Was it Bette Davis who said "getting old ain't for the faint of heart" ?
I, too, will hit my three-score and ten in December and I know my bike accident in 2016 where a car turning right into the bike lane landed me with an L1 compression fracture...mostly healed and I'm a little arthritic, so less limber than I used to be. That being said, the configuration of Moustache bars, 9cm stem and saddle level with the stem , so I'm leaning at about a 45 degree angle still works the best for me. If I can still ride for a couple of hours steadily, regardless of what the actual distance is...(and I know I can download Strava if I want to)...I am good with that and grateful I can still do it. On a single-speed with a low gear. But still under my own power, however diminished it is. On Friday, September 30, 2022 at 9:02:47 AM UTC-5 Joel S wrote: > I lost 2” after my second back surgery. I was riding Albatross way before > then and always used a short stem, never changed from my drops. I finally > got longer stems and that is better but only because I was riding too short > stems. My stems now with Choco bars are 8 and 9 cm where I was riding 7cm > before. I just had a third surgery but much less invasive and I suspect > when I can ride again all will be ok with my bikes setup. As Jon said, > getting older can be slippery. > > On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 3:24:48 PM UTC-4 George Schick wrote: > >> I can relate to all of this. I'm in the early years of my seventh decade >> now and I've only lost and inch in height, but I'm finding the stem length >> of 110mm on my Ram to be a bit longer than what was comfortable when I >> first got it almost 20 years ago. I hate to think about it, because it >> will mean removing and replacing bar tape in order to install a shorter >> stem, but as we trudge along we have to face issues like these. Oh well... >> >> On Monday, September 26, 2022 at 8:39:22 AM UTC-5 lconley wrote: >> >>> I am 66 and 5 months - reached SS "full retirement age" last month but I >>> am still riding drops and flat bars (and working). Riding upright is the >>> most uncomfortable thing for me. Drops and flat bars takes some weight off >>> of my butt - I am overweight. I hate the "tippy" feeling of sitting upright >>> and upright bars are always way too close. I like being able to move my >>> hands to different positions on the top of drop bars. I basically only use >>> the drops for going down hill. >>> I am 6' but have the legs of someone 5'8" and the torso of someone 6'4". >>> I have step throughs: Clementine, Rosco Medium Mountain Mixte and a Rosco >>> Baby that I am experimenting with - the Keven's Cargo Bike mixte doesn't >>> count as it is still too high to step through. I can still swing my leg >>> over, but it is becoming more difficult. I have high hopes for the Rosco >>> Baby - I am thinking of trying the Chocomoose bars for it and maybe the >>> Keven's Cargo Bike. The Rosco Baby TT is 20 cm longer than the ST and may >>> allow me to use bars with back sweep. The Rosco Baby wheelbase is only two >>> inches longer than my custom. >>> >>> Laing >>> >>> On Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 10:27:08 AM UTC-4 Charlie wrote: >>> >>>> I USED TO RIDE ON DROP BARS . ONE TIME I NOTICED I WAS RIDING ON THE >>>> TOPS ONLY. SO I CHANGED TO UP BARS ( 3 SPEED BARS ) . I HAD LOST 2-3 >>>> INCHES IN MY HEIGHT. >>>> I NOW RIDE A SMALLER BIKE . >>>> Charlie Petry JENERSVILLE PA >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5843f3c6-8b5e-4d4e-9fd4-49b3ed95c0f7n%40googlegroups.com.
