Comments on: Grandpa Loving the Bike

By: Cyclelicious

Cyclelicious — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:26:00 +0000

Dude, that’s impressive. You have every right to brag on your grandpa!

By: Darryl

Darryl — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:06:16 +0000

Thanks Eric, I think you did a pretty fantastic job at describing why you love the bike. If it’s okay with you, I’m going to use it in our upcoming Look Who’s Loving the Bike feature.

Darryl

By: Eric Hutchins

Eric Hutchins — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:36:54 +0000

Love this blog, it made me think a lot about the topic and what it means to me. Pamela @Pameloth and I even talked about it while we were riding today.
My love for it comes from a feeling. Those times when everything is working right, your spinning along, the road is smooth the scenery beautiful, the only sound the whir of your gearset. Your body is up off the ground and it feels like flying. Not being a writer I can’t describe it like you guys can but, its magical, it feels for a while like you can go forever, like you wont tire, like gravity doesn’t effect you.
There is much more but that is the first thought that crossed my mind.

By: Loving the Bike

Loving the Bike — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:39:26 +0000

Yeah, I’m still very impressed with your 113 miler….what an accomplishment.

Darryl

By: Loving the Bike

Loving the Bike — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:37:36 +0000

Yeah, but it better be in a very long time from now that I’m posting about Grandpa Darryl. I can see that you’ve got some of your Grandpa’s DNA strands as well. Cool.

Darryl

By: Loving the Bike

Loving the Bike — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:36:29 +0000

You’ll probably still be doing 1/2 marathons in your 80′s won’t you?

Daryl

By: Loving the Bike

Loving the Bike — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:35:44 +0000

Whoa….looks like your Grandpa outdid mine by about 3 years. Good to see it. I think you and I should battle it out to see who bikes into the oldest age.

Darryl

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:26:53 +0000

Nice story.

My grandfather died last year at 97. Up until 96 and a half years of age, he was still doing 30 min. on the stationary bike.

By: DareToBecome

DareToBecome — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:43:21 +0000

I love these pictures! I too believe that the more active we stay the longer it keeps us going. My father-in-law is 84 and plays tennis every morning with his buddies. He’s very fit and alert.

By: bikerly

bikerly — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:16:17 +0000

Me too! Every year Grandpa Lloyd had all the grandkids out for a weekend of bike races. Being a farmer, he did a little bit of everything, like welding. We’d always work on something from extending out a chopper fork or making a trailer. He had a unicycle, tandem, and one of those super high rides… the ultimate tinkerer. Great memories.

Grandpa Darryl… now that’s gonna make a story.