eja_ bottecchia

That is why I drive this and ride this...they both make me look taller, younger and better looking!

waldowales

I figure when young ladies talk to me, it's because they think I'm old enough to be harmless. They may be right!

Louis

Does "get away from me, you creep!" count as a conversation?

freedomrider1

I never thought they meant it when they say that Louis , i thought they were playing hard to get

Mobile 155

Bingo.... Picture our selves in our 30s and a 55+ to 74+ old woman rides up on a bent, MTB or road bike. We might talk to her and we might be interested in her ride. We might admire what she does, heck I would today. But I don't think many of us would sit there and say, hummmm...looking good for someone older than my mother. But the cool thing about older men, we have dreams.

Mobile 155

Heading north on PCH?

ericm979

I still get young women yelling "nice ass!" at me from passing cars. My butt must look younger than my face.

Terex

No. No one has ever asked how old I am. But I've had other conversations. Please don't tell Mrs. T. I would get more grounded than I did after my two concussions. And that was pretty grounded.

k7baixo

My wife is from Brazil and for Thanksgiving, we had a friend of hers over for lunch. Her friend is from Brazil also and noted to my wife that I have very nice legs. Does that count?

tpy2010

I can't imagine that there are many women, or any age, interested in a old guy wearing sweaty spandex. However, I could be wrong. The Romans use to sell the perspiration from gladiators as an aphrodisiac! My wife would not be a buyer!

Cougrrcj

That's only one of the reasons why I don't wear Spandex! The fact that I'd look like a sausage being the #1 reason...

eja_ bottecchia

Good point...though when I was in my mid-twenties I knew some 55+ women who were smoking hot!

And on the photo, I parked there and then rode to Malibu and back.

Louis

When they begin calling the police it becomes obvious to me. Usually.

trackhub

I've had a few similar conversations, including the occasional "you ride a bicycle at your age?" types of comments.
Just the way Americans are conditioned.

cccorlew

From a Tri-geek young woman on an organized ride after a rest stop: "Wow, it's great you're still out here getting exercise."
So I rode away from her. With my wife.

JanMM

If the Younger Girl finishes whatever she has to say with 'blah, blah, blah, sir', then she is likely not coming on to you.

nkfrench 

A friend of mine was approached by a good-looking younger woman. She got pretty friendly with him.
My friend said his ego was getting pretty stoked too.
Then she asked him if he needed to stop by an ATM or if he already had cash.

Sculptor7

If I did not enjoy an easy camaraderie with people of all ages I probably would not enjoy riding quite as much as I do. Have learned to keep my age (77) to myself and thereby avoid being relegated to "Sir" and, "Wow, that's amazing!", etc.etc.

eja_ bottecchia

I don't get it....

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j/k I get it....funny

lhendrick

I am 63, and luckily look 53. Since I started riding in NYC area I have had a NYC Bus stop, the door open and the driver yells out, damn you look great, how old are you? 63 I say, He turns around and tells the entire bus load of folks, 63 - a there is a chorus of ooo's and ahs - the door closes and I pull into a cafe to get a cheese danish and coffee and smile all the way home from Brooklyn to Queens. I love biking.

Mobile 155

Once way back in my early days I rode with a friend of mine from Point Dume to Camarillo and back. The old Hospital was still there back then. As were the fields of SOD along Las Possas. Yes I am giving away my age a bit.

Also for some reason it seemed easier to ride about 50 miles back them even on my old Steel Viscount, though coming home the typical wind on PCH is at your back, than it is doing the Oceanside to Mission Bay ride.

dbg

A few years back I thought I noticed younger-ish women coming on to me somewhat frequently. I was thinking I must have entered a "distinguished looking successful and confident man" stage of my life. --so I mentioned it to my younger brother.

He burst out laughing.

I've never made any mention of any such observation again.

locolobo13 

Rarely I notice younger women smiling at me. When it happens several times in a row I figure it's time to check the barn door.

dbg

This also reminds me of the list of greatest mis-beliefs on a golf course --#1: virtually every guy thinks he has a shot with the beer cart girl.

DnvrFox

My female cousin posted on facebook that "I had a good resemblance to my (and her) grandfather (long deceased)." Talk about deflating a balloon!!