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Originally Posted by BigAura
(Post 13914472)
Aging is 90 percent mental, of course the over half is physical.
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Originally Posted by Digital Gee
(Post 13913863)
I agree we should stay on topic, but another issue has just surfaced - donuts or doughnuts?
I am unfortunate enough to have my birthday in January so rarely ride my age on that day-- I wait until there is a 100km ride and just add on a few miles at the end and that is normally from May to October when the wind dies down- No rain and the sun is shining. Does help if there is a tailwind and not too many hills and I did a 100 miler the week before. |
I was thrilled when I heard we, the USA, were going metric, and then very disappointed when we didn't.
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Somehow I knew this would morph into a metric debate. Let's get back to the question at hand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-4P1WPE-Qg |
Originally Posted by bigbadwullf
(Post 13914292)
Ride your age or golf your age? That is the question.
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Originally Posted by BigAura
(Post 13914472)
Aging is 90 percent mental, of course the over half is physical.
Originally Posted by Phil85207
(Post 13914569)
********************???huh
It's like "it gets late early out there" and "no one goes to that joint any more, it's too crowded". |
Originally Posted by mprelaw
(Post 13914669)
I might have a shot at shooting my age if I live to 150. :lol:
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Originally Posted by Hermes
(Post 13913817)
Riding ones age is too easy...anyway... HTFU.:D
Take enough water, food and money, even a sleeping bag.....then start early and ride all night if you have to. You could even ask a friend or family member to drive SAG.......for medical supplies, oxygen, spare parts, extra food and clothes. But whatever you do, give it your best shot, don't wimp out. |
One of the fun rides in the area takes 5 minutes off your ride time for each donut you eat at the rest stops. Maybe we could deduct 5 miles off the birthday ride for each donut we eat:innocent:
I ate six donuts on the ride a couple years ago....that would deduct 30 from my age:) |
I believe I'd never get one mile in on that ride!
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I ride my age. It just takes two days to do it. Where does it say you have to do it in one go?
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I want to keep miles though some how klicks make me thing something is going wrong.
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maybe the number of units can rise annually, but the size of that unit is shrinking..
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Originally Posted by lhbernhardt
(Post 13914069)
Simple. Just go metric. About time you Yanks went metric anyway and joined the rest of the world (not to mention your own military!). I thought you guys fought the Revolution to get away from the British Imperial System! And you even had those Frenchies helping you, and they INVENTED metric!
- Luis |
Originally Posted by Dudelsack
(Post 13912951)
I detect a major schism developing here. Donuts are portable. You can put them in a pannier, Camelbak, or in my case, Brainbag.
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Originally Posted by BigAura
(Post 13914472)
Aging is 90 percent mental, of course the over half is physical.
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A 400k is 5 times my age. I fail to see the issue.
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Originally Posted by BigAura
(Post 13914472)
Aging is 90 percent mental, of course the other half is physical.
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...fv9sW0JPDV7QQ6 Original: Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical. - Yogi Berra |
I believe in increasing the ride your age targets. It gives us targets for improvement. I don't think I need to start decreasing my ride my age miles in the foreseeable future. A one mile per year increase in length is a reasonable goal. Let's strive for improvement rather than deterioration!
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You could follow this guy's advice:
“For the last five years I have decided not to go for rides of more than 100km. There is no point going overboard. I want to keep cycling for some time yet.” 100 Year Old Man sets Cycling RecordMarchand last competed in the Bordeaux-Paris race at the age of 89, completing the 600km in 36 hours. |
Whenever riding and I come to a fork in the road, I take it.
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I ride a carbon fiber bike and it's a lot like me: The result of years of experience, capable of maximizing efficiency and minimizing effort .... and very unlikely to escape even a minor accident unscathed. :lol:
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Originally Posted by BluesDawg
(Post 13913832)
Sorry, but I simply reject the whole idea of formulas and equivalences and such related to ride distance, whether in reference to age rides or comparing different activities like road riding vs. mountain biking or flat vs. hills or riding vs. running or actual riding vs. trainer riding.
Just keep it simple. Ride your age. If it gets to be too far to ride, for example, 75 miles in a day, switch to 75 kilometers (46.5 miles) or 75 yards or 75 feet or 75 minutes. Just do 75 of something to celebrate your 75th birthday. |
I'm going to keep riding Centuries on my single until my bod gives out. Only will do 1-2 a year since most of our rides are tandem, but we ride both 100K and Centuries, climbing permitting.
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I was looking for something to do when I turned fifty and came up with riding 5 centuries in 5 days. Not sure how that related to the number 50 but I have done it for 3 years now and this year it will be the Central Oregon 500+.
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