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Offline Biggles

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Got a few years to go...
« on: January 31, 2019, 12:51:01 PM »
It looks like I've got quite a bit of riding still in my future, Governments permitting. 

https://riders.drivemag.com/news/still-riding-at-100-i-ve-just-never-grown-up
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Re: Got a few years to go...
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2019, 04:11:16 PM »
If he is nearly 100 and only been riding 50 years, then he started late.  Wot thuh
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Re: Got a few years to go...
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2019, 04:13:05 PM »
I wasn't far off 50 when I started riding.  I wish I discovered bikes sooner.
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Re: Got a few years to go...
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2019, 07:12:28 PM »
Last July was 50 years since I got my bike license
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Re: Got a few years to go...
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2019, 02:54:11 PM »
Quote from: STeveo on January 31, 2019, 04:11:16 PM
If he is nearly 100 and only been riding 50 years, then he started late.  Wot thuh

People's work doesn't always lend itself to riding as a hobby.  But mostly it's family pressures.  I told my teenager who wasn't especially well-coordinated that I'd help him buy a car rather than a motorbike.  That meant I couldn't buy a motorbike myself at that stage...   :-[
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