Just when you thought cycling news stories couldn't get any dumber...

[PamNY]

Of course, it's my own fault for reading the New York Post that I even saw this story about expensive bikes being the new solution to a mid-life crisis.

[Crankin]

Well, it's better than finding a 20 year old girlfriend or boyfriend.
Seriously, although it's written kind of stupidly, I don't see anything wrong with this trend. Most of them started to ride to get fit, lose weight, etc. If someone wants to spend a lot of money on their bike, who cares? What's important is that they are riding. A lot of us have lots of bikes in our stables, which to most "regular" people seems ridiculous.

[jobob]

Mea culpa. This was from a blog post I wrote back in March of last year:

My midlife crisis has arrived!

You hear about people entering their (ahem) middle years and doing crazy things like having liposuction, taking up parachuting, tooling around in fancy sports cars, getting a girlfriend or a boyfriend half their age, that sort of thing.

Well, to commemorate my midlife crisis, I bought a bike.

Not just any bike mind you, a titanium-framed beauty, custom built for meeee by Lynskey Performance Designs in Tennessee.

http://callmepokey.blogspot.com/2009...s-arrived.html

[jelee1311]

Stupid story but it is true. My husband did the same thing at 35 . At least it is only one $8,000 bike my husband does stage races and ccx its a lot more than that somewhere close to ten now. Its still better than strip clubs,bars,and gambling

[lauraelmore1033]

Mea culpa.

http://callmepokey.blogspot.com/2009...s-arrived.html

Yeah, but you're not calling yourself a bike "Stud" or some such nonsense. Just doesn't come across the same...

[jobob]

There is that.

[Biciclista]

i found the article amusing. it said he had buff arms. his arms looked like mine.
SKINNY.

lol

and I agree, better an 8K bike than a 25K motorcycle !!

[JennK13]

Maybe it is the "cycle stud" nickname, and all the hype about lycra and spandex....there are really few guys who look sexy to me in spandex, even less with shaved arms and legs (notice the article says it helps them ride faster, not to make roadrash easier to deal with!) I hate my stubble, the last thing I want is my DH's stubbled legs on me! While I have no problem with adults getting into cycling at any age and spending money on a Damn good bike (they're adults and can afford it), the article is quite funny.

[marni]

even though I am well past the midlife crisis- I would so love to be able to pull it off with a straight face if it meant I could justify buying another bike to add to the one I already own and love- heck I have enough love for 2- But now himself, who has pretty much given up road riding but still does spin class purely for exercise 4 x a week, is beginning to even poo poo my long expressed wish to have a trek madone ( preferably cutstomized, preferably a 6.5) for my 65th birthday in a couple of years- I keep making pointed comments to my kids as well- but no one seems to be listening.

[Grog]

MAMILs:

Middle-Aged Men In Lycra.

[marni]

MAMILs:

Middle-Aged Men In Lycra.

ROFL!!! I love the man but this is so true, and he looks so overflowingly fat in lycra, but lord love him, he is at least getting some exercise.

marni