60 plus and still going strong

At the age of 62 I know I'm getting slower. How do I know? Because everybody on a road bike speeds past me. Pre lockdown, I was struggling to keep up with a group at a steady 16-17mph on a flattish ride. I approach a hill, I feel as if I'm on a giant piece of elastic. I'm pleased that I can still ride for 40-50 miles - it just takes me longer than it did 10 years ago. Perhaps I should console myself with the fact that I still can ride the distance. Maybe old and slow is the way to go or mabe a new expensive gravel bike is called for. Afterall, on a towpath, I'm not going to be flat out, I'm just likely to be enjoying the flora and fauna. Does any one on here experience anything similar. Come on! I need reassurance.

Yay, made it yesterday! Authority figures throughout my (long) life said I never would. I won't bother riding past the crematorium again, I'll just put over and wait.

I can now be grumpy officially and make tutting noises in supermarket queues. I can also bore people I meet by telling them my age without being asked.

Old is going to suit me......

Congrats!

On the upside you'll soon have more hair sprouting from your ears, than on your head.

Comb-over.

Don't push yer luck youngster, I am now the snarling old git sitting at the end of every bar convinced that he's hard as nails.

Nursing half a mild, yeah?

Mild isn't what it used to be when they poured the contents of the drip trays into it, I can remember when old Tommy (continues ad infinitum).