Old guys and superbikes

[Ming the Merciless]

Do you like riding them?
Are you still comfortable riding them (i.e. no issues that might require a bike fit or new frame) ?
Do you need to sell them?
If the answer to the first two questions is yes, and the third no, the obvious thing to do is.....
n+1.
I intend to part with my Viner and Litespeed when one of us conks out.

How about a velomobile? The one UK owner with this particular model (After Seven) I know of is 77, doesn't ride bikes since a major stroke, and can still get up 10% hills. He lives in East Sussex, not exactly a flat part of the world...
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I have an Irish friend who switched to a velomobile about 4 years ago now. I was looking at his average speeds the other day. His average speed over last 12,000km was 46km/h. I’ll let that sink in, when it comes to talk of super bikes.

 

[Rusty Nails]

A 78 year old friend of mine who has been riding, including time trialling since the age of 16, was a bit concerned that he was struggling on some of the steeper hills so he went to the doctors and was diagnosed with heart problems and told to take just a bit more care.

He does not want to stop cycling, and he thought for a while of converting one of his two Mercians to an e-bike with a kit. Luckily he saw sense and decided instead to go out and buy a new Cannondal Synapse e-bike and he now chooses which bike to use based on the terrain.

He hopes to get at least ten years use out of it.

 

[Cycling_Samurai]

I have an Irish friend who switched to a velomobile about 4 years ago now. I was looking at his average speeds the other day. His average speed over last 12,000km was 46km/h. I’ll let that sink in, when it comes to talk of super bikes.

Good on him! I'm only in the low 20s mph. I'm wanting to hit 30 mph which that chap is almost there! I'm impressed. I have a CAAD12 Dura-Ace / 105 hybrid and keep training for more.

 

[Zipp2001]

Very soon to be 61 and still roll out my old super bikes from the early 90's

 

[Cycling_Samurai]

Very soon to be 61 and still roll out my old super bikes from the early 90's View attachment 577216 View attachment 577216

Honestly those look like aliens from a bad SciFi.👽

 

[DRM]

Very soon to be 61 and still roll out my old super bikes from the early 90's View attachment 577216 View attachment 577216

Blimey, that black one looks like something batman would ride

 

[Drago]

I have an Irish friend who switched to a velomobile about 4 years ago now. I was looking at his average speeds the other day. His average speed over last 12,000km was 46km/h. I’ll let that sink in, when it comes to talk of super bikes.

Driving home with a boot full of labrador and shopping yesterday I saw one on the road for the very first time, just North of Milton keynes. I gave my best furious "I'm a man of the pedals too" wave, but he was too busy being serious to even nod back.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Driving home with a boot full of labrador and shopping yesterday I saw one on the road for the very first time, just North of Milton keynes. I gave my best furious "I'm a man of the pedals too" wave, but he was too busy being serious to even nod back.

Probably the 5G he was pulling prevented him from nodding his head.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Very soon to be 61 and still roll out my old super bikes from the early 90's View attachment 577216 View attachment 577216

They look like the kind of bike a clown would ride at circus and as they go round various bits fall off.

 

[cougie uk]

I have an Irish friend who switched to a velomobile about 4 years ago now. I was looking at his average speeds the other day. His average speed over last 12,000km was 46km/h. I’ll let that sink in, when it comes to talk of super bikes.

Nice looking bike but possibly not great if you like chatting and riding with mates ?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Nice looking bike but possibly not great if you like chatting and riding with mates ?

Yeah it is a bike for going fast. Seeing as he averages 28 mph over a few hours. If going a lot slower and having a social, a road bike is fine for that.

 

[Teamfixed]

Ye but you haven't mentioned Caradice yet so apparently you must be under 50

 

[Colin Grigson]

Very soon to be 61 and still roll out my old super bikes from the early 90's View attachment 577216 View attachment 577216

I’m in love with those

 

[mustang1]

Why are you too old to ride a 'superbike'?

If you can get your leg over it, and you enjoy it, then ride one.

+1
That's what I was thinking.

 

[mustang1]

I am not too sure what a superbike might be, but I am too old to be riding anything other than a light fast machine.

Some years ago, someone said to me (as I rolled up on my bottom of the range Spesh Allez): "wow that IS nice, is that a superbike?"