This is how fast you can roll over the trails at over 70

In the current issue of Ride, we take a look at senior citizens on the trails. The focus is on 78-year-old Verena Landolt. When she saw the pictures, she was a little disappointed that we hadn't included more action. We are now making up for this.

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When photographer Sam Buchli accompanied a Pro Senectute group on their tour around Lake Murten, it was still the rainy season in Switzerland. This severely limited the choice of rideable single trails. Nevertheless, the pictures show that over-70 biking is by no means limited to wide dirt tracks and forest roads.

One of the surprising findings of the research is that Pro Senectute is probably the most successful provider of bike tours in Switzerland, with 6000 participants per year. Of course, the tours are only comparable to a limited extent with those for which middle-aged people book a guide or make use of another paid service. In any case, it is extremely pleasing that so many senior citizens are out and about on their studded tires. What motivates them to do so, how tourism providers are responding and why Pro Senectute even considers cycling in old age to be a form of accident prevention can all be read in issue 5-2021 of Ride.

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This is how fast you can roll over the trails at over 70