Bicycle plus rider age
09-24-17, 07:31 AM
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Bicycle plus rider age
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) just made me a life member, simply because my age plus number of years of membership has reached the century mark.
This year the 1959 Capo and I have reached a combined age of 125 years, and the Bianchi and I passed the combined century mark last year.
I know we have at least a few other combined century (rider plus machine) members here.
This year the 1959 Capo and I have reached a combined age of 125 years, and the Bianchi and I passed the combined century mark last year.
I know we have at least a few other combined century (rider plus machine) members here.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
09-24-17, 09:30 AM
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Well, lets see. Age 61 and I have a Schwinn I bought new in '81, so 97. Still have a few years to go. I have one 53 years old, but I'm not counting that because I have not owned it very long.
09-24-17, 12:00 PM
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Rider = 66, so any bike '83 and before gets 'us' to 100. So 6 of my bikes get me there, with 2 more not far off.
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09-24-17, 12:19 PM
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My old bike is coming up on a half century. And I've just passed the half century mark, so add the two together and one comes up with just about exactly a century.
No, I didn't buy the bike when I was 2, but I have owned it since I was 16.
No, I didn't buy the bike when I was 2, but I have owned it since I was 16.
09-24-17, 12:20 PM
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I've owned my bike since 1981, so the number is 109. The frame was built in '73, so the number might be 117. When does the clock start - frame date or ownership date?
09-24-17, 01:21 PM
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103 combined... and i bought it new.
Summer 1974
Summer 2016
Summer 1974
Summer 2016
09-24-17, 05:17 PM
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I'm 63 ,schwin le tour III which I bought 38 years ago makes us 101.I rode it today on a 30 mile benefit ride for the Girl Scouts.That bike is greased lightning going down hills.Uphill not so fast.
09-24-17, 09:52 PM
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Let's see here, my '75 Fuji that I bought new has a build date of 9/74 according to the serial number, so that's already 43 years old. I'm 59.4 , so we have a combine2 102 years.
09-24-17, 09:57 PM
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"Bicycle plus rider age"
bi·cy·cle
ˈbīsək(ə)l/
noun
noun: bicycle; plural noun: bicycles
1.
a vehicle composed of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel.
bi·cy·cle
ˈbīsək(ə)l/
noun
noun: bicycle; plural noun: bicycles
1.
a vehicle composed of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel.
09-25-17, 08:22 AM
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sorry, i'm old and forget..... what were we talking about?
09-25-17, 12:44 PM
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'80 Raleigh DL-1 + 66 years old = 103. That was easy!
09-25-17, 12:55 PM
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My 1971 American Flyer muscle bike (in the midst of a restoration) is 46 + 59 = 105. Even my '76 Nishiki gets me to 100!
09-25-17, 01:57 PM
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I'll be 61 in a few days.
1971 Peugeot PX10 + rider age=107
1972 Schwinn Paramount + rider age=106
1977 Motobecane Grand Record + rider age=101
1971 Peugeot PX10 + rider age=107
1972 Schwinn Paramount + rider age=106
1977 Motobecane Grand Record + rider age=101
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When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
When I ride my bike I feel free and happy and strong. I'm liberated from the usual nonsense of day to day life. Solid, dependable, silent, my bike is my horse, my fighter jet, my island, my friend. Together we will conquer that hill and thereafter the world.
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09-25-17, 02:22 PM
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09-25-17, 04:55 PM
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64 + 1970 Paris Sport* = 111
*rode it today as I do most days
*rode it today as I do most days
09-26-17, 12:10 PM
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I'll be 58 in a few days. 1961 Legnano Pista.
58+56= 114.
58+56= 114.
09-30-17, 03:44 AM
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and not quite 50 here but figured close enough to post....
45 (in Oct)...and '97 Klein brings me in at 65.
09-30-17, 04:01 PM
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In spite of the username I feel like a veritable youngster.
1984 Batavus + 55 y.o. rider = 88.
1984 Batavus + 55 y.o. rider = 88.
09-30-17, 05:18 PM
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118 for my age plus that of our Gitane Tandem Sport. But we bought the bike used when it was 7 years old, so only 111 if discounting those years.