2. Ageing lager meister
2. Ageing lager meister
This guy enjoys himself, he’s generally an older gent, but there are some younger early ageing guys who drift into this category their 30s, so ‘ageing’ isn’t a true definition.
You’ll spot these guys easily. First you’ll see either an immaculate classic Colnago sitting outside a pub. Either that or a pristine and beautiful ‘retro’ steel race bike. Very close by will be a fella sitting with a €1 pint, a big smile on his face and will always give you a welcoming nod if you’re in bike gear.
He’ll be wearing either brand new club kit, or very old club kit, but definitely nothing in between, he keeps that for under his winter tops. It’s a nostalgia and modern-day thing. The new stuff he’s wearing will be hidden for a few years soon, only to reappear in a sunny bar with a sea-view somewhere overseas.
He’ll meet up with other similar types for a ride, all with skinny arms and legs, but a few spare tubs in their midriff, out for a nice sedate pace in the sun, only to return later to another watering hole.
They return home with a cyclist’s tan lines from mostly sitting in bike gear at the pub, stories of riding the bike each day to tell the wife and spread the embarrassing stories about what happened to the newbie on their first training camp with seasoned clubmen.