http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling en-US Wed, 30 May 2012 01:24:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/5#post-1124984 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:29:33 +0000 Trekster 1124984@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote> scott_mcavennie2 - Member</p> <p>My mate&#39;s father in law (late 50s) comes out with us often. Whenever we have a break he&#39;ll be off to push his bike (with home made disk brake mounts) to the top of the steepest slope nearby and ride down it.</p> <p>Its really quite impressive. </blockquote></p> <p>Is his name Robin by any chance? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/5#post-1124841 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:55:38 +0000 epicyclo 1124841@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>oldgit - Member<br /> epicyclo<br /> Are you the chap that rode a green Spot singlespeed at the 24s?</blockquote><br /> Not me. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/5#post-1124668 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:20:30 +0000 oomidamon 1124668@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I know I&#39;ll be too old to ride the day I think &quot;hmmm, golf - that could be the sport for me....&quot;</p> <p>Fortunately I think it&#39;ll be a long way off! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/5#post-1124511 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:44:00 +0000 oldgit 1124511@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>epicyclo<br /> Are you the chap that rode a green Spot singlespeed at the 24s?</p> <p>&#39;The older I get the better I used to be&#39; That&#39;s me, very much to the annoyance of everyone I know.<br /> Suddenly everyone is bloody old on here, I feel a fraud using oldgit when I&#39;ll only be 50 in a few weeks. But I supose I am /was a lot older than the guys I ride/rode with. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/5#post-1124359 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:14:42 +0000 Ti29er 1124359@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>The older I get, the better I used to be.</p> <p>Happy birthday, you old dinosaur! <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/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/5#post-1123944 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:51:56 +0000 epicyclo 1123944@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Terrydactyl - Member<br /> ...My basic rule....keep moving.<br /> ...When asked &quot;What time does the park close?&quot; the wrong answer is &quot;It closes at 9&quot;, the correct answer is &quot;It&#39;s open until 9&quot;.</blockquote><br /> That&#39;s about it.</p> <p>It&#39;s not a question of accepting self imposed limitations such as deciding that at a certain age you should stop doing something, but of continuing to do the things you like until you are no longer physically capable of them.</p> <p>That applies to anything, not just cycling.</p> <p>It helps if you don&#39;t compare your performance in late middle age with that of your youth (or even with that of last year) <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>PS Happy Birthday </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/5#post-1123943 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:51:38 +0000 ourmaninthenorth 1123943@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Happy Birthday Terrydactyl. </p> <p>You old goat <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/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/5#post-1123646 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:42:45 +0000 Terrydactyl 1123646@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>My birthday today...57. </p> <p>Biked in to work this morning as usual, last weekend in the peak district, tonight is kayak training with my son, planing a big one this summer on Arran and Islay.</p> <p>My basic rule....keep moving.</p> <p>When asked &quot;What time does the park close?&quot; the wrong answer is &quot;It closes at 9&quot;, the correct answer is &quot;It&#39;s open until 9&quot;.</p> <p>Happy days.... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/5#post-1123316 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:19:25 +0000 simonfbarnes 1123316@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>am i the only one here who doesn&#39;t think cycling is the be all and end all in life?</blockquote></p> <p>it&#39;s not important, just fun - but we get to choose. For me, waterskiing would be too wet and passive - and given that this is a cycling forum oner might expect some prejudice towards it... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/5#post-1123152 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:05:18 +0000 iDave 1123152@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>am i the only one here who doesn&#39;t think cycling is the be all and end all in life? yeah, certainly I want to be active long into old age, but all this &#39;never give up cycling&#39; bollox.... its just one (great) activity among many. my dad waterskied into his late 60&#39;s, did he miss out by not being a mountain biker? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/5#post-1123138 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:01:56 +0000 scott_mcavennie2 1123138@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>My mate&#39;s father in law (late 50s) comes out with us often. Whenever we have a break he&#39;ll be off to push his bike (with home made disk brake mounts) to the top of the steepest slope nearby and ride down it. </p> <p>Its really quite impressive. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/5#post-1123124 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:58:03 +0000 Edric 64 1123124@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>An 81 year old broke the hour for a 25 mile timetrial last season.Surely the op is taking the piss </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/4#post-1123075 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:43:40 +0000 epicyclo 1123075@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Nowt to be impressed about (unless it&#39;s the virgins) - it&#39;s simply a matter of not stopping when you think you&#39;re about to die <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>I&#39;m thinking of doing that one. Looks interesting. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/4#post-1123057 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:40:01 +0000 Ti29er 1123057@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.sip-events.co.uk/solo-home.html">here</a>Impressed.<br /> My first stab at solo 24hr at the inaugrial UK champs <a href="http://www.sip-events.co.uk/solo-home.html">here</a> in Newcastleton at the end of May.<br /> Hoping not to come last! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/4#post-1122746 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:40:35 +0000 epicyclo 1122746@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Ti29er - Member<br /> Epicyclo: How old did you say you were?<br /> How does one &quot;qualify&quot; for the solo Worlds?</p> <p>Virgins, you say? They&#39;re pretty thin on the ground here - (a reverse pun me thinks). Will a SAE suffice? Please send sample for testing.</blockquote><br /> Firstly, sorry about the virgins. I decided to cure them all of that condition and to hell with my toenails.</p> <p>Age - mid 60s</p> <p>Solo Worlds - You qualify by doing the qualifying races and getting a good result. In my case I did some endurance races in Oz last year and did well in age class, plus they looked at my &#39;Puffer solo results. I usually end up about 2/3 way down the solo class, but that&#39;s against all ages. I think that I got my results with a single speed helped my case <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>The Worlds has age classifications - except unfortunately in the SS class. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/4#post-1122606 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:10:53 +0000 Ti29er 1122606@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Epicyclo: How old did you say you were?<br /> How does one &quot;qualify&quot; for the solo Worlds?</p> <p>Virgins, you say? They&#39;re pretty thin on the ground here - (a reverse pun me thinks). Will a SAE suffice? Please send sample for testing. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/4#post-1122166 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:29:36 +0000 Trekster 1122166@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>56 here;<br /> On Saturday I was out for 5.1/2hrs on the bike.<br /> Sunday = rest &amp; shopping with `er indoors.<br /> Monday = 4hrs on the bike + 3/4hr swim in the evening.<br /> Tues = 1.1/2hr yoga<br /> Today(Wed) = 3hrs hill walking/hunting new trails &amp; finding <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_lol.gif" title=":lol:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> <br /> Thurs = off to local trail for a few hrs<br /> Fri = still to decide<br /> Sat = more shopping, maybe new camera<br /> Sun/Mon/Tues/Wed = commuting by bike to work.</p> <p>Give up?......never <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_razz.gif" title=":P" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/4#post-1119549 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:25:53 +0000 reynard 1119549@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>One day, somewhere in the future, on a bleak moorland singletrack, a group of young riders will have paused to discuss this topic. As they warily contemplate their future and all the inevitable consequences of mortality, a familiar clatter and scuff of wheels will cause them to look back up the trail which they have just warily descended.<br /> A bike will sweep into view, ridden exuberantly but tidily by a grinning skeleton. As the skeleton sweeps through their midst he will nod, courteously, and with a knowing but manic skull grin he will utter but one word...<br /> &#39;Never&#39;<br /> and he&#39;ll vanish from the moor onto the perfect trails known only by the spirits.<br /> That&#39;ll be me. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/4#post-1119534 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:49:19 +0000 epicyclo 1119534@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I have an unused batch of 72 virgins to bite my toenails. Apparently, their intended master failed to disintegrate... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-age-do-you-give-up-cycling/page/4#post-1119515 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:19:48 +0000 simonfbarnes 1119515@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>you tried the experiment at least once. May not have bitten them but at the very least an attempted mouthing. </blockquote></p> <p>I&#39;m doing it now - next question ? </p>