We moved to KY from Seattle three years ago. I’m almost 61. People’s first reaction to how old I am has almost become comical. Now I just say that 45 years in the rain is the reason.
Truth be told, it’s genetic, and I bicycle commuted between 25 and 45 round trip miles (depending on the contract I was on) until cell phones made it too dangerous.
My 86 year old father left the softball team a couple of years ago, but he still does a lot of wood chopping.
And my 87 year old mother still has black hair with a few gray strands.
As a longtime practitioner of bicycle commuting, I wonder why you think cell phones have made the practice significantly more dangerous than before.
Sharing the road with cars has always been really dangerous.
Of course, it’s not really the cars that are the problem, it’s the drivers. :-)