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Old 01-11-21, 11:37 AM
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I didn't even know this forum existed, yet here it is. I'm 52, getting ready to be 53. I'm a Clyde, etc. Looking forward to participating.
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Old 01-11-21, 11:48 AM
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Somebody pushed me in the front door and I can not find my way out.
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Old 01-11-21, 12:41 PM
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Welcoming another monkey to the troop.
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Old 01-20-21, 03:26 PM
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I’ve been here 13 years...but the older I get the better I was.
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I don’t feel like I’m getting older but it seem like everyone else is getting younger.
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Old 01-20-21, 09:02 PM
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At 64, this place and the people, are some the best means of enabling a cycling addiction, er habit. Been hanging around the place since Jan 2008, kind of like an old bat in a bell tower.

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50+? Enjoy it, 'cause pushing 60 is a hell-of-a-lot easier than pulling it! Good riding.
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Old 01-21-21, 09:24 AM
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Still a young 'un! Don't give up on your legs and they won't give up on you. I made that up . . . . :idiotic grin:
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Just turned 58 the other day. Seems like just yesterday I was looking at the 50+ group and couldn't believe I was almost there... Also a Clyde, just not as big a Clyde as I was a couple years ago...
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Originally Posted by WonderMonkey
I didn't even know this forum existed, yet here it is. I'm 52, getting ready to be 53. I'm a Clyde, etc. Looking forward to participating.
i showed up here 16+ years ago - older than you.
Stay and participate actively.
You will not regret it.

If you can pedal it for 20+ years = that's Classic
And learning to build them from a frameset is soooo personally satisfying, you may enjoy wrenching them.



Or just collecting a few.
Whereupon, your title question may become relevant! Again and again.
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Turned 50 this past November. Think I'm going to hang around here and see what you all ride like!
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Old 01-30-21, 10:05 AM
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There are a lot of good people with a lot of wisdom here. Then there are folks like me!!

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