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I'm 48 & my XC bike is 25 so fark it, I'll give it a go.
The Gorrick races are really good, friendly and well organised. They always have very good courses and make the most out of the area they hold the races in. Nothing too gnarly. I should do more of them as I've enjoyed my few previous efforts.
I'm mid forties and I'll never ever win one and that does not bother me one bit. You'll always find people of a similar pace to you and then you tend to end up in a mini race with them, well if you're competitive you do anyway. The open category is good but can have some quick people at the front. I tend to not see them for long though.
Trail bike will be fine. I've seen all sorts, from full on race carbon hardtails to DH (as they were 10 years ago) bikes. Even singlespeeds 😉 but they never did very well because all the ladies would congregate around them obviously and stop them doing proper warm ups.
Have a word. That's not old these days. Won my last race at 53. They're fast, but you'll just get lost in the moment.
As it stands are there any XC or CX series running? Esp in the North West?
Lots of encouragement in this thread, but a difficult time to act on it...