Here’s another story to give you a boost.
It’s the story of 103-year-old Octavio Orduño, of Long Beach, who they want to make the city’s bicycle ambassador.
The L.A. Times reports that nearly every day Orduño leaves his third-floor apartment that he shares with his wife of 60 years, gets his Torker trike out of the garage and bicycles along the six block route he has ridden for over 30 years.
Some think that he may be the oldest bicyclist in the world, but he can’t remember exactly how old he was when he started riding.
His wife has to pressure him to wear his glasses, without which she maintains he can’t see a thing.
Trikes and recumbents. They’ve extended the bicycling careers of a great many people, with a without motor assists.
