better when I'm riding the bike than when I'm walking. I have knee back and neck issues including carpal tunnel in both wrists. A few aches and pains didn't stop my grandfather who worked a 100 acre farm till he was well into his 70's he didn't however have to stand on a concrete floor for 35 years either but I digress. The funniest thing that happened to me since I have been riding was last summer when a carfull of teenage girls or at least they looked like teenagers yelled at me " hey man nice a*& " when I caught them at the light I looked over and winked and said "Ladies we all know thats not true but you made this old mans day" We all had a good laugh and went on our way. The one girl ask me how old I was and when I told her she said her dad was younger than me and he didn't do anything to excercise and she was gonna tell him he should get a bike and ride it. Hope she did and I really hope he did.

gash44

I am 56 years old and look younger like I am in my 40' since I started biking and lost 90 pounds in the last year. I owe it all to biking. Right now I ride about 100 to 125 miles a week and will do more as summer gets here. I use to ride all the time in the 90's but stopped and got fat and lazy. But I am back now.

I feel so much better than I have felt in a long time at its all because of biking and weight loss (biking played a major role in the weight loss). I just want to ride as much as I can. I am now getting ready to do a century this summer like I use to do.


95 Biancha Eros
07 LeMond Versailles
95 Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo
93 Sho-Gun Metro

aL1

Maybe you should get brighter bulbs?

alicestrong

Without my glasses on, I look really, really good...

cyclinfool

Without my glasses on even Rosanne Barr looks good

HIPCHIP

I'm 53, look 43, and feel 83 (LOL)

Rob P.

Wha? What??!!! I AM a "younger person." What the heck am I doing stuffed in here with all you old farts?

Oh wait....

cranky old dude

At six days shy of 58 I've noticed that the more miles I put in, the better (younger) I feel. Once again there is spring in my step and I can actually go from the basement to our third floor bedroom without stopping for a nap somewhere in between. Now that a few ounces of fat have disappeared I'm even sleeping better, and longer. Of course it doesn't take long for all these benefits to wither away if I stop riding...I know this fact due to personal experience. I've actually repeated the cycle several times so I know it to be true.

With my white beard and fringe of long white hair I look older than dirt, but I'm not wrinckled yet. Now if I could just figure out if all the attention is due to my marvelous self or the funny looking bikes I ride....hmmmm.

djnzlab1

HI,
I look great in low light, but get me in the Sun Light and I don't look a day older than 59..

Doug
Anybody got any of that eye wrinkle cream...

robtown

My wife and I went to a welcome home party for a friend who just came back from IRAQ. He's in his early 40's and his other friends were mostly late 30's and early 40's. My wife and I both thought they seemed closer to our age (50 and 51 at the time). As long as I don't grow a beard I look a few years younger than my age. [as the pic from beard month last fall proves] Dropping another 30 lbs should help.

rnorris

Feel like a younger person than my 54 years? Often, especially around kids. I'm kid sized myself, and often get pulled into games of tag and wrestling at family gatherings because the kids know I'm up for it. I love it. Cycling (and being physically active in general) has definitely kept some, if not all, the years away.

Booger1

I feel great at 52.I'll let you know how I look when I shave my beard off the next time.The last time I shaved,I looked 25....Oh yea,I was 25.

Billy Bones

Bobbie Burns reminds us. . .

"O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us
An foolish notion."

Especially the last line.

cranky old dude

Oops! I may have regressed a little bit. While tooling along the road this afternoon on my way to work at a very relaxed 18mph on the Volae I spied a pair of Teenie Boppers walking towards me over on the sidewalk. As I passed by I recieved a chorus of "Go Grandpa, Go!"

I guess I feel a tad bit older now.

cyclinfool

Are you kidding - to a teenager anyone over 21 looks old.

sknhgy 

I've had kids act really surprised when I tell them I'm 54. Then I'll turn around and get a senior discount at the buffet without being asked how old I am.