Can you Ride Your Age (miles)

[Jenkins]

I rode what Garmin tells me is my fitness age today.

 

[PaulSB]

Amazing ! Nothing beats good Health and staying active. You’ve won at life. Kudos Sir…..

Thank you. This is very kind of you.

 

[Drago]

58. Not ridden that distance in miles for a year or so but reckon I could still ace it.

 

[oxoman]

Turned 61 last Friday and rode 61 miles with my local club. 54 miles of club ride plus the extra 7 mile was the ride to and from the start. Didn't even realise till I looked on Strava.

 

[teeonethousand]

I'm over 70 and have cycled my age this year.


To maximise the enjoyment I spread it over a week.

Seems fair to me...after all, your age is spread over a year😂

 

[Dorset Boy]

I'll be 61 this year, so far ridden 19 metric centuries, one of which, in the alps last week became an imperial century.

 

[Binky]

Only thing with this is at say 40/50 years ago it's comparitively easy. As you age your fitness WILL decline, it's a fact so when you get to 70/80 etc then much harder.
Still possible of course but it is a challenge of diminishing returns.

Before anyone chimes in with a yeah but, how many TdF winners over age 35?

It's the double whammy of getting older hence fitness won't be same as when younger(all things being equal) plus increased mileage of course.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Before anyone chimes in with a yeah but, how many TdF winners over age 35?

Hardly comparable to riding your age in miles.

 

[Binky]

Hardly comparable to riding your age in miles.

No it was a comment on how fitness declines with age. Which it does.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

No it was a comment on how fitness declines with age. Which it does.

Well yeah but ability to ride long distances does not decline anywhere close as that needed to win TDF. This challenge is well within the range of anyone who kept regular exercise into their 80s and some in their 90s.

 

[Binky]

Well yeah but ability to ride long distances does not decline anywhere close as that needed to win TDF.

Well I'd say it's harder to ride 80 miles at 80 years of age than 40 miles at 40. Aside from double the distance it's the additional factor of reduced ability.

Go ahead and argue as we know you will but I'd say it's pretty accurate.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Well I'd say it's harder to ride 80 miles at 80 years of age than 40 miles at 40. Aside from double the distance it's the additional factor of reduced ability.

Go ahead and argue as we know you will but I'd say it's pretty accurate.

No one was arguing against that. But the ability does not reduce as much as you seem to think in normal aging. It is a realistic goal for the majority of us here.

 

[ktmbiker58]

No one was arguing against that. But the ability does not reduce as much as you seem to think in normal aging. It is a realistic goal for the majority of us here.

At 68 my experience is that I can cycle just as far as I used to however it's the average speed that falls with the passing years -

 

[Mo1959]

At 68 my experience is that I can cycle just as far as I used to however it's the average speed that falls with the passing years -

I'm just a year behind you. If I had to cycle 67 miles, I reckon I still could but just have no desire to these days.

 

[Binky]

No one was arguing against that. But the ability does not reduce as much as you seem to think in normal aging. It is a realistic goal for the majority of us here.

Realistic goal yes but my point was and is as you get older it will be tougher. Plus increased age = increased miles hence double whammy.