Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
You go, kid! I'm 76 which is getting toward the upper limit for endurance cycling. I ride fine, but recovery is becoming a problem, making it hard to get in good enough shape to do hard rides. I'm in the gym for an hour 2 days/week, try to get about 10 hours of training per week. We have an event ride here with 150+ miles and 9,000'. The oldest rider I've seen complete this ride was 80. Right now I'm training with my wife for our annual 10-day backpack. We ride a tandem.
Nice, you have all my respect! Tandem is great. My mother is technically blind (she can see shapes and distinguish light though) and is riding a tandem too. She lives in southern France, near the Mont Ventoux
. Sharing bike cycling is a great adventure, I just wished road cycling was safer though. I like the sensations, I just had a 2 hours ride near Brussels but it's tricky with 25mm wide tires and the gaps in the rails (tramways). In the wet it's almost mission impossible not to slide on them, I've got to find better spots to ride even if I can go as fast as cars. Luckily I live near a big park and there is a large road around it where there are no cars. I mean never. It's about 3km long I would say and I can do the "circle" as many times I want. And the road is perfect. Your rythm is impressive, I'm convinced there is no age to do sports. We need to adapt for sure but there is always a gap for improvement
I just have a question for everybody. I feeel great everywhere but there is one spot where I feel a tension: in the lower part of the back of my neck:
Do you have any idea if this is due to a bad positioning? I can find relief when I tuck my head inside my shoulders (chin against my torso) but then I don't see the road anymore.. which isn't practical to see around me
Don't worry the picture isn't me for now I still have my skin