If we lose back strength and body flexibility, then yes, but you can't chase down youngsters in that condition. I'd say getting older means, from experience, spending more time doing in-house exercises to mitigate the affects of aging.
The Wife complained for months about the empty pot of bike oil on the hall stand; so I replaced it with a full one.
Craving more cake, head tubes longer than your forks, thinking about Audax rides, lusting after a Colnago with Shimano gruppo, wondering what zwift is.
craving anything that takes slightly too big tyres for the frame, pipe and slippers (comfortable) cycling, discovering foam rollers and stretching and yoga, wondering whether disk brakes are worth it. not being bothered about aero stuff, getting an exotic Italian steed then having it written off by a complete chopper on a training day..., Audax, Cake, fried food on the club run, and getting out there and exploring, and having fun...
craving anything that takes slightly too big tyres for the frame,
Did this with my Propel, stuck 25 mm tyres on it, found out the hard way the brakes needed a mod to work! Mind you, the guys at the Giant Shop learned from my experience too...
Tried all of them but none of them really make much difference! A half pint of milk after a ride and a chilled out zombie like trance for half an hour is more like it
Definitely no! Although if I was single I might be more interested
Resisting is pointless... my experience is that after the Fred, there is nothing else worth bothering in this country... until I began to look at Audaxes... then I can rest assured there are enough "challenging rides" to fill the next 10-20 years.
Others prefer to go the other route, which is that of doing the same rides over and over trying to progressively improve their best time... in my case it would be a complete waste of time and entirely weather dependant
Finally there are those who are not bothered about best time or doing new challenges... but that typically results in an obsession for the bicycle rather than for cycling, which in my opinion is the saddest way of ageing in this sport
So riding your bike for the sake of riding it. Is a no,no then :?:
Do you not ever just go for a ride.
When I am in Italy I do... doing the same rides over and over work for some and not for others, I need some more motivation.
I am aware that in my old cycling club they still do the same rides to the same cafe' as we did 10 years ago... horses for courses I guess
Definitely no! Although if I was single I might be more interested
Resisting is pointless... my experience is that after the Fred, there is nothing else worth bothering in this country... until I began to look at Audaxes... then I can rest assured there are enough "challenging rides" to fill the next 10-20 years.
I must admit to feeling this way, getting older and enjoying slightly gentler pace rides more. Keep saying I will start to do some audax rides, but never getting round to it. BTW would it be a bit silly doing an Audax my on aero bikes?
All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
craving anything that takes slightly too big tyres for the frame,
Did this with my Propel, stuck 25 mm tyres on it, found out the hard way the brakes needed a mod to work! Mind you, the guys at the Giant Shop learned from my experience too...
Tried all of them but none of them really make much difference! A half pint of milk after a ride and a chilled out zombie like trance for half an hour is more like it
BTW would it be a bit silly doing an Audax my on aero bikes?
No... on shorter events, up to 200 km you see all sorts of bikes. this is for sure more aero than yours (and it was a 400 km)
Just make sure the event you choose doesn't have an "M" in the description, which means compulsory mudguards. Hardly any, these days
Just been checking out the local AUK clubs websites, lots of interesting info and the routes they use, I'm used to regular 40 - 60 mile runs so a dry run of a 150 or 200k route is in order to see how I feel I see they say 15-30kph, is it simply a case of staying within those limits?
All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
BTW would it be a bit silly doing an Audax my on aero bikes?
No... on shorter events, up to 200 km you see all sorts of bikes. this is for sure more aero than yours (and it was a 400 km)
Just make sure the event you choose doesn't have an "M" in the description, which means compulsory mudguards. Hardly any, these days
Just been checking out the local AUK clubs websites, lots of interesting info and the routes they use, I'm used to regular 40 - 60 mile runs so a dry run of a 150 or 200k route is in order to see how I feel I see they say 15-30kph, is it simply a case of staying within those limits?
On the card they give you at the start are all the 'controls' you have to visit with 'control open' times shown. The opening time is if you reach that control riding at 30kph non stop, the closing time is riding at 15kph non stop.
I must admit to a slight feeling of satisfaction after a 26 mile cold, wet and windy ride with my son. I'm 60 and he's 29. I was fuelled by porridge and toast, and made a good choice of kit for the conditions. He arrived sleep deprived, having eaten only left over curry for breakfast, and being wildly optimistic about his fitness, the weather and hence his kit.
I had to virtually tow him back for the last 5 miles, and he took about 2 hours to thaw out. I felt fine
I think I'll likely go the Audax route when I retire; my wife definitely doesn't want me cluttering up the house, and I'll be happy to oblige. Dynamo hubs are starting to look very sexy...
Just been checking out the local AUK clubs websites, lots of interesting info and the routes they use, I'm used to regular 40 - 60 mile runs so a dry run of a 150 or 200k route is in order to see how I feel I see they say 15-30kph, is it simply a case of staying within those limits?
Realistically it is impossible NOT to stay within the time limits. On occasions you might get to the first control a minute before it opens but it is rare. Pretty much impossible from the second control onwards.
Being slower than 15 Km/h also is very difficult, unless you have a mechanical early on before the first control. Time limits become an issue on 1000 km and longer rides, where you have to decide how long you can afford to sleep and still get to the next control before it closes... things like PBP or LEL
You only need a dynamo on multi day events... on a summer 600 you can survive out of an LED light and a spare battery or two... I have around 7 hours worth of full on light.
That said, I'd love a SON dynamo hub and if it wasn't that my commuting bike is disc and my audax bike is rim brake, I'd probably get one
1) It's now harder to recover. If I haven't done anything for a while I now feel stiff the next day.
2). Start to think rationally. Surely a proper bike fit is what matters and not the bravado bollox about stems. Is Campag really any better than Shimano? To be honest I've never noticed what groupset someone else on the road was using.
"The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
You only need a dynamo on multi day events... on a summer 600 you can survive out of an LED light and a spare battery or two... I have around 7 hours worth of full on light.
That said, I'd love a SON dynamo hub and if it wasn't that my commuting bike is disc and my audax bike is rim brake, I'd probably get one
Couldn't you just build a front with a disk hub and rim brake compatible rim? Then you could use it on either.
With a center lock hub it'd be quick to pop the rotor off and on as required.
You only need a dynamo on multi day events... on a summer 600 you can survive out of an LED light and a spare battery or two... I have around 7 hours worth of full on light.
That said, I'd love a SON dynamo hub and if it wasn't that my commuting bike is disc and my audax bike is rim brake, I'd probably get one
It would be cheaper an easier to carry one of those portable USB battery packs, in one of the back pockets of your jersey. At home I have different cable lengths from 2 or 3 inch to 6 foot.
Handy for the shite battery life of my Garmin 520 too, when I'm doing rides over 5 or 6 hours. All my lights are USB chargeable
"The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
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I am not sure. You have no chance.
We should set up a "stem swopping page" on here for those going shorter to swop with those going longer!
Yep...
I am not sure. You have no chance.
This should read "...craving anything with a Campag groupset".
Did this with my Propel, stuck 25 mm tyres on it, found out the hard way the brakes needed a mod to work! Mind you, the guys at the Giant Shop learned from my experience too...
Nah, although when I can scrape the cash together for a winter bike it won't be as aggressive as the Propel.
Tried all of them but none of them really make much difference! A half pint of milk after a ride and a chilled out zombie like trance for half an hour is more like it
I decided they weren't; I could have had a bike with discs but then it would have missed out on Ultegra
Might get an aero helmet when the current one is too old/grimy to take out in public
Thankfully, haven't been through this! I did have a 90's Olmo before the Propel, wish I hadn't sold it...
Definitely no! Although if I was single I might be more interested
Whilst I like cake, I think the obsession with coffee and cake is a bit wrong, there should be more pub/beer/crisp stops...
All this sounds good!
Resisting is pointless... my experience is that after the Fred, there is nothing else worth bothering in this country... until I began to look at Audaxes... then I can rest assured there are enough "challenging rides" to fill the next 10-20 years.
Others prefer to go the other route, which is that of doing the same rides over and over trying to progressively improve their best time... in my case it would be a complete waste of time and entirely weather dependant
Finally there are those who are not bothered about best time or doing new challenges... but that typically results in an obsession for the bicycle rather than for cycling, which in my opinion is the saddest way of ageing in this sport
Do you not ever just go for a ride.
When I am in Italy I do... doing the same rides over and over work for some and not for others, I need some more motivation.
I am aware that in my old cycling club they still do the same rides to the same cafe' as we did 10 years ago... horses for courses I guess
BTW: they are all very obsessed about bicycles
No... on shorter events, up to 200 km you see all sorts of bikes. this is for sure more aero than yours (and it was a 400 km)
Just make sure the event you choose doesn't have an "M" in the description, which means compulsory mudguards. Hardly any, these days
that's possibly the most comprehensive response to a post I've ever had.
I didn't mention the other stuff I do like crit racing and time trialling and the most important, winning sign sprints
On the card they give you at the start are all the 'controls' you have to visit with 'control open' times shown. The opening time is if you reach that control riding at 30kph non stop, the closing time is riding at 15kph non stop.
I had to virtually tow him back for the last 5 miles, and he took about 2 hours to thaw out. I felt fine
I think I'll likely go the Audax route when I retire; my wife definitely doesn't want me cluttering up the house, and I'll be happy to oblige. Dynamo hubs are starting to look very sexy...
I need to start cultivating a beard I think
And in most cases - yes it apparently does.
Realistically it is impossible NOT to stay within the time limits. On occasions you might get to the first control a minute before it opens but it is rare. Pretty much impossible from the second control onwards.
Being slower than 15 Km/h also is very difficult, unless you have a mechanical early on before the first control. Time limits become an issue on 1000 km and longer rides, where you have to decide how long you can afford to sleep and still get to the next control before it closes... things like PBP or LEL
You only need a dynamo on multi day events... on a summer 600 you can survive out of an LED light and a spare battery or two... I have around 7 hours worth of full on light.
That said, I'd love a SON dynamo hub and if it wasn't that my commuting bike is disc and my audax bike is rim brake, I'd probably get one
1) It's now harder to recover. If I haven't done anything for a while I now feel stiff the next day.
2). Start to think rationally. Surely a proper bike fit is what matters and not the bravado bollox about stems. Is Campag really any better than Shimano? To be honest I've never noticed what groupset someone else on the road was using.
With a center lock hub it'd be quick to pop the rotor off and on as required.
It would be cheaper an easier to carry one of those portable USB battery packs, in one of the back pockets of your jersey. At home I have different cable lengths from 2 or 3 inch to 6 foot.
Handy for the shite battery life of my Garmin 520 too, when I'm doing rides over 5 or 6 hours. All my lights are USB chargeable