Gonna be 60 this year. Anybody else hitting that milestone ??
03-17-12, 01:28 PM
#1
Pain ?? What Pain !!
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: SJ,USA
Posts: 209
Bikes: 2010 Felt F75
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Gonna be 60 this year. Anybody else hitting that milestone ??
Can't believe I'll be 60 years old this year !! And still riding this crazy bike. Any one else as thankful as I am for even being able to ride at all at this "advanced age" ??? Oh and, since this is a special year I treated myself to new wheels and tires. 
03-17-12, 02:37 PM
#4
Time for a change.
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: 6 miles inland from the coast of Sussex, in the South East of England
Posts: 19,913
Bikes: Dale MT2000. Bianchi FS920 Kona Explosif. Giant TCR C. Boreas Ignis. Pinarello Fp Uno.
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 4 Times
in
3 Posts
Funny thing about getting Older--Experience tells you that N+1 (Or two in the case of 10 wheels) Has to be something a bit special.
My 65th year and Retirement present to myself.
My 65th year and Retirement present to myself.
__________________
How long was I in the army? Five foot seven.
Spike Milligan
How long was I in the army? Five foot seven.
Spike Milligan
03-17-12, 03:04 PM
#5
recumbent bike advocate
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Okeechobee. Florida
Posts: 435
Bikes: Bacchetta Belladare, long wheelbase
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I'm not there yet...57 now, 58 this coming September. Had a nice long ride today, 53+ miles, with an 18.8 average speed (it's very flat down here in South Florida)...I plan to be riding to and from work until I'm 70. Then I plan to do a coast to coast ride if I'm able...and I plan to be able. A friend of mine, years ago was in his 70's and riding a bike. I asked him how he did it, he said," ride every day in your 50's and 60's if you want to ride in your 70's." I'm trying hard to follow that advice.
Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL
Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL
03-17-12, 03:26 PM
#6
Old Woman on a Catrike
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Ocala, FL
Posts: 434
Bikes: Catrike 5.5.9., Trek Madone 5.2
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 8 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
71 yo woman and I just bought this. I'm riding close to 100 miles a week on average!
Last edited by lookinUp; 03-21-12 at 09:55 AM.
03-17-12, 03:39 PM
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Fort Worth, TX
Posts: 597
Bikes: Kvale, Peugeot, Cervelo, Bridgestone
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
You guys/gals are an inspiration!
Especially the buying the new bikes part...
Especially the buying the new bikes part...
03-17-12, 03:48 PM
#8
Decrepit Member
I'll be 70 in June; I'm still riding several times a week (and yes, I'm grateful for my health and attribute it in good measure to cycling).
03-17-12, 03:52 PM
#9
Boomer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 7,214
Bikes: Diamondback Clarity II frame homebuilt.
Mentioned: 106 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 16098 Post(s)
Liked 1,455 Times
in
1,063 Posts
65 and my bike is covered in mud! 
__________________
03-17-12, 04:14 PM
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: NashVegas
Posts: 83
Bikes: 1979 Schwinn Caliente - 2002 Trek 4900 Alpha
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
60 in July.
Since getting back out on my bike, feeling the best I have in years.
Planning to get some friends together and do some serious riding to celebrate!
Since getting back out on my bike, feeling the best I have in years.
Planning to get some friends together and do some serious riding to celebrate!
03-17-12, 04:42 PM
#12
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Posts: 6,489
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times
in
2 Posts
Passed that milestone in January. I have, since the age of 30, been thankful for each day that I can participate in any of the things I love.
__________________
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. - S. Wright
Favorite rides in the stable: Indy Fab CJ Ti - Colnago MXL - S-Works Roubaix - Habanero Team Issue - Jamis Eclipse carbon/831
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. - S. Wright
Favorite rides in the stable: Indy Fab CJ Ti - Colnago MXL - S-Works Roubaix - Habanero Team Issue - Jamis Eclipse carbon/831
03-17-12, 06:07 PM
#14
Erect member since 1953
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Antioch, CA (SF Bay Area)
Posts: 7,002
Bikes: Trek 520 Grando, Roubaix Expert, Motobecane Ti Century Elite turned commuter, Some old French thing gone fixie
Mentioned: 8 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 119 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 36 Times
in
20 Posts
I'm going to turn 59 this year. I can't believe it. That's just crazy.
I'd enjoy a new bike, but the one I want isn't made yet. Something like a Volagi, but with low, but close ratio gears and electronic D2I shifting.
That may never get made, so in the meantime I want to ride the snot out of the one I have. I can hear the clock ticking.
I'd enjoy a new bike, but the one I want isn't made yet. Something like a Volagi, but with low, but close ratio gears and electronic D2I shifting.
That may never get made, so in the meantime I want to ride the snot out of the one I have. I can hear the clock ticking.
03-17-12, 06:33 PM
#15
Senior Member
I turn 60 this year.
To be honest, it bothers me a bit. I keep getting asked when I intend to retire, I guess because 2011 changed my brown/grey hair ration from 60/40 to about 30/70.
I'm also more aware of my mortality as I often see folks younger than me showing up in the obits.
Then again, I'm on track to have my best cycling year evar, I have four beautiful grandchildren, and the family is doing really well. I really have everything I could possibly want, except a well-funded pension plan.
To be honest, it bothers me a bit. I keep getting asked when I intend to retire, I guess because 2011 changed my brown/grey hair ration from 60/40 to about 30/70.
I'm also more aware of my mortality as I often see folks younger than me showing up in the obits.
Then again, I'm on track to have my best cycling year evar, I have four beautiful grandchildren, and the family is doing really well. I really have everything I could possibly want, except a well-funded pension plan.
03-17-12, 06:41 PM
#16
feros ferio
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: www.ci.encinitas.ca.us
Posts: 21,556
Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
Mentioned: 44 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1323 Post(s)
Liked 1,139 Times
in
739 Posts
I am just about the same age as you. I have four road bikes and a mountain bike; my wife has two mountain bikes.
__________________
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
03-17-12, 06:42 PM
#17
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Phillipston, Massachusetts
Posts: 82
Bikes: Trek 2.1, Trek 930, Fugi Sagres c.1980
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Hit that mark about a year and a half ago. Tell the truth I'm in better physical shape than I've been in 15 years and mentally, never better.
03-17-12, 06:59 PM
#18
Slogging along
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: San Fernando Valley, SoCal
Posts: 1,148
Bikes: Cannondale Synapse '06, Mongoose titanium road bike '00--my commuter. Yes, Mongoose once made a decent ti road bike.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
My 60th birthday, nearly 3 years ago, was the first one that bothered me. I could not get my mind wrapped around the fact that I was 60, which seemed to me at the time as 'old'. When I was a kid, a 60 year old person seemed ancient and decrepit. Now that I am on the cusp of my 63rd birthday, I have a renewed sense of 'I do not feel nearly as old as I thought I would'.
Anyway, I am shopping for a new set of wheels for my Cannondale Synapse.
Anyway, I am shopping for a new set of wheels for my Cannondale Synapse.
03-17-12, 08:26 PM
#20
rebmeM roineS
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Metro Indy, IN
Posts: 16,198
Bikes: Bacchetta Giro A20, RANS V-Rex, RANS Screamer
Mentioned: 15 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 647 Post(s)
Liked 334 Times
in
219 Posts
60th BD present to myself a couple of years ago:
I get better looking every year:
I get better looking every year:
__________________
Bacchetta Giro A20, RANS V-Rex, RANS Screamer
Bacchetta Giro A20, RANS V-Rex, RANS Screamer
03-17-12, 09:04 PM
#21
Banned
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Jacksonville Florida
Posts: 206
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
58 and want to fiddle with bikes more than ever
But I don't think much of the modern stuff- too exotic- too expensive- when people are losing their personal auto transportation- our activity is waaay too expensive, and so the turkeys keep riding a bike from World War Two
i was just thinking this morning- more than forty years around bicycles and for most of these people, it's like none of it ever happened!
1. '71 2. about '81 3. about '93 4. my '67 Peugeot PX10 now
i was just thinking this morning- more than forty years around bicycles and for most of these people, it's like none of it ever happened!
1. '71 2. about '81 3. about '93 4. my '67 Peugeot PX10 now
03-17-12, 09:07 PM
#22
Senior Member ??
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Englewood,Ohio
Posts: 5,098
Bikes: 2007 Trek Madone 5.0 WSD - 2007 Trek 4300 WSD - 2008 Trek 520 - 2014 Catrike Trail
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I turned 69 at the beginning of the year and I've been riding this bike for 5 years
__________________
=============================================================
Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
-- Antonio Smith
=============================================================
Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
-- Antonio Smith
03-17-12, 09:09 PM
#23
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Gig Harbor, WA
Posts: 2,470
Bikes: Surly Long Haul Trucker, Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo, Dahon Mu P 24 , Ritchey Breakaway Cross, Rodriguez Tandem, Wheeler MTB
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 32 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
61 and riding more than ever, rain or shine.
03-17-12, 09:54 PM
#24
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 11,016
Bikes: Custom Zona c/f tandem + Scott Plasma single
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 77 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 19 Times
in
11 Posts
Oh you KIDZ!!!
Turning 80 this year.
Wife turning 77.
Still riding tandem and racing bike 100+ miles a week.
Pedal on!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
Turning 80 this year.
Wife turning 77.
Still riding tandem and racing bike 100+ miles a week.
Pedal on!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
03-17-12, 09:59 PM
#25
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: cincinnati, ohio
Posts: 160
Bikes: '09 fisher zembrano, '92 schwinn frontier
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I still have about a year before I hit the 6 0 and the advice about riding in your 50's and 60's helps you in your 70's is great stuff. Count me in.
