Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Keep up the good work sir! Hills started posing a challenge for me in my 40's ... mind you it is a bit lumpy to the west of me
Is 52 too old to start?
- Thread starter rob jones
- Start date
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Keep up the good work sir! Hills started posing a challenge for me in my 40's ... mind you it is a bit lumpy to the west of me
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
Possibly asking advise from only the ‘gentlemen’. The reason I didn’t reply then as I felt unqualified as I don’t have the requisite plumbing.
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
I always wince a little when I see questions addressed to "guys" or "chaps".
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
Yep. We are allowed jobs now and can go shopping, vote, leave the kitchen and all sorts nowadays. We are even allowed to own and ride bikes that are not pink and don’t have tassels or baskets if we want.
All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
That's equality for you!
Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
A lot of the people I know will use "guys" as a gender-neutral term nowadays. I've heard women I know say "come on guys" to a mainly female group.
I think it is one of those words whose meaning is gradually changing.
But the OP here did use "gentlemen" (11 years ago), which has only one meaning.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
It is a bit lumpy round Burnley too!Keep up the good work sir! Hills started posing a challenge for me in my 40's ... mind you it is a bit lumpy to the west of me
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Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
See what you mean! I'm getting a bit bored of north wales routes, so quite fancy Clitheroe to Grassington or something like that as a nice autumn ride.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Went up this one a few weeks back, tops out at 19.5% ... felt like death warmed up at the summit
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
There are lots of nice circular routes from Clitheroe out into the Forest of Bowland and back. THIS ONE would be easily modified to start and finish in Clitheroe.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Sounds good. Much more leisurely afternoon on my last visit up there, took my mum to Northcote for lunch, bloody lovely
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Very nice!Sounds good. Much more leisurely afternoon on my last visit up there, took my mum to Northcote for lunch, bloody lovely
I sometimes go up the parallel Chapel Ln/Whitehalgh Ln to Top of Ramsgreave, then drop down to Blackburn to catch a train home.
Petrichorwheels
Senior Member
guys can be a collective term, admittedly not "gentlemen" - tend to think few folks of whatever gender or persuasion would qualify under that.
on the original question, go for it.
TK421
Casual Extremist
- Location
- Not at my post
I read this and I did notice the start date but I am thinking that there is a lot of good information and positive advice which has encouraged me to ignore the long list of minor health problems I have and carry on.
Maybe he knew men tend to complain a lot more and so were more likely to identify with his fears than women
BTW, gentlemen might be pretty pleased about their plumbing while young but take it from me it's nothing but trouble as you get older
