simonfbarnes en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:36:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/3#post-43130 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:04:29 +0000 simonfbarnes 43130@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Just hope I've got his genes.</blockquote></p> <p>otherwise that would make you... :o) </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/3#post-43127 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:03:26 +0000 maxlite 43127@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>60 in April.......gave my full-sus to my son, hardtails rule </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/3#post-43036 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:31:22 +0000 mrsflash 43036@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>all you in your 40s have no right on this thread!</p> <p>My dad is nearly 75 and last October went on a walking holiday in the Atlas Mountains. They all refused to believe how old he is. Just hope I've got his genes. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/3#post-43029 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:28:56 +0000 grynch 43029@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>p.s and no problem with joints.. I gave that Sh*t up years back man. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/3#post-43022 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:26:28 +0000 grynch 43022@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I'm with jova.. 54 here in January and not in the same shape I was when I was 20 I'm doing alot better than some of my old school chums </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-42839 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:25:41 +0000 BillMC 42839@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>53 in April and haven't noticed any real failings as yet. Bit more lard but still at it with the bike, motorbike, surfboards, special friends. Use it or lose it. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-40137 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:26:39 +0000 Woody 40137@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>SFB <blockquote>are these connected ? </blockquote></p> <p>Sadly yes - although entirely faithful to current partner for the duration (10 years) of our relationship she refuses to believe it ! </p> <p>Never mind, I will get out on the bike more <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39960 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:35:30 +0000 hitman 39960@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>86, faster now than when I was 5! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39953 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:31:22 +0000 tegski 39953@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Good to hear all of the yarns - on the full sus for the back comfort, but the bloody Masters class is one of the biggest in the XC classes here in Canberra! A spritely 44 here! Keep it up all!! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39910 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:07:57 +0000 jova54 39910@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I was 54 back in December and it was only another change of number as far as I'm concerned.</p> <p>I'm by no means the fittest person of my age that I know but having seen some of my old school contemporaries just recently and some of my ex-Army mates I'm not doing too bad.</p> <p>I must say that the full-sus that I now have makes life a bit more comfortable. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39804 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 01:00:31 +0000 johnhoo 39804@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>a youthful 43 here</p> <p>My father in law is 70 &amp; can leave me standing on a road bike ride </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39433 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:47:40 +0000 simonfbarnes 39433@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>A sprightly 63 </blockquote></p> <p>doesn't 'sprightly' mean 'surprisingly active for a old geezer' ? It's packaged age discrimination <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_sad.gif" title=":-(" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39423 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:41:25 +0000 simonfbarnes 39423@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>(very soon to be ex-missus.........seriously !)</blockquote> and <blockquote>chased women since puberty</blockquote></p> <p>are these connected ? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39421 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:40:12 +0000 Merlinman 39421@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>A sprightly 63 </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39365 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:12:31 +0000 Woody 39365@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Just turned 49 - only felt my age for the first time last year when I ripped my calf muscle skiing and it took a while to heal. </p> <p>My missus (very soon to be ex-missus.........seriously !) reckons I'm having a midlife crisis by mtb'ing, having a sports car, snowboarding, motorbike and chasing woman.</p> <p>I've mtb'd for 15 years+, had sports cars/bikes for 33 years, snowboarded for 6 and chased women since puberty, so how can it possibly be a mid=life crisis. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_rolleyes.gif" title=":roll:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39302 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:47:21 +0000 mamadirt 39302@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><em>who's REALLY old?</em></p> <p>Looks around. . . shrugs . . . no idea! I'm only 51 <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=":wink:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39272 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:35:00 +0000 hodge 39272@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>51 </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39224 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:19:27 +0000 Christowkid 39224@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Hmmmmm not sure because my birth certificate *must* be wrong!!!!<br /> ( honest)<br /> <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> <br /> it just cannot be right..........<br /> ( goes off for another look..........)<br /> Q </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39195 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:06:59 +0000 simonfbarnes 39195@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>If you accept the 'I'm getting old therefore I should slow down', then you're fecked.</blockquote></p> <p><strong>DEFINITELY!!</strong><br /> They'll have to drag me kicking and screaming into old age! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39193 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:06:25 +0000 toxicsoks 39193@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Lots of 52 yr olds about. *waves* </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39161 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:48:20 +0000 plop_pants 39161@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>So old my camelback bladder doubles as a collostomy bag. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-39000 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:53:29 +0000 Bushwacked 39000@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Wow! </p> <p>Sometimes you get inspired from places you least expect.</p> <p>Oldogre = Legend! <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_cool.gif" title="8)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>I have to say I feel very humbled by this thread. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-38689 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:48:29 +0000 sidewinder 38689@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Well oldogre makes me feel positivly juvenile at 52 but now I'm an enigma I'm too old to be fast and to fast to be old ? <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-38679 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:42:36 +0000 nickc 38679@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>&quot;Chapeau&quot; Oldogre </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-38515 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:08:01 +0000 Peregrine 38515@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>44 - Been cycling for 6 years and last year i was the fittest i have ever been by a long way. I aspire to complete the Bod Graham round next year. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-38477 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:44:25 +0000 jfb01 38477@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>6o this April (all pressys greatfully received ,nothing expensive , Cotic Soda , Moots softtail ect)left knee a bit &quot;funny&quot; &amp; just done my rotator cuff.But as most of my riding is at Thetford I should manage another 20 years. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-38459 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:29:08 +0000 GJP 38459@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Relative youngster at 44 which suprises me - but I am now starting to feel it a bit with nagging little aches here and there(knees and back etc) which I never had up until last summer really. </p> <p>Also, pretty sure it will only a couple of years before I will be needing reading glasses. I had to take my LOOK Keos to my LBS so they could read the date and see whether there was a recall on them! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-38455 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:26:49 +0000 RudeBoy 38455@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Dez; you're looking good for it, mate! I had you down as a bit younger, actually. And your wife is surely nowhere near that?</p> <p>50 is the new 40. A friend of mine recently turned 50 (she looks 10 years younger). And she's currently toddling round Africa. Is always on the go. Other friends, that are a good bit younger, are much lazier.</p> <p>I think that if you keep yerself active, then you stay healthier, mentally as well as physically. If you accept the 'I'm getting old therefore I should slow down', then you're fecked.</p> <p>My mum is 72, and gets annoyed that she can't do the heavier physical things any more. She has Osteoporosis, and needs treatment for it, but refuses to 'take it easy'. Always up to mad schemes. But her mind is sharp as anything. People always mistake her for being a lot younger, simply because she doesn't come across as an 'old lady'. And all my mates love talking to her, simply because she doesn't seem like 'someone's mum'.</p> <p>I can't persuade her to come out mountain biking, though. She won't have it. Tried to get her interested, by showing her the Collective DVDs. She's not having it. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-38381 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:45:36 +0000 mrdoubletake 38381@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>43, and the only time I feel it, is trying to get out of bed in the morning. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-38077 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:47:21 +0000 casper33 38077@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>age has no issue with how good ur. i have been out, biking, with both fagus and deejay, and although they both can remember watching the sinking of the titanic on tv, they can both ride like the wind. how ever neither will say how old they r, which tends to be a girly thing. The undertaker. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-36745 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:18:55 +0000 racing_ralph 36745@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Ventanarider is no spring chicken!</p> <p><img src="http://www.happyentertainment.com/images/father-time.jpg"></p> <p>on his way to get his penny farthing! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-35794 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:36:18 +0000 DezB 35794@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I'm 45 in 10 days. That's proper 'middle-aged' ain't it? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-35782 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:31:04 +0000 Shack 35782@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>53 next month. Probably doing more miles now than ever before. Body just about holding together, though have suffered loads of back problems over the years and dread them coming back. Try to avoid crashing these days as recovery definately takes me a lot longer, right elbow wont survive another heavy fall. Have a very stressed lifestyle, couldnt contemplate lfe without the bike(s) its the only thing that keeps me sane. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-35762 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:25:10 +0000 CaptainMainwaring 35762@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>53 next month. Took up mountain biking seriously 2 years ago. Fitter now than any time in last 30 years. Just trying to pluck up the courage to do small drops and jumps properly. Only trouble with getting older is that when you do come off you go splat, crunch rather than boing. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-35758 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:24:32 +0000 ski 35758@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>40 here too.</p> <p>Top respect to you oldogre, wish my Dad was still as active as you <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/whos-really-old/page/2#post-35648 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:48:36 +0000 jedi 35648@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>i am 40. looking at the list iam an infant <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> :) </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/development-of-the-site/page/2#post-35551 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:19:46 +0000 wwaswas 35551@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>fisha - I think the biggest reason for the db merger was for SEO purposes - holdign it as a separate db etc is likely to mean the rankings are affected for the site as a whole - it's already drifted down a bit on some google searches.</p> <p>no one who actually posts on here looks back more than 2 pages from the front for information anyway, they just post a new topic... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/development-of-the-site/page/2#post-35541 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:17:12 +0000 GrahamS 35541@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Some of us browse on here who can't right-click,</blockquote></p> <p>Blimmin Mac users! <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_rolleyes.gif" title=":roll:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>Seriously, what are you browsing with CountZero?<br /> I visit here on my iPhone and I still wouldn't want links opening in new windows. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/development-of-the-site/page/2#post-35499 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:05:08 +0000 miketually 35499@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>We don't seem to be able to delete our own tages from threads anymore. Is that deliberate or an accident? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/development-of-the-site/page/2#post-35073 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:28:23 +0000 zokes 35073@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Some of us browse on here who can't right-click, so opening a new window is very useful. The reason being I don't have a mouse on this thing, and I can't be arsed to dig the laptop out.</blockquote></p> <p>Well, I can't be arsed with loads of windows and tabs open, so who wins? <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p>