The five steps to humbleness
09-01-12 | 07:27 AM
#26
ka maté ka maté ka ora
Joined: Oct 2008
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From: wessex
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Cycling; a sport where humiliation comes included.
09-01-12 | 07:51 AM
#27
downhill quickly
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Colorado & Maine
Bikes: SWorks Roubaix
I'm 60, and within the set of 60 year old guys I'm probably in the top 10% in terms of fitness. However, within the subset of 60 year old male cyclists, since I've gotten a lot stronger and also more comfortable with long miles...I'm probably approaching the median. 
Getting passed going uphill by some youngster doesn't bother me. Getting passed going uphill by some guy a decade my elder - and him not breathing hard - shows me how much farther I have to go.
Getting passed going uphill by some youngster doesn't bother me. Getting passed going uphill by some guy a decade my elder - and him not breathing hard - shows me how much farther I have to go.
09-01-12 | 07:55 AM
#28
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 120
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From: Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Bikes: Bianchi Brava, Bianchi Osprey
Early on I had a guy come up next to me...full gear on riding a Felt bike. We talked for a minute and he said "hey you can draft if you like" and then he takes off.....within 30 seconds I was puffing and he was gone. When I got home later at first I was ticked because I felt like he saw me from a distance and knew I was obviously an inferior rider compared to him....then I dropped the conspiracy theory and just accepted the fact that he was being friendly but I was not good enough.
Humbled.
Humbled.
09-01-12 | 02:42 PM
#29
Voice of the Industry
Joined: May 2007
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I'm 60, and within the set of 60 year old guys I'm probably in the top 10% in terms of fitness. However, within the subset of 60 year old male cyclists, since I've gotten a lot stronger and also more comfortable with long miles...I'm probably approaching the median. Getting passed going uphill by some youngster doesn't bother me. Getting passed going uphill by some guy a decade my elder - and him not breathing hard - shows me how much farther I have to go.
Getting passed going uphill by some youngster doesn't bother me. Getting passed going uphill by some guy a decade my elder - and him not breathing hard - shows me how much farther I have to go.
