How far can a 75 year old ride?

Mother knows best. Or so I thought. But it turns out my mother has actually gone mad.

Aged 75, having, to my knowledge, never owned a bicycle in her life, she rode from Edinburgh in Scotland to the Isle of Iona, on the other coast of Scotland from Wednesday to Sunday.

Here’s the video wot I made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo8bT391VYM

She's raising money for St Columba’s Hospice, an Edinburgh hospice for the terminally ill where she has worked for 30 years.
https://stcolumbas.workwithus.org/Fundraising/Donate.aspx?page=6254

Please donate or just send the video to your friends!

14.37km, less 2.41km if she smokes.

I once rode a 75 year old, does that count?

that's fucking brilliant! good on her.

donated.

No, they'd have to have ridden you

Cool!

wow, thank you!

BTW your Mum is awesome - should be in epic win.

BTW your Mum is awesome - should be in epic win.

feel free to repost there..

the same distance as a length of string then double it

Brilliant!

Awesome, she embodies HTFU. I approve.

That's superb.

Wonderful.

balf, your mother is an absolutely fantastic lady. Top notch.

That's impressive! V. Impressive indeed, fair play!

Liking this. Good work.

what a superb lady

I have a feeling its possible balf's mum may eventually read this thread.

Just saying like...........

she's trying to put as much distance as she can between herself and the piper...

ace. go your mum.

I ride with a weekly group on occasion, some of whom are in their 70s. They are retired and spend their winters cycling in Italy and the south of France. I can't keep up with them most of the time, and I'm not yet 50. I just hope when I'm in my 70s, I am:
1) alive
2) not in jail
3) not awaiting a liver transplant from my copious drinking
4) riding like those guys and this wonderful lady

your mum rocks!!

your mother is a legend FULL STOP!