How old (or young) are you?

[Trek420]

We have several very fast and very talented 50 somethings that can kick my butt.

Well, I'm talented and 51 (as of the 27th next month) but I sure can't kick your butt

[LBTC]

ah, yes, the stats are all well and good, but how many of us will be moving from one age group to the next this year? I'll be making the 35-39 group a little smaller in October....

H&B
~T~

[KnottedYet]

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...

I had that helmet, too!!!!!!

[velocilex]

I'm 41. Funny how that number keeps creeping up every year.

[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.....

[five one]

Added myself to the 55 - 59 group since I'll be turning 55 in a week. I don't feel it, don't think I look it, but I find myself wondering how the years rolled by so quickly since 40...

[IFjane]

Added myself to the 55 - 59 group since I'll be turning 55 in a week. I don't feel it, don't think I look it, but I find myself wondering how the years rolled by so quickly since 40...

I'm with you, five one! I'm 53 & the years have flown by.

I'm a strong rider but not a fast one. Can't climb too well because of breathing - I have exercise induced asthma and climbing is when I really feel it. However, give me enough time and I can ride all day & love every minute of it - including the climbing!

[Haudlady]

I'm 31, and just started cycling last year. I finally got into it by being inspired by DH (we've been married almost nine years... it took that long for inspiration to hit)!

DH (no, I didn't vote for him) is 35 and has been cycling forever, I think... he was a BMX kid, a Freestylin' teenager, a mountain-biking college student, and now mostly a roadie (but still loves his MTB). I get shivers of excitement (and feel like a teenager myself) when he does freestyle tricks on his road bike. OOOOH. Did I mention that I had a crush on him when I was about twelve? (Some crushes you never get over...)

[Tuckervill]

That's so sweet, Haud.

I'm hoping my riding partner, who is my 13 yo son, will be riding all his life. When you described your husband, it reminded me of my son, too. He skateboards and BMX and mountain bikes. He's building up an old John Deere road bike. He's got his clipless pedals and shoes on his mountain bike now, and he's still adjusting to them. Yesterday he told me that on a ride with his dad, he was going 18 mph
up the long hill by our house!

He wants a baseball career, but I hope I can get him into bike racing, too.

I disagree that cycling has to be expensive, though. There should be a vibe that it's okay to ride on whatever you have and for whatever reason. Of course, there are bikes and then there are BIKES, but that's true for every activity. If we persist in the idea that one should only do it if you can do it "right", people won't want to even try.

Karen

[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.