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Old 04-13-13, 04:12 PM
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What do old people ride, lets see your bikes

I have looked a many of the over 50 posts, and have not seen one photo. Lets see your bikes!
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Old 04-13-13, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by jim911
I have looked a many of the over 50 posts, and have not seen one photo. Lets see your bikes!
Do searches for different color bicycles. That will bring them up.

As far as old people, my dad rides his foldie.
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Old 04-13-13, 04:31 PM
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I'm 68. You can see my bikes by clicking the links below.
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Old 04-13-13, 04:51 PM
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There's lots of posts with bike images. Here's one I posted last year(linked to the post).




Type show us your bikes in the advanced search and limit the forum search for the 50+ forum(click the Search Single Content Type tab first).
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Old 04-13-13, 05:17 PM
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I am old, and I ride old-fashioned bikes.

My avatar bike, a Velokraft Nocom:


My other lowracer, an Optima Baron:


my M5 Carbon Highracer:

Trike (work in progress,) a Catrike Speed.

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Old 04-13-13, 05:21 PM
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Those may be the first 'bents I have seen that I would lust after.
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My two road bikes are both vintage rides.

The first is a Dutch Gazelle built on a frame that I bought in Holland in 1976. I hung all the parts on it myself.


The second is a 1986 Team Fuji that I bought a little more than a year ago and rehabilitated.


These are some of the bikes that made my blood boil back in the day. These days they just make me smile.
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Old 04-13-13, 05:48 PM
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I'm really enjoying this old Jeunet. It has a nice Campy tubular wheelset with cyclocross tires. Nice cushy ride, and I dont worry about hitting pavement breaks.
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I don have pictures, but I ride a Rans Stratus LE and a TerraTrike Cruiser. I ride in comfort.
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Old 04-13-13, 05:54 PM
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I ride this for rides under 15 miles and/or with my daughter:



This is my bent. Looking at the stealth fighters in prior posts gives me a sense of equipment inadequacy, but whatever:



This is what I ride when I go near the zombie farm:

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Old 04-13-13, 05:58 PM
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Just a couple of my more regular rides...


Long distance rides...


For commutes & errands...


Retro...


For rides with a pal...


For cruising...

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Old 04-13-13, 06:10 PM
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I'll see if I can find some old people. Really?

Jim, I can see you're new, but I've got to warn you, not everyone here thinks of themselves as "old".

OK,I'll play... Here are the ones that are currently being ridden.
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Old 04-13-13, 06:13 PM
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When you're "old people" you can get away with riding stuff like:
Nashbar bike with framebag

GMC Denali

with fairing
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Old 04-13-13, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BlazingPedals
I am old, and I ride old-fashioned bikes.

One of my lowracers:


and my highracer:
Cool looking bikes.
Do you buy chain lube by the barrel?
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Old 04-13-13, 06:18 PM
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have been married to this old gal for 24 yrs now. Probably should trade her in for a couple of twelve yr olds, but she still shows me a good time!

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Koga WTR Made some changes since
& the Brompton (sold)
2nd Brommy is green . Kept the Mountain Drive Crankset, saddle, Mounting Block and the Touring Bag.

+ Bike Friday Pocket Llama (2nd R'off) disc - dyno hub
Pinarello CX, steel; RB1, steel .. parts are, some, older than the frame
were pulled off 2 AlAns I had in the 80's

Beast of burden.. load carrying touring bike, Steel .. .. Hand DIY made lighter one wears a Porteur rack now

and the old Stumpie, at the ready for when the roads Ice up studded tires, drum brakes..

Added a hyperfold Bike Friday Season Tikit, with a Sram i-9 IGH.. last year..017.



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Is 59 old?

In any event, old, or middle aged, here's my Madone 5.2.

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Originally Posted by big chainring
I'm really enjoying this old Jeunet. It has a nice Campy tubular wheelset with cyclocross tires. Nice cushy ride, and I dont worry about hitting pavement breaks.
Luvin' this old iron since mine's a 'modern' '86 Trek tri series. I've got to get me a camera! Grey metallic with Brooks, red bar tape and red Silca pump and have the beefy Matrix touring rims and Continental rubber for the streets.
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My blue Trek:


My other blue Trek:


The Bike I'm saving up for :
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Old 04-13-13, 06:48 PM
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Four of these have moved on, three more current bikes are not shown, and I'm still building one (a modern Leader steel frame).










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Some pretty hot um bikes here.
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About a year ago I bought this Seven used. It is an amazing bike, handling in the mountains is great, but the ride is pretty stiff.


I also ride off road sometimes.


Before I got the Seven I put about 30,000 miles on this Gunnar.

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Old 04-13-13, 07:41 PM
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I may be over 50 but I am NOT old. My Fuji.



This was at the Tour of Dallas a last weekend. I took the train in so I strapped my tennis shoes to the back along with a dry shirt.
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This old person rides bikes - helps me stay immature:





Note: My stoker is Not Old.

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