That guy is in great shape! Hope I am still riding bikes at his age.
105-Year-Old Cyclist Rides 14 Miles in an Hour En Route to a World Record
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Re: 105-Year-Old Cyclist Rides 14 Miles in an Hour En Route to a World Record
#62I am a 19 year-old and I don't even know how to cycle
Chill, you still have 86 years to learn !
Re: 105-Year-Old Cyclist Rides 14 Miles in an Hour En Route to a World Record
#63I remember reading that there is a correlation with height and longevity [1]. He is only 5' tall. His height is probably easier on his heart. [1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071721/
Makes sense. The heart wouldn't need to be as strong to circulate blood, and by extension not need to be as large or need as much nourishment either.
Humans shrink in size as they grow older as well.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't believe that Americans are unenlightened savages. I believe that they have a very limited cycling culture, due largely to the dominance of car culture. America was fortunate enough to be the richest country on earth during the 20th century, so it developed a car culture sooner and more pervasively than any other country. At a time when cars were an unaffordable luxury for most Europeans, many Americans regard…
Yes, America has a "limited" cycling culture, but we're a nation of 300 million people; within that there are pockets of very real cycling culture informed by decades of experience from elsewhere. Some of us do cycle, too. There are miles and miles of good trails running through some cities you wouldn't expect.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't believe that Americans are unenlightened savages. I believe that they have a very limited cycling culture, due largely to the dominance of car culture. America was fortunate enough to be the richest country on earth during the 20th century, so it developed a car culture sooner and more pervasively than any other country. At a time when cars were an unaffordable luxury for most Europeans, many Americans regard…
Yes, America has a "limited" cycling culture, but we're a nation of 300 million people; within that there are pockets of very real cycling culture informed by decades of experience from elsewhere. Some of us do cycle, too. There are miles and miles of good trails running through some cities you wouldn't expect.
That is the exact opposite of a national culture of cycling...
Re: 105-Year-Old Cyclist Rides 14 Miles in an Hour En Route to a World Record
#66He should be in a Shimano 105 groupset commercial :)
Clever.
Re: 105-Year-Old Cyclist Rides 14 Miles in an Hour En Route to a World Record
#67Mind blown. His diet that consists mainly of fruits and vegetables along with his lean body are likely major factors that contribute to his youth like health at 105.
I'm sure there's a portion that's attributed to diet and exercise, but there's a ton of genetic advantages going on here too.
Re: 105-Year-Old Cyclist Rides 14 Miles in an Hour En Route to a World Record
#68Mind blown. His diet that consists mainly of fruits and vegetables along with his lean body are likely major factors that contribute to his youth like health at 105.
I'm sure there's a portion that's attributed to diet and exercise, but there's a ton of genetic advantages going on here too.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
>If he's been doing serious road biking since that age it's probably not something that he's doing on regular streets. Of course he rides on regular streets, he's French. Seeing an elderly woman riding to the shops or a group of lycra-clad pensioners attacking a mountain pass is perfectly normal there. It is a peculiarly American belief that bicycles are somehow incompatible with motor vehicles. Cyclists need no spec…
You can drive to Plano, Texas and find packs of bikers attacking the open road as well. That's not a video of Marchand in lycra speeding down a Paris boulevard. Is it a particularly European belief that Americans are unenlightened savages? I mean, we are, but you don't have to assume it.
> Is it a particularly European belief that Americans are unenlightened savages?
That depends on how Asia and Africa see America ;)
Certainly made urban, young, progressive America quite a but more impressive when I visited!
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#70Theres also a marathon runner who runs at 100+ somewhere, quite amazing.
> Theres also a marathon runner who runs at 100+ somewhere, quite amazing.
Had to look that up [1] [2].
[1] https://www.yahoo.com/news/100-old-marathoner-finishes-race-...