Seems to me that there are a lot of young people posting their adventure bike trips on YouTube - by young I mean 20s and 30s.
When I was your age I wanted to do the ‘travelling’ thing and had a hankering to ride my bike to Australia. Well nobody I knew had even been to Europe on their bikes at that time - mid 1980s, so like most young men I thought it was too much hassle, sold my bike and bought a plane ticket. In my defence it was way before the likes of Mondo Enduro and LWR, no internet or adv mags - I’d yet to be introduced to Ted Simon.
When I started to go to Europe with my wife (1994) there’d be a handful of bikes on the ferry, nearly all older guys. Now you can’t even count them on the UK - Spain routes and a mixture of ages.
Two things if I may be so bold:
Apathy - you encounter that in all forms of society, biking is no different - don’t let it affect you.
Age - ignore it. I’ve been on European bike trips with 19 year olds who’ve been out ridden and drunk under the table by 65 year olds 
Happy biking my friend - I wish I was 23 again.
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