If your question implies the question "Can one's body effectively shrink due to aging?" my answer is, yes, absolutely. I may be seeing this myself, and I certainly saw it in my dad as he aged. The lamina between spinal bones compress over time, and this alone results in a height reduction even in fit people.
I'm not sure I'd trust the height/weight measurements done at some doctors' offices. The assistants at my GPs office aren't consistent about me having shoes on, for example. The doctor may be skilled at "taking it with a grain of salt," but still, the raw numbers are no longer good. How about your flexibility - have you had it tested, or do you have a baseline to compare to? I've found even in my '50s it can improve with stretching. On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 12:42 AM, b hamon <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I wonder if any of you have had a custom frame that you rode for years and > more recently have found that the top tube has become too long for you? I > would guess this happens more noticeably to the short-torsoed among us, > since as we age our spines compress and those with shorter torsos feel the > difference in the reach to the handlebars sooner than everyone else. > > But I'm beginning to suspect that this may be happening to me with a > 12-year-old custom frame that is no longer comfortable with drops on it > (even with the shortest Nitto Techie I can find). My suspicion may have been > confirmed at the doctor's office this week when I discovered that I was not > only no longer 5' 7", I apparently haven't been for some time. > > For someone who is, in her family of origin, very, very short (my sister > and all my cousins topped out at 6' or more), it was a crushing blow, for at > least ten minutes. > > Seriously, has this happened to anyone else? Is it possible to "outgrow" > (or outshrink?) a custom frame? --B > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Ken Freeman Ann Arbor, MI USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
