Originally Posted by
rebel1916
See rock climbing, skiing, paddling, etc. Like it or not, virtually everybody cycling in the US is doing it for physical fitness, recreation or to put it another way, sport.
Sport.....an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and
often of a competitive nature"
As for virtually everyone in the US cycling as a "sport", not so in my locale, where virtually every cyclist I see on the road is using a bicycle as a means of transportation. Now if you wish to consider my skills and a athletic prowess in working urban traffic as a "sport", so be it, but I consider it good use of Urban Survival Skills™