Did You Know: The Oldest Competitive Cyclist Was 105 Years Old?

How old is too old to ride a bicycle? Well, if the records in the Guinness World Records are something to go by, then there is no age limit considered too old to ride a bicycle.

According to the records, the oldest ever known active cyclist was aged 105 years and he rode 22.547 kilometers in 2017.

Robert Merchand was born in 1911 and by the time he took part in the “Best Hour Performance in the Men’s Master Aged 105 and above”, he was 105 years and 39 days old.

Still with people who have broken records despite their advanced age, the aggregate age of the oldest couple to have run a marathon is 163 years, 390 days by Uchida Masatsugu (83 years, 272 days old) and Ryoko Uchida (80 years, 88 days old)