KraneXL

The dress is appropriate for the activity.I have an armed forces jersey that's pretty vivid. Get comment on it every time I wear it.

Hondo Gravel

KraneXL

Speaking of old guys I used to get passed by this silver haired cyclist, must have been in his late 50s early 60s, that could really lay down the hammer.

On this one day I noticed him about 5 miles further down the road and he was moving just as fast. It was quite remarkable to see someone his age moving at that rate but he was in phenomenal shape.

CliffordK

I plan to get stronger and faster the older I get

dennis336

Argghhh ... this confirms my worst fears ... that our lives are just being manipulated as part of some grand social experiment. No free will, no true reality ... oh well, could be worse

TimothyH

Slow twitch rules.

indyfabz

In 1999 I rode across the country self contained with a group of 12 others. The strongest rider was 60 Y.O. Because of spine problems resulting from 30 years riding a motorcycle as a CHiP, he was riding a full suspension MTB pulling a B.O.B. trailer. The trailer/dry bag combo empty was at least 18 lbs. in and of itself. His wife had been a seamstress and had made him a large tent we called "the condo." It was old and the zippers finally crapped out. He ditched it in MN and bought himself an 8.5 lb. tent, which was still heavy, even for the time. The way he could fly around with all the weight he was carrying was amazing. I was often his wingman and would sit in his draft many days. I was 34 at the time. I vividly remember he and I and our leader racing up the west slope on Kangamangus in New Hampshire. I came in third. In my defense, I was carrying some heavy B&W camera equipment, including a medium format camera with 3 lenses.

gear64

For a start anywhere people drunkenly fling beaded necklaces from parade floats while other drunken people nearly kill themselves to catch one, but pretty much any drunk fest in US.

Papa Tom

I know the original post was intended to be much more light-hearted than the conversation it has generated, but I'm going to add my two cents anyway.

I recently had a conversation with a female co-worker of mine about this very topic, and I was being a little more candid than I usually am with female acquaintances. She is a cyclist, too, and we are both over 50, so I was telling her how my ambition to tour was waning because, when I pull into a town on my bike and walk into a public place, people don't fawn all over me like they did when I was touring in my 30's, or even early 40's. I commented that now, instead of inviting me to join them for a drink or asking me all about cycling, they look at me like I'm a freak because I have a full head of salt-and-pepper hair and I'm riding a bicycle. I wasn't even talking about women approaching me - and I do not go out on tour looking to be unfaithful to my wife - but she immediately took my comment to mean that women don't come on to me when I am out on the road alone.

"Well, try being a WOMAN over 50!" she replied. "You might as well just be invisible!"

My initial comment was not about flirting or sex with strangers, but I instantly got that she was lamenting over the loss of her youthful appearance and how men no longer check her out when she walks by. As someone who was considered decent-looking in my earlier years, I, too, am wistful of the days when I would walk into a room and feel the eyes of several attractive women staring at me. These days, although I've heard the term "attractive older man" used by 20 and 30-something co-workers to describe me, I feel like I never get a second look - and often don't even get a first look.

My point is that both men and women of our age are constantly, though maybe subconsciously, dealing with the loss of our youth and the rarity of attention from the opposite sex. When the OP heard a woman whistle at him on his bike, he got a little aroused. That doesn't make him a creep and it doesn't mean he feels he has a license to go out cat-calling young women now. Everybody relax. It's just a "cute" story that a lot of us can relate to, whether we want to admit it or not.

Ogsarg

Yes. I certainly had no idea this would still be an active topic 2 weeks later. As far as what happened is concerned, I made a wide left turn at the intersection and the car with the woman in it wasn't within 15 feet when they past. I didn't even get a good look at the passengers.

I wasn't offended at the comment, mainly because I didn't think they were serious. It never occurred to me that perhaps I should be. I know if I was a woman I might hear this kind of thing all the time and feel different, but I'm not.

abramj

This thread is great! I ride in a town with bikes everywhere, and I hear all kinds of yelling from time to time, but never got whisled at. I appreciate any compliment even if possibly misdirected a little, or not. So bring it on!

Just a week ago an older family friend told my wife "that Joe just keeps getting more handsome all the time". My wife told me as soon as we got in the car to leave, cause she knew I would love to hear that, even from a gal that's nearly 20 years older!

dennis336

I hear you ... I appreciate compliments when I can get them but I, too, acknowledge I might feel differently if I was a woman who heard those kinds of things all too frequently.

Korina

Pardon me for butting in, but no, she was probably talking about being treated like a person.

Papa Tom

No. Based on where she went with the conversation after that, she was talking about not being "noticed" by men anymore. She is a well-accomplished fixture in our department, which is run by women and takes very good care of women. It's actually the MEN in our department who are the targets of discrimination, the type that women and non-white people have to endure just about everywhere else..

Korina

Fair enough.

kaos joe

Going a bit stir crazy as i'm supposed to be crossing snow fields in Montana right now (we couldn't get it together this year), but at 58 i'm finding much amusement here. Some comedy gold.

And now thanks to some of the lamentations on page 4 I can't seem to get that song "Hungry Eyes" outta my head. I' m trying to replace it with Springsteen's "Girls In Their Summer Clothes" but no luck yet.
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Thanks for that.