"over 40"...show of hands?

[bikincowgirl]

I'm 50 and beginning biking. Just riding on local roads and over our farm for now.

[Catrin]

I'm 50 and beginning biking. Just riding on local roads and over our farm for now.

Congratulations! I just started learning how to ride a few months ago, and just turned 50 myself

[coolcreek]

hi,
I'm new here---and another 50-er returning after years out of the saddle! Just picked up my new Specialized Cyclocross Sport yesterday....

[shootingstar]

Maybe turning 50 does really mean something new.
I'm not being cheeky..am +1 beyond 50, but around the cycling wheel for alot longer.

Welcome!

[tulip]

I'm 42 and have been riding for over 25 years. I'm enjoying it more than ever, now, because I no longer give a hoot about being fast or cool. As a result, I enjoy cycling more than when I was racing. I love exploring cities (and the countryside) by bike.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

About to turn 56 here.

[Juliegoddess]

I'm going to be 42 in July...and I feel better than I ever have in my whole life since I've been on the bike, steadily, for the last nine months!

[malkin]

Maybe turning 50 does really mean something new.

I have noticed and am enjoying a new invisibility (to a certain segement of the population). I attribute it to my exit from the reproductive segment of the species.

I am of no further evolutionary or biologic advantage to the human race!

Whoopie!

[mekira]

44 and my second year with a road bike. Last year I did tris but this year I'm going to concentrate on the bike.

[AnnieBikes]

61 next month and loving every minute on the bike. I started in 1998 with a mountain bike and within a month had broken my collarbone. Everyone said I would never ride a bike again. Eight weeks later, I rode the Greenbriar River Trail. Ha...in 2004, I got my first road bike after resisting for years. I loved it.

My DH is doing the Southern Tier and I am so envious. But, right now it is gorgeous in our part of the world, E. TN, and I am riding alot by myself. I miss the company and we hope to ride a long one in the future when one of us doesn't need to stay in town for dad issues.

[Mr. Bloom]

Check this out following my completion of the Ride Across Indiana two years ago. I completed 5% of my lifetime miles that day and finished in the top 10% at the age of 45...A similar aged friend finished 13th for the second year in a row...

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...hlight=average

[malkin]

Hey!

That looks like the scatter from my master's thesis except that I only had about 30 subjects!

My thesis was about the duration of breastfeeding in infancy and speech articulation at age 3 (or was it 4?).

Since neither of these seem to mean anything, maybe we should study duration of breastfeeding and cycling. Or accuracy of speech articulation and cycling.

Think we could get a grant?

[Mr. Bloom]

I was adopted and therefore not breast fed...and I still finished RaIN! Dies that help form a hypothesis?

And, my scatter did prove something...age doesn't matter!

[malkin]

+1 for your new name Mr Bloom!


Age doesn't matter?
Tell that to my joints!

[Crankin]

Ha, to the breast feeding correlation. Yes, I was the evil one who didn't breast feed. No correlation to cycling ability in this family. One kid was #5 junior racer in the US 2 years in a row and the other is quite a competent cyclist after starting at age 27...
Seriously, I don't feel old in many ways at age 56. I know I'm in better shape than 95% of people my age. But still, I need a lot more recovery, babying, and attention to many parts of my body that I could abuse when I was younger. And my speed is not what it was 2 years ago. If I train more, harder, etc., then I just open myself up to more injury and illness. The goal is to keep riding and be healthy until I keel over.