Originally Posted by
spinconn
Thank you gentlemen. It is interesting and helpful to hear the individual perspective of each of you. I am glad to hear I am not the only old one out on the trails, though I do seem to be the oldest.
I do feel it is safer than the road biking I used to do. One nice thing about age is the memories I have of quiet, lonely country roads with little to no traffic. Trees hurt less than vehicles when you hit them.
Well, you have me beat in the oldie stakes, but only by two years! I still ride mtb as much as I can -- it's my 'first love' in cycling -- but now stay with non-technical singletrack. At 68, I'm skeered to death of getting a broken hip or worse, and simply can't risk a blow to the head given my recent medical history.
Still and yet: given the choice, I'll ride on gravel/dirt/singletrack whenever possible rather than on 'roads'. Fortunately, my 'summer' place affords singletrack and more quite literally out my back door.
