Are there many, some, a few of us over 50??

[Triskeliongirl]

That remark about looking younger really is true. When some women my age were commenting on my weight loss as we were staging for a club ride, one gal remarked, 'oh, its easy for you at your age' and I looked at her at asked her how old she thought I was with two adult children. And she said she thought I had my kids as a teenager, sweet (I was 29 when my first child was born, 31 for the second). Also, last time I went to pick up exams to hand out to our medical students the office assistant refused to give them to until I brought in an ID, she said I looked like a student...... Yes, our cycling does keep us young, both physically and in spirit. I ride with a 60-something year old women all the time, and until she takes her helmet off you'd really think she is 40-something. Our club has quite a few of these 60+ yo old riders, and to me what is striking is how much healthier than look than their counterparts I see at work or in other avenues of my life.

I have also noticed that you tend to see more of us out there, cuz the younger women are too busy raising families to have much time to ride. The female membership of our club is mostly childless women, and women whose kids are grown. Once a gal has a baby, while we might see her in the beginning, but then her attendance wains.

[evangundy]

Last summer, while chatting after a time trial, one of my 37yo guy friends saw a woman I know ride by, and commented on how "hot" she looked and why couldn't he meet someone like that. He's single and looking but says he isn't attracted to older women. He was quite shocked when I told him she was 48 or 49. He was sure she was his age. So cycling has definitely kept her looking young :-)

Edna

[Sgritn]

Hello, everyone. I'm a newbie to the forum and back to biking. Bought a Giant Cypress ST for my 54th. birthday{did I actually tell my age...oh my!}; I am really liking the experience...re-learning to balance and ride took about an hour on the sidewalk. Still shakey on the streets when I hear the pfft,pfft,pfft of 4 wheels coming my way but getting better on the marked paths and the park weekend by weekend. I'm glad to have found this forum.