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I'm 62, feel like 82 but act like 22. Started riding at 32.
51, feel 101 as I’m mysteriously broken atm
Hope you're back in action soon 👍
52 and look a load younger than Scotroutes 😀.... oh, hang on, I am !
Ooh, christky, I'm glad I don't fall off as much as I did when I started, like back in the 90s. But I am quite young at 24. Plus a few decade, like. OP, you're old enough to be my dad! If my dad was the same age as me.
52 and look a load younger than Scotroutes
Aye, right ye are. 😂
70 in April and still enjoying the trails. Haven't managed enough in 2018, planning for 2019 now.
70 in April and still enjoying the trails. Haven’t managed enough in 2018, planning for 2019 now.
Respect! Hope I am still getting out there when I'm 70. Wishing you a great year of riding in 2019.
52 in a couple of weeks. Been riding proper MTB now for about 6 years. Love it. Out 2-3 times a week, every week. Ride with a great group of young lads who push me well past my limits. I often find myself doing things and thinking I ought not to 🙂 My brother has also taken it up and he is 2 year older than me!
Lately I also find myself calling checkout girls in the supermarket things like sweetheart/love/darling so I guess I must be getting really old!!
I was born same year as Lady Di, Barack Obama, Jill Dando and Suzanne Dando to name a few, 57 just like Heinz
64 soon, hoping to do the Jennride again (well most of it) next year, even the odd MNPR, started riding again 10 years ago after a 30 year layoff, usual reasons work, marriage an kids.
56 - going on 12
Only been riding MTB. for about 10 years, but also wish I'd started earlier.
70 going on 23 cant stop or I will die.
I just ride a bit slower and it hurts more when I fall off. I am supposed to wear knee and elbow protectors after the last big off but every now and then you come to a descent which you just have to throw yourself down.
Makes me feel alive.
54 in a few weeks time.
Welcome 😎
You are only an hour from Rhayader. Give us a shout in a few weeks and we can arrange a spin out over this way.
54 in a few weeks time.
Welcome 😎
You are only an hour from Rhayader. Give us a shout in a few weeks and we can arrange a spin out over this way.
Sounds fun, thanks. I may take you up on that in the NY.
48 & a bit of a physical mess . But hey😀. I'm still here. Which surprises quite a few people, including myself
Just turned 50... and after reading this thread now feel pretty young! Lol
63 and still riding every week.
Another one coming up for 63, still do the odd event but set my sights on a couple of long distance trails and a coast to coast for 2019.
Welcome you may have just dropped the average a few years which won’t help me @57😩
55 here , out every day for the two weeks I'm home in a month. It keeps me young, never had a bad bike ride yet , except for the ones that ended at the hospital.....
I'm younger and better looking than scotroutes.
Two of those assertions may be wrong... 🙂
😂 I’m in my mid forties and I’d assumed most of STW was a similar age from the posts. Now I find I’m one of the kids!
I'm taller than Scotroutes despite being younger
You’re only as old as the man you feel…
I don't go out of my way to feel any men and going by this thread, I'm a young whippersnapper at the age of 45. 😮
54 is not old on this forum. Would guess the average age of poster is around 45+ ?
I am 50 and have been obsessed with riding bikes since I was 5.
I'm in my late 40's(a lady never reveals her age) but look much worse than Scotroutes does.
65 years young, mental age somewhat younger, been riding for many years off and on. Love the riding,social and banter.
im 28, get my stabilizers off soon 😀
70 in April and still enjoying the trails. Haven’t managed enough in 2018, planning for 2019 now.
A mere youngster. I'm 70 in March. Having a second life on the bike. Previously a Nat Champ standard tester then mtb guy. A spell as a couch potato waiting for a new knee (10 years - thanks NHS) made me determined to get out again. Road only now, so trying to decide should I do the Staveley Spring Sportive the day after my birthday and see how I fit into my new age group, or do my own 70 @ 70 round here.
If any other oldies fancy a road ride somewhere NW England then just holler.
Should we organise an over 60s STW weekend next year????
Lakes or Peaks??
Could be up for that. Can we have nice weather please?
Just turned 65. Been a club cyclist for 43 years and mountain biking for 32. Try to ride 5 days a week, although that's nearer 3 at the moment in the winter and some on Zwift. Don't do much racing nowadays but look for other challenges like bike packing and gravel rides in Europe. Going out on the single speed this morning if it ever stops raining!
Welcome to the forum. I'm turning 42 on Sunday. Had to have a break from mtbing for a few years due to reasons known to everyone, had a spin out the other day and reignited my spark. My Stiffee is awesome!
My Stiffee is awesome!
71 here & started mtbing in 1992. Just getting ready for a local ride to the trig I'm propping up in this pic
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There are loads. Bike50 (in reality mostly over 65) in Surrey has about 200 people registered.
Singletrack article about some of them here
Still 48 for a couple of months more. 16 in my head which doesn't always go well as I don't bounce any more. Been riding MTB since about 96.
Also currently mysteriously broken.
I didn't start MTB until I was about 53 - for me one of the great things about our hobby/sport is how inclusive it is for us 'veterans'. Social rides, organised events or competitions all have a place for us and we're welcome. I did my first EWS at 58!
I'm 62 now and on weekend social rides I'm mid pack age wise with the group I ride with in North Devon.
56 and feeling it.
This may come as a shock, but the last time we had an age survey I was the median age and it was 49. I'm 51 now, so doubt it has changed much.
For the record, I do not work in IT, nor do I drive and Audi.
Welcome.
Seems I'm just a youngster after all, who knew? Great to hear of so many people refusing to grow up and enjoying ripping up the trails at all ages. It really is inspiring, though you've robbed me of my main excuse for being slow! Genuinely chuffed by the welcome guys 'n' gals, thanks 👍
104yrs young between the two of us & we took up tandeming off road this year - it's like the first time mountain biking all over again 😀
Also currently mysteriously broken
broken buddy!
internet diagnosed mine to upper ITB inflammation, maybe due to riding a HT in Scotland* in -10 temps
*i.e. proper trails with "features" rather than mid english featureless ones
59, work in IT, only one of our cars is an Audi and none of my bikes are an Orange. Bought my first MTB (a Trek 830) in 1989.
I'm 16 and a few months. 594 months to be precise but still do all the things I did at 16, except I don't smoke any more. Or race in the same category.
Welcome, by the way, and if you need a guide around the cheeky bits of Cannock Chase I'm your man. Unless it's windy (and above 10C) when I'll be off windsurfing.
mature
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