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Hi chaps and chapesses. First post, be gentle with me! 😊 Just wondering if there are many other mature gentlemen or lady members on here? I'm 54 and came to mountain biking a bit late. Started about 5 or 6 years ago and have only just upgraded from a hard tail to a full sus. I'm pretty rubbish and fall off a lot, but I absolutely love it. Just wish I'd taken it up when I was younger, fitter, new skills were easier to learn and I bounced a bit better!
In only 52. So no we are all youngsters!
I'm 59 and I'm by no means the oldest.
Plenty on here your age or older - me for one, I’m a lot older, although I have been riding for forty years...
57 here.
54? A mere Bairn! [sorry, my wife's a Geordie and it seems to have corrupted my English]
Welcome fella and better to start your mtb career later in life than not at all! I turn 50 next month and have just bought (another) steel hardtail to mark the occasion. You’re in good company and can look forward to many years of shredding I reckon. I shared an uplift van in Finale this summer with two German guys both of whom were north of seventy and were still super stoked to be riding such great trails. Ride safe and enjoy the forum, it’s a wealth of knowledge.
Just wondering if there are many other mature gentlemen or lady members on here?
Pretty much every second poster.
I don't often see people my age on the trails, hence the post but it is reassuring to know you are out there somewhere!
Just turned 65 here. Started MTB about 6 years ago. Like you, I'm a bit rubbish, but I like poodling along in nice scenery with the occasional bit of light gnarr to add interest.
' if there are many other mature gentlemen or lady members on here' there's no young people on here. Or mountain bikers.
Welcome, good to hear your enjoying the MTB buzz
58th birthday last month and cycling more than ever. Where are you based op?
I don’t often see people my age on the trails, hence the post but it is reassuring to know you are out there somewhere!
Easy mistake to make. I'm 60 but only look 40.
Some inspiring and reassuring replies, thanks. I look forward to the scent of Werther's originals wafting along the trails 😀
"58th birthday last month and cycling more than ever. Where are you based op"?
Moved to Ludlow in Shropshire 3 years ago. Still exploring but luckily I have some great stuff on my doorstep and a little further afield.
63 here, if you are anywhere near Quantocks Mendips and fancy a pootle sometime give me a shout
Moved to Ludlow in Shropshire 3 years ago. Still exploring but luckily I have some great stuff on my doorstep and a little further afield.
I know (or knew) it well. Mortimer Forest still being ridden in or have they ghettoised everyone in Bringewood?
I'm 50 next week
I am a mere child at 49.
I'm 56 and look a lot younger than Scotroutes :o)
I have the birth certificate of a 33 year old, but the body of a 70 year old if that helps? Mind of a 12 year old too, mind.
I’m coming up to 59
Greetings , 55 and counting
Another 54 year old here.
I know (or knew) it well. Mortimer Forest still being ridden in or have they ghettoised everyone in Bringewood?
I am slowly exploring Mortimer and have found some really fun stuff. Some is a bit overgrown but some looks regularly ridden. I don't know anyone locally who rides, so it's all a bit of trial and error and pouring over a map and trail forks. I do see a few other bikes up there. I've not explored Bringewood yet, but I know there is supposed to be quite a bit there. If anyone local who doesn't mind me slowing them down fancies showing me round, I'd be very grateful! I had my first trip up on the Long Mynnd recently and did Minton Batch which was great fun, I will be going back there to look at some of the other descents soon. Been to Hopton a few times but other than that, I mostly do trail centres, Llandegla, Cannock and FOD are all just over an hour's drive from me.
Coming up to 63 here so another old geezer-the scent of Werthers is the least of your worries!
Coming up to 63 here so another old geezer-the scent of Werthers is the least of your worries!
I can imagine 😂
50 this week. Shit.
Some awesome stuff at Mortimer and Bringewood. Sadly Bringewood has been pretty decimated by felling recently and I think they go to Mortimer side at some point too. Shame, but trails will rise again.
45 here. Babe in arms innit.
50 this week. Shit.
'snot that bad. The world expects you to be a grumpy old man, you can get away with murder 🙂
I'm 21 with 35 years experience of being 21.
I'm an official OAP, Old Awful Pootler
51 here in January. Welcome to the club..
You're only as old as the man you feel...
50. I only come here to make myself feel young!!😂
Another 60+ but been “off-road” biking for over 30 of those years
Should we organise an over 60s STW weekend next year????
Lakes or Peaks??
Should we organise an over 60s STW weekend next year????
Only if there's a slow old man category.
41 here, basically a child compared to most of the forum. Welcome OP, what bike are you riding?
Another 60+ but been “off-road” biking for over 30 of those years
Should we organise an over 60s STW weekend next year????
Lakes or Peaks??
Make it over 55s and I'm in.
Most definitely.
Lakes = bike a few miles to a cafe, bike some more to a pub and repeat......
“Welcome OP”
Is that “welcome original poster”
Or
“Welcome Old Person”.....
I'm mature, but I'm no gentleman!
Not a lady either to pre-empt the next post.
41 here, basically a child compared to most of the forum. Welcome OP, what bike are you riding?
Thanks for the welcome👍 Until recently, a 2013 specialized rock hopper hard tail that was used and abused and had everything but the frame replaced. I have just bought a 2018 Giant Trance 2. Early days, but I absolutely love it it so far, pedals up hills much better than I expected and flatters my poor riding when things get a bit rowdy.
51, feel 101 as I'm mysteriously broken atm
Welcome youngster, 55 here but easily pass for 60. I'm sure we're below average STW age!