How old (or young) are you?

[Kitsune06]

I see a lot of younger people on bikes, but not a lot of younger 'cyclists'... the differentiation being the kids on bikes are on mountain bikes wearing baggy shorts etc and hang out on forums like mtbr.com etc, and are teenage boys, and 'cyclists' are roadies in lycra sipping cytomax and caring about clipless and watts and lung capacity etc etc.

I think it's a priority shift, coupled with the $$ factor.

[chickwhorips]

PABadger - happy birthday a couple days late. the good people of the world have their birthdays right now.

26 as of yesterday. i've wanted to get into it for a while, just didn't have the money to do it. that was my problem. it helps having a SO that was into it, showed me the ropes.

[DrBadger]

PABadger - happy birthday a couple days late. the good people of the world have their birthdays right now.

26 as of yesterday.

Hey Chickwhorips-
Happy birthday a day late! The end of Feb Pisces are the best Pisces (IMHO )

[DarcyInOregon]

I am 53 and these are the best years of my life.

The strange thing about where I live and bike is that the cyclists are primarily older men in their 60s, 70s and 80s. I rarely see a female cyclist except now and then in a pack. I can say the older men are inspiring and I sure hope I can bike those miles every day when I reach age 70 and 80. I met a few of the old guy cyclists and they all say the same thing, that they ride by themselves and they bike 50-75 miles everyday. They go on tours and event rides to socialize, but they avoid the clubs.

Darcy

[Kitsune06]

so lonely... so very, very lonely...

[Jenn]

I just turned 34 and with my age my taste has changed also. When I was in my 20's I loved mountain biking, now I'd rather just be on the road. I get a much better high now then I use to then when I ride. It's definately different but in my 20's I wouldn't have even considered road biking, mainly because there was NO way I could have afforded it being single and all. I was alot braver then to.

[snapdragen]

Hey Chickwhorips-
Happy birthday a day late! The end of Feb Pisces are the best Pisces (IMHO )

Oh, I dunno....the beginning of March Pisces are pretty cool too....

[DrBadger]

Oh, I dunno....the beginning of March Pisces are pretty cool too....

well I guess I can agree with that Snap.... 2 of my best friends are early March Pisces.... maybe all Pisces are the coolest :-)

[snapdragen]

.... maybe all Pisces are the coolest :-)

We can both agree on that!

[hellosunshine]

Oh, I dunno....the beginning of March Pisces are pretty cool too....

4o march 10th!!!!!!



but in answer to the question,maybe we have got some things out of our system-love/kids/alcohol/career moves etc etc and are now more settled and able to focus on the bike???(if only)i started to get me through divorce!!!!!!

also is it not an expensive hobby -carbon fiber bling bling?


thinking back to my 20's i was trying to get settled into my career and looking for love,buying my first house,dont think i could have devoted the time to racing.

ive also been told having kids increase your VO2 max,sadly cant have kids but many women are strong racers and they have had kiddies.food for thought.

[Eden]

ive also been told having kids increase your VO2 max,sadly cant have kids but many women are strong racers and they have had kiddies.food for thought.

What I've heard is that when a woman is pregnant her blood volume increases and that it never goes back to pre-pregnancy levels so each time she has a child she ends up with a higher blood volume. More blood = more hemoglobin = more O2 to the muscles

[rocknrollgirl]

45 for me.....

[Trekhawk]

What I've heard is that when a woman is pregnant her blood volume increases and that it never goes back to pre-pregnancy levels so each time she has a child she ends up with a higher blood volume. More blood = more hemoglobin = more O2 to the muscles

Crikey lucky I had three kids - imagine how slow I would have been otherwise.

42 year old Trek - who is very slow even after three kids - hawk.

[Eden]

I see a lot of younger people on bikes, but not a lot of younger 'cyclists'... the differentiation being the kids on bikes are on mountain bikes wearing baggy shorts etc and hang out on forums like mtbr.com etc, and are teenage boys, and 'cyclists' are roadies in lycra sipping cytomax and caring about clipless and watts and lung capacity etc etc.

I think it's a priority shift, coupled with the $$ factor.

I've been a roadie since I was about 12, but that was back in the stone age before clipless, lycra and cytomax existed..... (though I admit to liking all of the aforementioned these days) I even had the first Bell hardshell helmet - the big white one with the orange reflecty tape...

[DebW]

I've been a roadie since I was about 12, but that was back in the stone age before clipless, lycra and cytomax existed..... (though I admit to liking all of the aforementioned these days) I even had the first Bell hardshell helmet - the big white one with the orange reflecty tape...

Wait a minute, Eden. I thought you were only 35. You're a youngster. I bought one of those original Bell helmets in 1977 when I was 21.