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Fill your tires with Helium and his with cement. And make his brakes rub and one of his pedals fall off. :roflmao2:
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Originally Posted by SlimRider
(Post 14988227)
The age window established is between 18 and 32. Therefore, your 33 and 34 yr. olders are the only qualifying outliers.
Besides, after Lance...How do we know for certain who the real athletes in cycling really are? PS. Also, there is acquired skill and strategy involved in pro-cycling that can accrue with time, age, and experience... The average cyclist would be outside this professional circle, that would be privy to such training. |
Originally Posted by Violet
(Post 14988255)
Well I'm no statistician, or physiologist - all I know is that I see a lot of guys in their 30s competing at a top level at almost all the sports I have a vague interest in, and almost noone in their teens. Maybe 18 is many peoples physical peak because in many cultures that's where people start driving, drinking, and abandoning sports.
If you consider sexual stamina, it's the same thing... |
I'll say it again, I see /very/ few 20s riders on longer events like double centuries, brevets. I think the median age for Brevet riders is mid 40s.
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Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner
(Post 14984150)
I'm 20 years older than you. If you want to know how your son feels, go riding with me.
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Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner
(Post 14987747)
The main reason I'm still riding at the tender age of 70 is to make 50 year old kids feel like they're still fast. Compared to me, they are.
I started enjoying cycling much more when I realized that striving to go ever faster, or thinking that you have to go fast, is counter productive after a certain point. It's not all about that. It is about fun ... lose that stress over speed, etc ... it doesn't matter... |
Just to put things into perspective, there is a 72 year old rider in my club that enjoys pulling next to twenty and thirty year olds on hills, putting his hand on their back and asking if they need help. He then leaves them in the dust. I don't ever go on rides that he leads.
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