age groups?

[tealtreak]

You aren't old for MTB, maybe only for trying to keep up with your sons. There are a lot of over 50 trail riders around here.sometime they tend to be more hardcore than the kids. The kids tend to stick to the freeride and downhill areas. So don't knock yourself!

Thanks! good sense (;

[OakLeaf]

One of my 70+ riding buddies just placed fourth in Time Trial in the state Senior Games - good enough to go to Nationals.

His 40K time was quicker than the PR I set the year I wasn't 29 (those of you with past or present USCF licenses know what I'm talking about ).


Another two 70+ guys I ride with are the opposite end of the spectrum. Lifelong road bikers and long distance tourists, they take their time getting where they're going. They took up mountain biking for the first time in their late 60s specifically for the purpose of riding the Great Divide Trail (about 5500 miles through the Rocky Mountains from Canada to Mexico), unsupported. While they kind of agreed afterward it was a little too much too soon for them, they finished the ride (except for the very last leg to the Mexican border, which everyone advised them was very unsafe territory), and it was the experience of a lifetime.



That's how tough "old" people are, in my experience!!!

[bikegranny]

There's a riding club near me, will get in touch with them at monthly meeting in a coupld of weeks.

[bikegranny]

Awesome! it's not so much my age that bothers me. It's my general condiiton, lack of fitness, experience, long time off the bike, etc. working on it all~

[Citycyclegal]

I'm not sure I replied correctly so this may be redundant! I just purchased by first road bike in preparation for my 70th birthday next January! I have been riding a hybrid since 1988, taken many independent tours in Europe before being widowed, and now travel with tour companies. Due to circumstances, I can't travel this year, so decided to buy a road bike and learn to use clipless pedals. I am feeling both excited and terrified, LOL. I live in the city but can go to the suburbs to gather my courage, and learn how to use new shifting! I bought a Specialiized Ruby Apex, and will be fitted next week. We just had a snowstorm in Boston, so I am anxiously awaiting spring!