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I'm new to the 50+ forum, but have been hanging out on the C&V forum for maybe ten years, as all my bikes are of a certain age. I'm 68, retired, ride 4-5 days a week, both for recreation and transportation. When I was still commuting (just now Google wanted to autocorrect "commuting" to "vomiting" - trying to tell me something? ;-)) I arbitrarily decided a "ride" had to be at least ten miles and have stuck with that definition. I'm expecting to hit somewhere close to 5000 miles this year. I've got a half dozen bikes ready to roll, one that just needs tires, and the other frames in various states of partial build.
I'm currently taking Doug Fattic's framebuilding class, so I will soon(-ish) have a new bike, but it will still be steel with a level top tube. I'm slowly graduating to indexed shifting. I have one bike with 7sp SIS (in the form of the rather unusual Regina America '92 group). The new bike will have eight (count 'em!) speeds (mostly DA 7400).
From a ride the other day, early 60s Frejus Tour de France in front of the Uncle Buck house:
I'm currently taking Doug Fattic's framebuilding class, so I will soon(-ish) have a new bike, but it will still be steel with a level top tube. I'm slowly graduating to indexed shifting. I have one bike with 7sp SIS (in the form of the rather unusual Regina America '92 group). The new bike will have eight (count 'em!) speeds (mostly DA 7400).
From a ride the other day, early 60s Frejus Tour de France in front of the Uncle Buck house:
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#3577
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Is anyone who started on this thread when it was first created still alive? I feel like I am watching black and white reruns of the Lawrence Welk show. I am 75 and just put three grand into updating my very expensive racing bike so I can race next year. anyone else still racing?
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Is anyone who started on this thread when it was first created still alive? I feel like I am watching black and white reruns of the Lawrence Welk show. I am 75 and just put three grand into updating my very expensive racing bike so I can race next year. anyone else still racing?
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I was 67 when this thread started. I never was a bike racer. Went on a few very long bike trips when i was younger. Always have been a bike rider since a kid in the 1940’s.
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I am fine watching Lawrence Welk in black and white. I always stay to hear the Champagne Lady sing.
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#3581
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sorry to get back to you so late, I definitely have enough greats and I gear down. The problem probably was combining long mileage (for me)and some hills on the same ride. Felt better by this past weekend
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Ray9, exactly Norma Zimmer. Buddy Merrill tore it up within the constraints of the show, as did Myron Floren and Pete Fountain. Wunnerful.
Mike
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Is anyone who started on this thread when it was first created still alive? I feel like I am watching black and white reruns of the Lawrence Welk show. I am 75 and just put three grand into updating my very expensive racing bike so I can race next year. anyone else still racing?
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Well, I found out today at my visit to my urologist that I'm going to need surgery (TURP) to fix my urinary retention problems due to a very enlarged prostate. I'm postponing the surgery until the fall so that I can get my summer riding in, since I won't be able to ride for up to a month after surgery. On the positive side, I just built up a new bike.
2020 All City Big Block frameset with Retrogression wheelset
2020 All City Big Block frameset with Retrogression wheelset
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All my saddles have cutouts or are of the split rail variety - hopefully the prostate cancer is gone, but some degrading material will always ride with me.
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Apparently, there are less invasive TURP alternatives about which, fortunately... I know little (from what I Google I would go for the alternative) but, a cutout saddle is definitely de rigueur for me.
Interested to see that, "men who drink more than is otherwise good for them have fewer prostate symptoms and better sexual function than teetotalers."
Interested to see that, "men who drink more than is otherwise good for them have fewer prostate symptoms and better sexual function than teetotalers."
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Apparently, there are less invasive TURP alternatives about which, fortunately... I know little (from what I Google I would go for the alternative) but, a cutout saddle is definitely de rigueur for me.
Interested to see that, "men who drink more than is otherwise good for them have fewer prostate symptoms and better sexual function than teetotalers."
Interested to see that, "men who drink more than is otherwise good for them have fewer prostate symptoms and better sexual function than teetotalers."
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Perhaps I should have drunk more alcohol? To avoid a large prostate AND its' cancer?
That's not what the docs told me all along. Moderation or less.
Shucks.
Never trust the Docs and their data. They both age poorly. In most cases.
That's not what the docs told me all along. Moderation or less.
Shucks.
Never trust the Docs and their data. They both age poorly. In most cases.
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... and add... don't smoke modern day weed like some may have 50 years ago and many of the younger folk probably do now cuz... it's >3X times stronger.
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First time I smoked modern day weed, after a twenty year hiatus, I ended up hiding under the covers in my bed, absolutely sure I had broken my mind forever.
I haven't smoked any since.
#3595
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Still bicycling at 83 and 85
Well here I am at 83 with my wife 85 and we're still bicycling together. This is the highline canal in Denver Colorado. I also run a very successful Facebook forum for older riders. You may be interested that it was I and Joe, the original owner of the entire forum, who started the 50 plus forum. The language of the 50 plus forum on the index page are words that I wrote. Joe eventually sold the forum at a nice profit.
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Hey, I heard about this new thing on social media…
…it was trending last decade, maybe before….
called MAMILs
Middle Age Men In Lycra
i mostly wear wool - when possible -
Do you think I can join the club?
Enjoying the dry cooler Fall weather. May hold for a streak.
called MAMILs
Middle Age Men In Lycra
i mostly wear wool - when possible -
Do you think I can join the club?
Enjoying the dry cooler Fall weather. May hold for a streak.
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Here's Roger, my good friend and cycling mentor, dialing in his Pinarello setup for a time trial at the upcomimg Huntsman World Senior Games.
He's 84. Even though he's at the bottom end of the 80-84 age group category, I suspect he has a decent chance of making it onto the podium.
He's signed up for all four cycling events: hill climb, time trial, road race, criterium. Of course he has.
He's 84. Even though he's at the bottom end of the 80-84 age group category, I suspect he has a decent chance of making it onto the podium.
He's signed up for all four cycling events: hill climb, time trial, road race, criterium. Of course he has.
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terrymorse - any pics of bike(s) for other events?
I am not competitive in the Washington State Senior Games (70+), nor was I in Califorrnia (50+).
Life dreams are good, living them is better.
is that self-actualization?
I am not competitive in the Washington State Senior Games (70+), nor was I in Califorrnia (50+).
Life dreams are good, living them is better.
is that self-actualization?
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terrymorse - any pics of bike(s) for other events?
I am not competitive in the Washington State Senior Games (70+), nor was I in Califorrnia (50+).
I am not competitive in the Washington State Senior Games (70+), nor was I in Califorrnia (50+).
I'll be using my every day ride for the hill climb:
Terry's Scott Addict, at Lick Observatory
I won't be competitive in the 60-64 category, either. Not posting the slowest time is my goal. This is my "practice" year.
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