Originally Posted by
ofajen
I moved away from road riding in about 1993 due to growing safety concerns. By then we had a rail trail along the river and now our town has a lot more trails in the area, so there are great riding options that don’t include much road riding, if any.
I’m now 58 and, in theory, I could just ride my vintage MTB with touring bars, but I still have a vintage road bike with drop bars. I think I will keep riding that for as long as it is comfortable, partly just for the variety. I’m still very flexible so I can ride bars at about whatever height I want, but I don’t take them more than 2” below the saddle, while the touring bars are about level.
Otto
i agree with you on the road riding. its frightful out there, too many folks now looking at their phones instead of the road. like you, we have some nice greenways that i use almost 100 % of the time. in fact, on one i've logged over 12,000 miles on it. ride on!