pdxallarounder

3/4 helmet too!

Butter dripping off a hot biscuit. So smooth. So good. So inspiring.

I hope you guys are wrong, but that doesn’t mean that you are. I’m in my 50’s and I love this stuff, but I’m also tuning into slope events with my teenager and ride park along with enduro trails. Not many of my friends, who are actually a bit younger are into it, but they also aren’t on PB.

53 years old now. Last summer was one of my best on the bike ever and I’ve been riding since my teens. Lots of skills progression and tons of riding. One thing I did this year that helped a ton was work hard in the gym. It’s no exaggeration to say that the gym work was a game changer. I had aches and pains that have plagued me since my twenties disappear and I was able to ride stronger than I have for a long time. My physio has me focus on deadlifts to balance out being hunched over on the bike and that has been huge. I have set my gym goals around the deadlift which has made going to the gym fun because I have focus and I’m focusing on something that makes me stronger on the bike. It also helps that I have a teenage son to help me progress at the bike park, which is to say riding with young guns helps progression even when you’re old. Want to ride like a kid? Ride with one!

@commental: interesting that they used a plate. My son broke his femur recently and they used a single rod which has been removed. We still have it.