Dad rides bike

DeF said:

May I at this stage pre-empt any parallels that my be
drawn between bearded, 60+ year old, bike-riding men
with a web presence.

Someone should say it, wouldn't he be happier on a recumbent trike? 🙂

Travis said:

DeF said:

May I at this stage pre-empt any parallels that my be
drawn between bearded, 60+ year old, bike-riding men
with a web presence.

Someone should say it, wouldn't he be happier on a recumbent trike? 🙂

Them's fightin' words, boy! Besides, this is the Adelaide hills and
they're not all downwards.

DeF.

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DeF said:

Travis said:

DeF said:

May I at this stage pre-empt any parallels that my be
drawn between bearded, 60+ year old, bike-riding men
with a web presence.

Someone should say it, wouldn't he be happier on a recumbent trike? 🙂

Them's fightin' words, boy! Besides, this is the Adelaide hills and
they're not all downwards.

:-)

Quoted message said:

From what I hear, they aren't that bad for going up hills. They often

have much lower gears available and, once you've developed the right
muscles for recumbents which aren't necessarily the same ones you
develop as an upright rider, are as good at spinning up a hill as any
other bike.

I actually think recumbents are kinda cool, and wouldn't mind getting
one some day just for something different.

DeF said:

After a long hiatus and a quadruple bypass op,
my Dad has taken up riding bikes again. Not
wanting to spend up big, he got a second had
rigid MTB to toot around on. Given he lives in
the Adelaide hills, this is pretty brave. Here
he is showing off his "new" steed:
wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.auDad Bike.jpgOpen ↗
Looks pretty pleased with himself I reckon.

May I at this stage pre-empt any parallels that my be
drawn between bearded, 60+ year old, bike-riding men
with a web presence.

DeF

yay for Dad!

My Dad did a similar thing many years ago - but he lived in the bush and needed the MTB to negotiate the gravel roads.

Years and years later I was cleaning his old bike in the front of my (inner city) yard. A young fellow came passed who used to live in my house - years ago it was a group home/foster care home. Anyway, we got talking, he was out job hunting with bugga all funds to get around. He was delighted to have a (for him) new bike to help out with the travel. I reckon Dad would have been pleased too. 🙂

I hope your Dad gets as much fun out of his new steed!

cheers,
Ali

respect to the thatchman
aiyeeee
steven

DeF said:

After a long hiatus and a quadruple bypass op,
my Dad has taken up riding bikes again. Not
wanting to spend up big, he got a second had
rigid MTB to toot around on. Given he lives in
the Adelaide hills, this is pretty brave. Here
he is showing off his "new" steed:
http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~dfarrow/images/Dad_Bike.jpg
Looks pretty pleased with himself I reckon.

May I at this stage pre-empt any parallels that my be
drawn between bearded, 60+ year old, bike-riding men
with a web presence.

DeF