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I'm 50, next month 51. I’ve been commuting on my bike for 6 months now, and love the freedom. I’m hoping to commute until I retire! At the bike store the other day, I met a man 88 years old and he’s still biking, so I hope to be still on my bike in my 80’s….
55 and I'm starting to increase my speeds and my mileage.
I love my bike and I love to ride it.
Wish I were on it right now.:)
....at a whopping 56 years old!
Gosh how did I get so *coff* old?:eek:
Encouraging thread! I am 52 and having the best time of my life! My husband and I love being outdoors and cycling came naturally as a choice for us! And it keeps you young in body and spirit too! I love my hybrid bike, but I have fond memories of my first bike - a Rollfast one-speed with coaster brakes. I pretended it was my pony and took Mama’s clothespins and folded Beatles cards onto the spokes to make it go clip-clop like hooves. Now I have a nice new cycling computer to watch the miles go “clip-clop” as I ride! And my new “pony” does not require hay - just pedal power!!
Have just joined up but think I posted in wrong thread.
Never mind.
Have found this forum fascinating and decided to take the plunge and register.
I am new to cycling, thanks to my daughter's gentle prodding and finally bought a bike earlier in the year.
Together we took part as a team in two duathlons, I particpated in a half duathlon on my own and also did a "round the bays" event in our city.
I am just luving cycling and am feeling fitter and healthier than ever - will be 68 in October,
Responded earlier to the 'over 40' thread. Then when I saw this one, I thought...hey, that's me!
Turned 50 last December and I've been riding for about the last 10 years.
Love my road bike (KHS Flite 500) but spend way too much time at the LBS lusting after a new one. Don't anyone tell my bike that I've been shopping :D ....she might get a little hurt, having seen me through 2,000 or so km every summer with nary a flat!
Jayc, welcome to TE :) I think we need to start an "are there many, some, a few of us over 60?" thread. I suspect there are quite a few here. :D
Jaydee, I've seen sections of the quilt several times, the last time displayed at the end of the AIDS ride. I saw the entire quilt once, on display in about '83 when they displayed it at the Moscone Center which is San Francisco's main convention center.
I believe it would not fit there now, even with sections displayed upright. I went there with friends one of whom lost her Dad to AIDS, and saw panels some of men I knew, one acquaintance has 3 quilts! Popular guy :o A great guy! I miss Mark.
Anytime I see the quilt whether sections or online there are friends I look for, yet hope I don't find there.
It's hard to explain my feelings about the quilt and this horrible disease. Cancer has cut a swath through my family, I personally have been much more affected by cancers of all sorts. Cancer sucks, as they say.
But my grief and anger about AIDS is complex and I can understand seeing the quilt effecting anyone.
www.aidsquilt.org
I turn 60 next month! All you Seattlelites, I'm looking for a nice country road not far from Seattle to ride that has rolling hills but not too steep, nice shoulder and isn't busy. I was thinking around 12-15 miles is enough for me. Any good suggestions?!
I'm 56.
I've always been physically very active, but it wasn't until last Spring that I started riding again. Bought a hybrid Specialized and have put a lot of miles on it since then. I'm ready, however, to add to my stable. I'm buying a Trek '09 road bike next week. I can't wait! :)
We have a Cape Cod Rail Trail vacation coming up soon, so I'll have plenty of opportunities to use my new bike. (Chocolate Sparrow, here I come!)
I'm 53 and have been riding consistently since 1990. At that time my daughter was 11, wanted a new bike, so I bought her one for her birthday and then one for me several months later for my birthday. I thought it would be fun and something we could do together. I really hadn't ridden much since college, when I rode all the time since I had no car.
Anyway, I fell in love with riding (my daughter did not, although she has been riding my cruiser lately and is thinking she might like to get a bike). At times I have considered giving it up (riding on the road) because of close calls and once actually being hit by a car but I can't. As everyone here knows there's nothing like the freedom and sense of fun you feel on a bike.
It keeps us young!
I'm 56, will be 57 in about 2 months. Didn't starting riding until I was about 46, glad I did though, having a wonderful time meeting new people and seeing new places. I'm in better shape now then I was in my 20's or 30's and darn proud of it!!!:D
Sally O'Malley is fifty and doesn't care who knows it.
http://video.aol.com/partner/hulu/sa...1_C96ySRnjph4G
I'm 53! I started bike riding on July 13, 2008, and so far I have ridden a total of 1431 miles. My goal is to ride 1500 miles by July 12, 2009, which will be my first anniversary of riding. On June 5, 2009 I rode 101 miles in a day. That was an amazing accomplishment for me and I'm looking forward to doing it again soon. I'm loving bike riding, always looking for new interesting places to ride. My favorite place is riding near the lake near my home. I'm looking forward to many years of riding in the future. I'm just getting started!
Welcome lakerider. I'm just 3 yrs. younger than you. Glad you found this thread as evidence there's a number of us passing the 1/2 century mark. (for some reason it sounds more impressive than "50". :p)
In the latest issue of Momentum, a 70 yr. old woman, M.Orser is featured.
http://www.momentumplanet.com/ I know her, we've done some cycling stuff and dinners with her. Just last weekend she and another guy (in his early 40's) led 150 cyclists on ride for a new bike route extension. She is one of the original lead cycling advocates in our area, lobbying for cycling facilties.
She did cycle across Canada after she retired at 65, most of it on her own and camping most of the time. She hooks up with others in their 60's-80's in self-loaded bike trips in North America and Europe. This latter, I know I've become "soft" where I prefer a bed most times.
I am mentioning her...because she just had eye surgery in the last 6 months. Despite vision problem in 1 eye, she is still cycling!
So it's great you've discovered cycling passion/drug. :)
I know you'll make your goal of 1500 miles on your one year anniversary! That is quite an achievement and something to be proud of.
I agree with you bike riding is addictive and FUN! Keep on keeping on girl you got it going on!
Hey Zen those links are hillarious! I loved Sally O'Mally and her 5 decade delight! OY!
Cool beans shootingstar about your elderly cycling friend, wow I'm so impressed I would love to do what she does cycle around the world, camping and all, man o' man how awesome!
Oh and I just turned 57 this Feb. and still cycling and loving it!
Don't know how I missed this thread but I was the big 60, in May. I started riding in 1999 on a MTB and DH took me to Ireland in 2004 for a cycling trip for our 30th anniversary. I bought a road bike the day I returned! :D:D After hearing about WomanTours and their cross country rides, I signed up for one! I am now getting ready to do my third long distance ride with them! I just love to cycle and hope I can do it until I am 80...at least that is what I am planning!
I'm 61 and 1/2. Started biking in Sept 2005 because my doctor told me to take care of my knees or look forward to knee replacement! Physical therapy sessions had stationary biking. I thought if I can do stationary bike..why not biking outdoors ?? and my addiction was born. luv it, luv it, luv it!
Right now I am trying to recover from too much biking...didn't think that could happen. But my biking buddies all women(52,62,69) and I decided to get ready starting in the middle of May ...for BikeVA. Duh! perhaps we should have started sooner. Anyway, we rode lots of miles in weeks before and lots of hills. Then we went to BikeVA and did all the hills with no walking (:D I can bike as slow as 3.8 mph with granny). Crazy Carol aka easterbird ended up June with 801 miles and 49,000' of climbing. But I am really tired and have noted my performance has definitely declined. Read about overreaching and overtraining and am taking some days off. Gotta get back to biking..luv it,luv it (did I mention that?):p
Ride,Ride to all you biking ladies.... especially those >50's
:)My sister will be 63 in October. She had NEVER been on a bike until three years ago. I traded my hybrid for a road bike because I couldn't keep up with her on her hybrid (I'm 25 years younger!) We did 48 miles a few weekends ago.
I got my secret decoder ring for the 50+ club last week. AARP is offering membership too. :p
I wrote earlier that I am 53, been riding for almost a year, and have a goal of riding 1500 miles by the anniversary of my first ride, which will be July 13. I just need 26 more miles which I plan to cover tomorrow to reach (and hopefully exceed) my goal.
Welcome to the club, Beth! :D You don't look your age....of course, it's hard to tell under the hood....;)
Lakerider - didja do it? didja do it?? Let us know!
I turned 60 last January, so now there are ten sexagenarians who have responded to the age question. As with the others, I feel great! I love to ride and swim (but not at the same time) and am looking to buy a Surly LHT for bike travelling. Barb
Happy belated birthday. I have one more year for Five-O.Quote:
Originally Posted by bmccasland
I wrote yesterday that I was planning to ride 26 miles today to reach my goal of 1500 miles in a year. I started riding July 13, 2008. Today I rode 36 miles and went over my goal. With 1 more week until the anniversary of my first ride, I'm now planning to get in 90 more miles and make it 1600 in a year.
55, but who is counting? I ride about 100 miles/week pretty consistently throughout the season.
I've noticed that on group rides there are lots of guys older than I am but not that many women. Wonder why that is.
Rosie, I think that a local group ride is more of a hammer thing and lots of us "older women" do not want to always compete with the older guys. My DH is ALWAYS ahead of me on rides. He is a stronger, better rider but it would be nice to ride with him sometimes. The guys like to show off their abilities and they just press on much faster! Now, with that said...
On Bike Virginia last month, there were tons of over-50 women. The pace is much slower, the women tend to come together to the ride or with significant others and they ride together. I was amazed that they said the men/women ratio was 60/40 this year. Three years ago on my first Cycle North Carolina it was 80/20.
I'm 46 and new to the forum. It's great to hear there are so many women around my age. I was afraid I'd feel older than dinosaur poop!
Hey welcome!! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by mcglasson
I'm 55, been riding steadily for a little over 3 years now. I feel a lot younger than dinosaur poop. :cool: ;)
I had the same thought when I joined the forum (I'm 58), but found a wide variety of ages here. I see people of all ages on bikes.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcglasson
Pam
50.5 - So glad to hear I'm not the only one being hounded by AARP . . .
(Trek420 - My MTB was also custom built by RWW!)
51, cruising to into 52 this year. Could be worse!:cool:
Turned 50 ten years ago today. Only re-started riding about 8 years back. Then it was as a commuter and shopper in Santa Cruz on my sabbatical there. Good way to lose weight, I thought, and it worked. Also easier parking and less gas costs, though I did still have to have a car for longer trips, and I had to buy a bike. Five years later, on sabbatical again, I started trying charity rides because Trek420 said, "Of course you can do a century; here's your training plan." Oh, and to lose more weight, which still worked. And to feel I deserved the gorgeous 30th anniversary Cinderella Classic jersey, which I still have though I didn't finish the whole ride until this year. Anyhoooo ... if I'm older than dinosaur poop, then it's poop that's been frozen in a glacier all those years and just got rethawed now the glaciers are shrinking. Still smells fresh as new.
Happy Birthday Duck!
Happy birthday Duck. Enjoy the big 5-0 today!
Happy Birthday, Duck...uh would that be the big 6-0?:confused::D
Happy Birthday Duck!
I'm 50.5 years..... we are in the decade from hell... too young to retire, but too old to have to be working. I'd rather be out biking every day!
Turned fifty this year. Found this while looking for Alzheimer's (mother is exhibiting the first symptoms)
52 and in the best shape of my life. I should break the 8000 mile mark in one year this month for the first time. I couldn't imagine a life without cycling.
Ditto- 56, and have rarely been able to maintain an appropriate height-weight ratio until getting into cyclist. Definitely in the best physical shape in many, many years.
Happy birthday Fredwina - so sorry to hear about your mother. :( Does she ride? Exercise of any kind helps stave off cognitive decline...