October 27, 200619 yr Sorry, I'll stop posting soon I promise! I'm wondering how old electric bike owners are. My wife thinks they're all old/fat people who are too lazy to cycle a 'real' bike. So here's a poll (if I can work out how to create one).
October 30, 200619 yr Yep, I am over 30 and have a beer belly. I probably could get fit and ride a conventional bike but I like to drink beer and ride an electric bike. I haven't seen any young electric bikers, ever!
October 31, 200619 yr Author You're right! I'm stupid, you'd think I could count by now. I'm not sure if I can edit my poll, I'll see if I can find a way. Sorry. I'm 43, but there isn't a category for my age range!!!!! Ian
November 7, 200619 yr Life begins at..... I selected the 51 to 50 as I presume you meant 41 to 50 ! thanks Jed
November 7, 200619 yr Author I'm a 38 year old octogenarian (at least my legs feel that way most days) I'm a 71 year old teenager.
November 7, 200619 yr Nice one Aron! My status results from retiring at 54 since when I've steadily got younger, so you have that to look forward to.
November 7, 200619 yr 54, wow! By time I retire there won't be a retirement age! Nice one Aron! My status results from retiring at 54 since when I've steadily got younger, so you have that to look forward to.
November 7, 200619 yr Yes Jed, I do feel considerable sympathy for today's workers. My lot were the luckiest ones, life started badly with WW2 around us, but then just got continuously better and better, with social improvements, continuous stable employment and high enough inflation to get some degree of financial independence and the chance of early retirement.
November 8, 200619 yr I think by the time I reach 68 or whatever the current age is, they'll have moved the goalposts again or scrapped it entirely. Someone's got to pay for all those government pensiions thanks Jed
November 9, 200619 yr Sorry, I'll stop posting soon I promise! I'm wondering how old electric bike owners are. My wife thinks they're all old/fat people who are too lazy to cycle a 'real' bike. So here's a poll (if I can work out how to create one). Hi! I am 57 and my husband is 70. Our eze torqs are getting us back into cycling again after 30+ yrs of non cycling. Each day I find I can use the motor less. A great fun way to see the countryside here in Scotland . Good luck with your poll.
January 28, 200719 yr I'm in the 20-30 year old group. I am pretty fit and currently ride a 'real' bike for leisure and fitness. My only real reason for getting an electric is that I'm due to start a regular commute (8 miles each way) in the spring, and I don't want to arrive sweaty. I haven't bought yet, and it looks like the choice will be between the torq, and the new twist at the moment. Cheers, Q Edited January 30, 200719 yr by Quicken
January 29, 200719 yr Nigel Hi all i will be 50 this year and have been cycling on and off for a few years between cars and motorbikes got in to electric bikes about a year ago and hope in august 08 to finnish with car for good and just have 2 electric bikes that will do for me no tax no insurance no petrol yipee:D nigel. southampton.
January 29, 200719 yr Sorry, I'll stop posting soon I promise! I'm wondering how old electric bike owners are. My wife thinks they're all old/fat people who are too lazy to cycle a 'real' bike. So here's a poll (if I can work out how to create one). painter is 73 going strong with help from torq flecc and and all the tips on pedelec thanks to all
January 29, 200719 yr two more 50 or over and we will be ahead of the youngsters, god did i say that, there is a 25 year old in this 58 year old body, but the trouble is its only me that knows it, does the age result up to now mean the older we are the more open we are to new ideas, or does it mean we are more knackered. this quote may be wrong but we dont stop playing with toys because we grow old we grow old because we stop playing with toys. mike
January 29, 200719 yr The older we are the more open we are to new ideas. It means we are more knackered. We grow old because we stop playing with toys. mike They're probably all correct Mike. .
January 30, 200719 yr You only get old on the outside now 52 and entering my third childhood, i've been cycling for over 45 years, i still use my 2 non-powered bikes, i have a Alan Dural which has served me faithfully for the past quarter century and a hybrid commuter, but for my 'daily' ride i now use my whirlwind, it's chunky and as comfortable as an old pair of boots. beeps
January 30, 200719 yr I assume life ceases at 50 then??? That probably lumps a fair percentage of users into the geriatric compartment!! Hit him Flecc!!! Sav
March 24, 200719 yr Polled! any chance of "stickying" this thread Russ? I dug it out from page 7 & its an interesting poll: though I realise not everyone will want to disclose the information, the results so far show quite a spread of ages & thats good & maybe goes some way to encourage people that ebikes are beneficial for all, regardless of age! (- its how young you feel that counts after all, innit & I for one feel younger with mine ) Come on all you new ebike owners, lets make this poll a representative cross section of the world's electric cyclists' ages . Stuart.
March 24, 200719 yr I'm 33 and love electric cycles. I'm currently between cycles and am using a convention MTB right now - a Raleigh Max. My next electic cycle will most likley be a Powacycle Salisbury when pay day comes around again. I use my cycle for commuting to work and back, which dependant on what work is in can be anything from a mile upto 15 miles. The electric cycle allows me to do this with ease. As i'm also Diabetic it allows me to stay mobile without facing the extortionate insurance costs associated with owning a motor vehicle. It also means that I can get to work and back without aggravating my condition too much.
March 24, 200719 yr How old? I've posted my nearly most intimate details on my profile for all to see. Good place to put 'em. Saves a lot of searching. If there is going to be a dual band of ages (eg "50 going on 20") that's a big permutation! Before someone works it out that's 2401. Nobody is 50 going on 50 and 49 going on 51, is not going to be admitted
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