How old are you?

Bearbonesnorm · Post by **Bearbonesnorm** » Thu May 15, 2014 11:32 am

Looking at some pics of the start of the WRT got me thinking that maybe bikepacking was something done by people of a certain age. I'm sure the average age of mountain bikers in general is on the up but I wondered whether bikepacking has a greater share of older riders?

Ben98 · Post by **Ben98** » Thu May 15, 2014 12:09 pm

Would I be right to think I'm still the youngest to start a bearbones event?

Bearbonesnorm · Post by **Bearbonesnorm** » Thu May 15, 2014 12:14 pm

Would I be right to think I'm still the youngest to start a bearbones event?

No, a few years ago there was a young lad of 10 or 11 did the WRT.

If you pull your finger out you could still be the youngest BB 200 finisher

Zippy · Post by **Zippy** » Thu May 15, 2014 12:19 pm

s8tannorm wrote:
Would I be right to think I'm still the youngest to start a bearbones event?
No, a few years ago there was a young lad of 10 or 11 did the WRT.

If you pull your finger out you could still be the youngest BB 200 finisher

Yeah, coz that's me at the moment I think...

Ray Young · Post by **Ray Young** » Thu May 15, 2014 1:25 pm

Old n proud, just wish I wasn't carrying the age related ailments I have

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ton · Post by **ton** » Thu May 15, 2014 2:08 pm

I am pretty old too........

Ben98 · Post by **Ben98** » Thu May 15, 2014 3:06 pm

s8tannorm wrote:
Would I be right to think I'm still the youngest to start a bearbones event?
No, a few years ago there was a young lad of 10 or 11 did the WRT.

If you pull your finger out you could still be the youngest BB 200 finisher

Damn! Ah well, the bb200 it is then!

Alpinum · Post by **Alpinum** » Thu May 15, 2014 3:23 pm

s8tannorm wrote:I'm sure the average age of mountain bikers in general is on the up but I wondered whether bikepacking has a greater share of older riders?

When I was at the HTR '13 it definately did seem that this kind of riding sees more older folks than CC, DH and enduro kind of stuff.

jay91 · Post by **jay91** » Thu May 15, 2014 7:47 pm

Alpinum wrote:
s8tannorm wrote:I'm sure the average age of mountain bikers in general is on the up but I wondered whether bikepacking has a greater share of older riders?
When I was at the HTR '13 it definately did seem that this kind of riding sees more older folks than CC, DH and enduro kind of stuff.

I'm not rad enough for "enduro" or dh I have done one xc race just for fun but I really enjoyed the Wrt

drain · Post by **drain** » Thu May 15, 2014 7:57 pm

Oh dear, looks like I'm upper quartile

"The older I get, the better I was"

Still, you're only as old as the woman you feel and all that...

SteveM · Post by **SteveM** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:47 pm

52 and feeling every year of it in my body, heads still 14 though

Zippy · Post by **Zippy** » Thu May 15, 2014 8:58 pm

Ben98 wrote:
s8tannorm wrote:
Would I be right to think I'm still the youngest to start a bearbones event?
No, a few years ago there was a young lad of 10 or 11 did the WRT.

If you pull your finger out you could still be the youngest BB 200 finisher
Damn! Ah well, the bb200 it is then!

I'm hoping my age/time lasts for another year at least...I was proud of my effort. This year, a good time is off the cards, life & an ongoing I jury is buggering things up. Go on Ben, get the finishers age record, just don't beat my time

Ben98 · Post by **Ben98** » Thu May 15, 2014 9:45 pm

What time did you do? I'll see what I can do

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Thu May 15, 2014 9:52 pm

Could you add another category to the list: "old enough to know better"

slarge · Post by **slarge** » Thu May 15, 2014 9:53 pm

47. Hairs are growing out of my ears, my eyebrows need cutting whenever I clipper my head, my head is bereft of flowing locks, age is a bad thing! I've always like mature women, but now they're younger than me!

tommid · Post by **tommid** » Thu May 15, 2014 10:17 pm

I reckon there is a reason that the majority of us are fairly old, that being we have cycled for many years and are now looking for something to take it in a new direction.

Blackhound · Post by **Blackhound** » Fri May 16, 2014 8:51 am

A couple of years ago the average age of Singletrack mag readership was around 37. With articles on bikepacking in recent edition maybe all the stats are stacking up.

I told Mrs B 20 years ago that I needed to do all this biking stuff before I got to old, and I am still telling her the same thing! 55 years young.

Zippy · Post by **Zippy** » Fri May 16, 2014 9:57 am

Ben98 wrote:What time did you do? I'll see what I can do

Er, 17hours 15mins Strava'd

Farawayvisions · Post by **Farawayvisions** » Fri May 16, 2014 11:01 am

drain wrote:Oh dear, looks like I'm upper quartile "The older I get, the better I was"

Still, you're only as old as the woman you feel and all that...

That's all well and good if the woman you 'feel' is younger than you.

Ben98 · Post by **Ben98** » Fri May 16, 2014 12:09 pm

Zippy wrote:
Ben98 wrote:What time did you do? I'll see what I can do
Er, 17hours 15mins Strava'd

Yeh, that can stand, I just wanna finish this year

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