my dad is 59 and we did Dalby in 2:16 last year, the year before (when i was 31ish) he had to wait for me, a lot, last year (2013) we we also did Cut Gate Loop, Jacobs Ladder Loop, forwards and reversed, plus lots and lots of Tuesday night rides,
he sometimes posts on here as bighendo
he was into his 40s when i got into biking at 17ish and my brother even younger, he drove us all over on a weekend visiting random bike shops (and the odd garden centre) and doing routes with MBR maps laminated and a compass, Peaks, Yorkshire etc, none of this GPS malarky, lost, proper lost we got, in the dark, in the rain, in the hail, at 6/7am on a Sunday morning, loved it we did, we still do
he also has a penchant of doing something his own way,
this is my dad, and he is proper awesome 🙂
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