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Met a chap last night he said he was 51,just bought a new bike he said and was off to llandegla on the weekend.
So is 50 a bit to old,if he has an off, he will damage himself, putting extra strain on the NHS, he may well injure himself to the extent he may well be off on the sick for a while, making a big drain on the company he works for,oh and the oldies are really slow,stopping all the time for toilet and drink/cake breaks.
Shouldnt 50 be a cut off and people over that age stick to Sustrans routes, or become walkers.
ok Ragley mmbob for sale as to old to ride it now I am 55
whereas me zimmerframe
Is 50 to old to ride off road
If anyone takes the bait from this piss poor effort they should have to give up mtb'ing 8)
Ha ha ha nice one. Considering the 20 year olds with the bodies of 80 year olds I see getting on the Uplift at weekends, I think he will do just fine.
How about we ban smokers - a few of them must pop a valve pushing their bikes up the hills. And don't start me on litter on the hill...
I'll tell my wife that she is too old at 53 to have a weeks holiday in Morzine biking every day. We are planning to head to Whistler next year, but based on your advice, I'll bin it and book a SAGA cruise instead!
do not feed etc...
Have you seen the trailers for "Are you fitter than a pensioner"?
Looks absolutely bonkers.
ban riders with more than 2" of travel on their MTB, i mean if they need more than that they clearly can't ride a bike properly and are just sofa sitting anyway, they should clear the trails for riders with some skill
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Saw a group of old chaps at penmachno a few weeks ago and he youngest of them must have been 55, sure you may slow down a little but I am sure not much. When you are young it always seems like old is old, but when you get older you realise that it's just a number, I accept that an 80 year old is not likely to be out on the trails but 50 is nothing. Am 37 now but fully expect to be riding the same trails when I am 60.
6The chap last night said he was also going to buy some lycra shorts, when i suggested a cardigan from M and S, he asked did they now do cycling gear.
Obviously his mind was going as well.
Met a guy last week who'd just started riding off road (was still a roadie as well) but fancied trying 'something new', he was in his late 60's.
He wasn't overly fast and skills neede some work, but he was grining like a loon so must be doing something right.
we saw a bloke 5 year ago in the Pyrenees and it was his 76 birthday
he started biking at 70 and beat us to the top of the tormalet after setting off 20 mins after us
my mate is still having counciling
Go to a trail centre at the weekend and its like an OAP outing,
of the 6 of us who just completed a 300mile offroad tour of scotland 4 were 50yrs or older.
of the group of 18 i ride with 9 are 50yrs or older.
so no from me
What you mean like Facebook ??
I ride with a guy now and again who's in his early 60's, Puts people half his age to shame.
Is 50 to old to ride off road and will someone who is doing regular exercise be a strain on the NHS?
The nanny state is alive and well and located in the Singletrack Forum.
Come on back in the real world, a high proportion of 50 year olds are overweight, smoke and drink to much. Just a trip down your local high street to see the number of blokes hiding children’s beach balls up their shirts is evidence enough. So to question someone who wants to be out doors, enjoying a fantastic sport/hobby should be applauded from the roof tops.
PS it's offical exercise is good for you !
koff.
Young wipper-snappers. Don't they know life begins at 50?
I hope not.
I intend to carry on cycling off road for as long as I can.
Was just reading the letters section of a competing moutain biking mag and a guy had written in about doing Lands End to John o Groats off road and he was 50.
As for strain on the nhs the regular cardio a biking 50yo will pick up will actually keep him out of A&E.
50 can't be too old, otherwise who is buying all the full suspension bikes?
My mate Brian is 61 and I still can't get to the top quicker than him
This is obviously a troll post, if it isn't I'll assume the OP is extremely naive. There's a guy that regularly rides with us who has just reached 60, he's ridden off road for over 20 years, regularly rides the local trails over Cannock Chase as well as the trail centres. He is definately no slouch and has occasionally been witnessed with both wheels off the ground - in a controlled and skilled manner I add!
That legend is Dogears!!
Poor toll!
but he was grining like a loon so must be doing something right.
or it was time for his medication?
PMSL at Oldgit. 😆
If the OP wants to see some fit over 50s get up the 3px next week and he will get an answer to his bone question of the week.
I am there in in 2 and a bit years, i thought 50 was the new 40 😉
Anyway i work with some 30 yr old lads and lasses i can tell you they put more of a burden on the NHS than i do, what with diabetis cos they are fat, and the classic repetitive strain bollox that is always a good stunt to pull, FFS
50 is definitely too old; how can I be rad to the power of sick if people that age are putting me to shame on a bike?
Agreed, poor troll. But seriously which is more of a drain on the NHS - a 55 year old mountain biker with a broken leg or a 55 year old couch potato with diabetes and a heart condition
Oh, and I'm 54 and one of my rides this year was an hour and a quarter with the bike on my back up a Munro
Given that the current generation of late teens and twenty year olds are meant to be the first generation in UK history that will die earlier than their parents, then the questions should actually be "are 25 year olds too unfit to ride off road?"
2 and a bit years to go before 50 is the new 40..........
T R O L L
Nah, the creaky old codgers should stay off the mountains. I say ban anyone over 30.
Also ban anyone using mobility aids intended for the frail and elderly, stuff like gears and suspension, because they are obviously past it too.
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excellent - I'm with Oldgit *cough*
mate of mine reckons he invented mountainbiking, but I dunno - we were all trashing various inappropriate bikes down the quarry back then.
reckons he's gonna have a word with Fisher one day 😉 😉
he [i]definitely[/i] invented snowboarding though, FACT !
G. (can get both wheels off the ground)
Seems as if Singletrack has an over 50,s section. 🙁
I'm well over 50 and recover from frequent crashes faster than many younger people 🙂 I think the idea that older people are more vulnerable is a myth.
The 84 year old vicar in our village rides every day - often slightly off road...!
My dad still MTBs - he's not far off 60.
project - how old are you?
Most of the lads I ride with have either reached 50+ (in a couple of cases) or are rapidly approaching it and they are all still nailing it. It's very rare anyone is buzzing their back wheel unless it's proper full on DH stuff and even then they put in a well above average performance.
I wonder who the best bike handler over 50 is on here? I see a lot of old folk tearing up hills on bike, fair enough, but not many on the jumps...
Perspective...
Today's 50 year olds are quite likely to be ageing punk rockers
Having seen Olgit single-speeding up one of the many short, sharp gullies the the Quantocks have to offer I can say that
a. I felt ridiculously fat and unfit....
b. age is a state of mind....
c. I do hope that my looming 42 birthday will not be the last one that I'm after 'bits for me bike'
Today's 50 year olds are quite likely to be ageing punk rockers
Ah them were the days Punk Rock... ...I remember it well
Good call cheese@4p .... I did have the odd safety pin stuck in my school blazer 😳
my mate is still having counciling [sic]
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Ran Feinnes says you have to work harder to maintain your fitness and power past 45, that's all. Oh let's forget about his massive heart attack, bypass op, then running seven marathons on different continents in one week. Did he not re-marry a younger woman too? A force of nature to look up to and emulate (maybe not the heart attack).
Nope. It gives the young 'uns someone to chase.
I used to get a regular kicking from a chap who was 20yrs my senior around the W Lancs Moors. Compelled me to pull my finger out and train. Just not enough to sort out some the 60+yr olds in the road club. The shame of it......
If I said something along those lines to my Dad whose at the tender age of 65 and a regular rider of all the trails in Brechfa [proper and man-made ones] and surrounding areas he would would probably say something along the lines of 'what age do you give up living' or just give me a clip around the ear.
Better not tell my mate Eug'.
He's a good few years the wrong side of 50 & can kick my lardie ass.
In fact no, please tell him.
I know Eug and can verify his prowess on his bike... you youngsters out there would get a whipping on any circuit..
I am a spring chicken at 52 and not as old as that when on my bike.. I am concerned about the OP ageism tack..
Keeping fit is what NHS would rather we do.. the odd tumble comes with the territory and as you get fitter these knocks shake off that bit quicker in my view - regardless of age.
my mate Col's wrong side of 50 and he'd cane anyone uphill or down, or would if he didn't have to keep stopping for a wee!!!
What was the question again???
Actually, 50's too old to be breathing. I'm sick of living in a gerontocracy.
Slot the lot of them so we can have some houses, and don't have to pay a lod of tax to fund their pensions / feeding and backside wiping.
Slot the lot of them so we can have some houses, and don't have to pay a lod of tax to fund their pensions / feeding and backside wiping.
right on bro!
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marsdenman, you don't mean me do you?. Don't think I've done the Quantocks but the old memory ain't what is was. I was quick on the old singlespeed though.
sounds to me like a few of you buggers have been shown up by someone older than you , 48 and still pissing over boys half my age ,
48 and still pissing over boys half my age ,
Said the Deacon to the Cardinal.
How about we ban smokers - a few of them must pop a valve pushing their bikes up the hills.
What?? Pft. I tell you what, I'll give you a head start, then overtake you on my singlespeed, and I'll be waiting for you at the top, puffing a ciggie... 😉
My best riding buddy will be 50 next year and he's still riding hard. I was out on Wednesday night with the local bike club and the guy who was showing us round is 53. He reckoned he was a bit tired still from the weekend but only because he'd won the Peak to Peak road sportif on Saturday 🙂
TS
My dad is 71 and rides all the time:
Here he is at the Dargon Downhill course...
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50? nah no probs if you're fit you'll enjoy it more than some fat twenty something.
Seen 70+ yr olds on the trail in Wales who said is something wrong while I bonk'd out of energy!
He should join the team...
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What?? Pft. I tell you what, I'll give you a head start, then overtake you on my singlespeed, and I'll be waiting for you at the top, puffing a ciggie...
Yeah but I bet you wont be half as quick as when YOU get to 50 if you keep up the fags.. 😉
"The older I get, the faster I was!" 😆
F8CK right off! I'm nearly 64 and regularly ride the Purbecks with guys half my age and have no trouble keeping up with them.....on the contrary they sometimes struggle to keep up with me!
Posted before, but here we have 40s 50s 60s and 70s having a break from an eight hour chaingang, fast as ****. The 70 year old is ex GB andI think rode the Tour.
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52 and did 6 hours 2 mins for Brecon Beast - not too bad for an old guy. Think its the lardy younger guys that need to get a grip.
Don't be stupid. 50 and a 1/4.
I'm 67 (68 in Nov)so I guess I should have stopped riding 18 years ago? I started mountain biking at 50 and still ride 3 days a week on average and one of those days at or above 8000 ft elevation. Maybe I'm already dead and just don't know it. Not the fastest anymore, but sure as hell am not the slowest by a long-shot.
I'm 43 on Monday and am a lot fitter and a lot faster than I was when I was 33. Took my inspiration from some of the fast oldies at various events over the last few years ..."I wanna be like that when I grow up".
...oh yes, and I still get excited about new bike bits for birthdays! Wahay!
yes, 50 is too old to be riding bikes off-road.
it's also too old to be playing rugby, skiiing, climbing, entertaining attractive people of one's gender of preference, dancing at weddings, having kids, singing in the shower, building your own house, learning a foreign language, starting a rock band, doing anything interesting with your life.
i've got no idea what it's like to be 50, but i hope it's mostly like being 32, only with cheaper car insurance.
Well said, ahwiles!!!! and yes, the car insurance part is just icing on the cake
What was the age in BladeRunner? - that would be a good cut off point....
If it keeps going like this we'll be having Downhill Zimmer Frame racing. 🙂
No because SimonFBarnes is like 87 or something but still riding around like a deranged beetle and photographing ladies' bottoms like a mad 'un.
I think if he lost his passion for bottoms then he'd have to be put down. It would be the Kindest Way.
Who needs gels when you've got viagra!!
And I can run up the stairs at work faster than Simon the security guy who is much younger than me.
<waves at Elfinsafety>
<Waves back at Karinofnine>
Actually, apart from a few MBUK jump kids, and some proper whippety types, you don't tend to see that many under 30s out there. Why is that? Question of money? Or are the ****less yute dem too busy with drugs andFaceBlank and that?
It's Obese Britain, that's what it is. When I were young, we couldn't afford to get fayt. And we were too busy shoplifting to develop pressure sores and all these allergies kids have now.
See that's the problem. CCTV. When I were a lad, I could score hundreds of pounds worth of stuff, in just one visit to C+A.
There's not even C+A left now. What hope do these poor children have? 😥
Oldgit, out of interest is that a certain Alan Perkins in yellow?
Goz, yes it is - ?
Still quick and bloody funny.
That was a day in France. He went for the 'Well Tour riders of the past drank wine on the go' he got a bit pissed I think so we stopped for a few Grand Cremé before the dash for home.
I assume you know him through the trade?
Cycling's too much like hard work for the poor things.
Tsk, it's not like it used to be 😆
project - how old are you?
I notice he's suddenly shy about this...