Slick
Guru
Hopefully this doesn't get merged with the retirement thread here https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-retirement-thread.216598/ as this is not to discuss how amazing your life is now you have retired, it's for people who may have the opportunity to retire in the fairly near future.
The reason I thought I would post a new thread was a comment from @steveindenmark on another thread by @Zipp2001 and I didn't want to derail it further but I did want to hear more.
My brother is planning on retiring at the earliest opportunity at the age of 53 in 18 months time which I think is far too young and he has no plans to take on any part time work, which is all fair enough as is his right. He does fully expect me to follow suit though to allow us to complete all sorts of cycling related challenges.
Whilst financially this is possible, I've always struggled on a couple of different levels during long winters although I've worked in poor weather most of my working life and actually enjoy commuting by bike in the wettest of days as I feel it concentrates the mind and always produces a sense of achievement, which is a feeling I don't get on leisure rides for whatever reason. Every other thing I enjoy doing is outside and subject to the same restrictions during winter and I wondered if I'm alone in that or is that a very short sighted view?
I do have a few other concerns as well as a few ideas on how to mitigate issues that could arise but I would like to hear others plans or even people who had the same concerns and their experience of how those concerns balanced out with the reality of retirement?
The reason I thought I would post a new thread was a comment from @steveindenmark on another thread by @Zipp2001 and I didn't want to derail it further but I did want to hear more.
My brother is planning on retiring at the earliest opportunity at the age of 53 in 18 months time which I think is far too young and he has no plans to take on any part time work, which is all fair enough as is his right. He does fully expect me to follow suit though to allow us to complete all sorts of cycling related challenges.
Whilst financially this is possible, I've always struggled on a couple of different levels during long winters although I've worked in poor weather most of my working life and actually enjoy commuting by bike in the wettest of days as I feel it concentrates the mind and always produces a sense of achievement, which is a feeling I don't get on leisure rides for whatever reason. Every other thing I enjoy doing is outside and subject to the same restrictions during winter and I wondered if I'm alone in that or is that a very short sighted view?
I do have a few other concerns as well as a few ideas on how to mitigate issues that could arise but I would like to hear others plans or even people who had the same concerns and their experience of how those concerns balanced out with the reality of retirement?