Advice please for 70 y.o. in deciding on new bike

[joe1942]

It was great to read the responses from the "oldies/young at heart" maybe we need our own dedicated site on cycle chat to share our experiences and future plans

 

[jay clock]

Keep it up. I have clubmate who is 68 this year and did Ironman Hawai last summer. Planning to do it again if he can qualify at age 70 (needs to do another race as a qualifier and thinking of NZ in 2015. Keeps the rest of us youngsters in awe! Well, I am only 52.

 

[cardiac case]

Hi Joe.
As part of my heart attack rehab I have bought, tried, and now sold several bikes, all second hand.
Too heavy, too hard to pedal, not fast enough, too fast, if there's a reason for not liking a bike I've had it.

I think that I now have found my ideal bike, for now anyway, so I've bought a new one, a Cannondale Quick 5.
Spent hours in all the local bike shops and was impressed with Cannondale build quality.
The 5 has carbon forks, and at £570 falls within your budget.

Hope you find your ideal.
Cheers
Paul G

My bike.

 

[Mike Braddock]

Changed to a Giant Defy 5 last year from a hybrid. 72 last December.

 

[simon.r]

I'll throw a curved ball...my Dad's still riding at 80 and he finds his Brompton most comfortable. I think it has very crude elastomer rear suspension?

 

[Cyclist33]

First of all would like to thank everyone for their imput, and decided to go for the carbon forks, have included an att. hope you all can make sense of it, briefly it is a 2011 Giant escape 1 has anybody ever dealt with this bike shop Pauls cycles from Norfolk, once again thank you

you wont be disappointed

 

[Big Nick]

As a latecomer to cycling in my 40's its great to hear that I could have another 30 years to enjoy it!

Big respect to all our senior cyclists for getting out there and showing us how its done!

 

[Banjo]

70s not old for cycling. On Audax rides you see lots of people in their 70s and some in their 80s + doing 200 km up to 1400 km London Edingburgh London for example. I think the older you are the longer it takes to recover from a strenuos ride but everyones body is different so just enjoy whatever style of cycling you do.

 

[joe1942]

Had a look at the cannondale some time ago will look again thanks for that,shamed to say it has been 6weeks to the day since I was last on the bike according to the forecast cannot see any change over the weekend and our weather (Northumberland) as not been as bad as most parts of the country

 

[swiftylee]

i had a giant rapid 1 was an awesome flat bar bike

 

[Tin Pot]

I'm 57 and still a hooligan.

...And they say prison "doesn't work"

 

[Tim O]

Joe, I'm 66 and came back to road cycling a couple of years ago. I used to race, road and track and TTs but gave it up in my 20s. Been on a mountain bike for the last 25 years. I may be too late for advice on a bike but thought I'd fling this in in case there's any other over 60s out there looking to buy. My LBS only sells Specialized and I like the shop: great service, discounts on everything, warm welcome etc. Rather than trying to forge another relationship, when I wanted to go back to road bikes following my retirement, I was stuck with Spec. They recommended a Secteur because of the Zertz insets (elastomer on front forks and back stays) which they said would be good for an old back. From my previous experience of racing bikes I was very dubious and thought it was just a gimmick. They let me try a Secteur for a day and boy, was I impressed! It's like floating on a feather. Obviously it's not for younger racers but for blokes of our age or anyone with a dicky back, I can't recommend them too highly. A bit over your budget but you can get 2nd hand ones. Well done to you whatever you get and keep cycling.

 

[MarkF]

I have had an Escape Joe, I've has umpteen hybrids over the last decade or so. It's a good, fast but still sturdy bike. Glad you didn't buy a Sirrus, I've had 2 and they were pants, the only good thing was the Zertz fork inserts as mentioned above.