Good on ya Roy ! I too am a sprightly 66 and one of my riding buddies is 67 spooky ay ? I’ve ridden MTBs since the mid 90s got diagnosed with Osteoporosis back in 2009 and a couple of crushed vertebrae in my spine 😞 Up until then I’d ridden in Morzine , Tahoe , did the Kamikaze in Mammoth rode to the top of Mount Tam in Marin and Whistler inc Squamish , Pemberton , Heli Drop and a Float Plane trip in the Chilcotins .
Following my diagnosis I was told to never ride off road again , my response “ Dig a hole I’ll jump in it now ! “ I took the money and ran from Royal Mail the next Summer I spent in Whistler ! ( Always follow medical advice ! 🤔) My mate then retired a few years later and to my shock and surprise I got him to follow me down the wormhole of MTBing ! ( By his own admission he’s a lazy barsteward ! )
Since then we’ve been to Slovenia , Spain , Cyprus and an epic road trip around BC including Revelstoke , Fernie etc . Darn pandemic has put plans on hold 😞 3 years ago I bought an Ebike a year later he followed. I’ve now sold mine and am eagerly awaiting the delivery any time soon of an Orbea Rise H15 ✊️✊️✊️✊️I’ve done the full fat supertanker plough through anything now I think the half fat option will suit so much better .
Ain’t it grand that us old fartknockers still get tremendous joy from just pissing about in the woods on bikes 😎
My mates retirement financial workings out on the back of a fag packet have taken quite a knock but I reckon he’s a lot healthier for it , as you say all government help for buying bikes is targeted to people in work while the senior population are left to do sat down exercises in their armchairs ! Personally I’m lucky to be able to fund it myself but there must be plenty of others who could do with a bit of a hand,
