Fifty Plus (50+) - Medical Advice to Bicyclists

It's from JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, so it must be true.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/274/16/1320.1.full.pdf+html

Please endeavor to avoid "delirium of swiftness" and "bicycle face". :eek:

Please endeavor to avoid ... "bicycle face". :eek:Yes, an ashen countenance caused by the subconscious mind continuing to have to work to keep the cycle in balance. The article Notes that bicycle face would not be a factor for tricyclists. Worthwhile read. :)

"Bicycle Face" ... I thought that was my "Oh S**t" look just before my wife made a sudden U-turn in front of me and I ended up broad-siding her and going over the handlebars.

Well, I certainly am not having to worry about being deleriously swift...the face, well, it is what it is.

Bicycle face? Is that anything like "puddin' face?"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyKhP6x0tXE

Can't be any worse than Guitar Face....


http://media.egotvonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Joe-Walsh.jpg

I don't know, if someone is "watching" me ride up a steep hill, then I might just have, "Bicycle Face", LOL! ;)

And I guess we will lose all the ladies of Fifty Plus. As Dr. Forbes Winslow says that they run the "danger of serious bodily illness from excessive straining." We all know how delicate women are. :rolleyes:

I suffer from Bicycle body. I have so much scar tissue it keeps me held together. UGLY, but stout!

What a hoot! Great share, 150 bpm on the HR monitor, gotta watch myself.

It's from JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, so it must be true.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/274/16/1320.1.full.pdf+html

Please endeavor to avoid "delirium of swiftness" and "bicycle face". :eek:

Enjoyable reading... thanks!

What about Keyboard face? They talked about that in the Dilbert comic strip. Comes from falling asleep on your keyboard

I don't know, if someone is "watching" me ride up a steep hill, then I might just have, "Bicycle Face", LOL! ;)
If you ride a bicycle in the forest and no one is there to see you...

Interesting read; thanks for sharing!

October 19, 1895 ???? Really??????

Now just imagine a 2111 reader seeing 2011 articles about the magical qualities of bike lanes and helmets.:lol:

Now just imagine a 2111 reader seeing 2011 articles about the magical qualities of bike lanes and helmets.:lol:

Can't resist being the cynic.... just imagine people reading in 2111.

October 19, 1895 ???? Really??????

I hate these resurrected post's--



Now just imagine a 2111 reader seeing 2011 articles about the magical qualities of bike lanes and helmets.:lol:

And to be honest--If you had told me about the magical qualities of a bike 25 years ago- I would have had my doubts.

Jeez, I had no idea just staying upright required such effort. Perhaps the writer was missing the part where you put the bike in forward motion and it pretty much stays upright on it's own. He obviously made his observations of a track standing cyclist.

Jeez, I had no idea just staying upright required such effort. Perhaps the writer was missing the part where you put the bike in forward motion and it pretty much stays upright on it's own. He obviously made his observations of a track standing cyclist.

Physics had not yet been invented in 1895.

I'm a very dull nerves type of guy.

I saw a film ca. 1975 about the positive benefits (as opposed to negative benefits, I suppose) of cycling, and about this wonderful gizmo called a derailleur.

It motivated me to go and buy a Puegeot AO8. It got ripped off within the year by some stupid junkie (as opposed to a smart junkie).

Maybe the reason it took so much effort to stay up was that they were riding so slowly (less than 12 kilometers per hour).

Maybe the reason it took so much effort to stay up was that they were riding so slowly (less than 12 kilometers per hour).
More likely is that in the 1890s you'd be likely to see quite a few adults learning to ride a bicycle for the very first time. It's easy to forget how much learning is involved in becoming proficient in keeping a bicycle upright since it quickly becomes second nature once mastered. Yes, a bicycle when given a shove will stay upright on its own for quite some distance, but not if you put an unskilled rider on it. Teach adults, who never had a bike as children, how to ride and you'll appreciate that it takes some practice and trial-and-error to learn the proper technique for balancing.

Guys, remember that this was from 1895. It appears that best bikes back then were penny-farthings. I don't think they even had pneumatic tires. Balancing on these contraptions does not look too simple.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny-farthing

Can't resist being the cynic.... just imagine people reading in 2111.Fan of "In the year 2525".

Weren't they still doing "blood letting" in those days to eliminate the "evil humors"?

As I lay on the table getting a vasectomy some years ago I remember thinking how it might be described in the future..."they would hack at your genitals with a sharp knife until the appropriate parts were severed.."

Can somebody hack into my profile and change my join date to show "Nov 1894" ?

Anybody? Buehler? Anybody?

Weren't they still doing "blood letting" in those days to eliminate the "evil humors"?And modern medicine has determined it to be beneficial.

Yet one more reason for switching to a trike :)

Now just imagine a 2111 reader seeing 2011 articles about the magical qualities of bike lanes and helmets.:lol:

I imagine that it will bring back many memories for me.

-G

Weren't they still doing "blood letting" in those days to eliminate the "evil humors"?


I donate blood regularly for the sole purpose of eliminating evil humours.

Guys, remember that this was from 1895. It appears that best bikes back then were penny-farthings. I don't think they even had pneumatic tires. Balancing on these contraptions does not look too simple.

By 1895 the 'safety bicycle' was rapidly replacing the Penny-farthing, or Ordinary. But Ordinaries are actually quite easy to balance due to their high center of gravity. Unfortunately they were also quite easy flip over forward, but that's a separate problem. OTOH, some of the early 'safety bicycle' designs did not have particularly stable steering geometries.

And I guess we will lose all the ladies of Fifty Plus. As Dr. Forbes Winslow says that they run the "danger of serious bodily illness from excessive straining." We all know how delicate women are. :rolleyes:


Art, you're just dangling the bait out there!

Reminds me of the new Dos Equis beer commercial. Said about the most interesting man in the world, "He’s won trophies for his game face alone."

Art, you're just dangling the bait out there!

Doctor's orders. Maybe you should get a second opinion. ;)

Don't you dare question the medical profession. Everyone knows they are the ultimate in wisdom and knowledge. Always have been, always will be.

Guys, remember that this was from 1895. It appears that best bikes back then were penny-farthings. I don't think they even had pneumatic tires. Balancing on these contraptions does not look too simple.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny-farthing

Falling off them,however, appears to be a breeze

I always thought the cause of Bicycle Face was riding with the saddle higher than the handlebar.

One of the scariest courses I ever took at University was a history of medicine course ... but then I took another course on the history of psychiatry, talk about a chamber of horrors. You were not better off going to the doctor for anything other than a broken bone until the 1920s or 30s. These days, with antibiotic resistant bacteria permeating most American hospitals the tide may have turned back to the days when you were worse off.

LOL!

At first I was thinking WTH? Then I saw the dates.

Not sure I could ride a penny farthing at all let alone 12 km/hr.

"Cycling, if rationally pursued, may unquestionably be regarded as one of the boons and blessings of the 19th century." Chambers' Encyclopaedia, a Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Vol 3, 1888.

By 1895 the 'safety bicycle' was rapidly replacing the Penny-farthing, or Ordinary.

At the 1891 Paris-Brest-Paris only one rider was on an ordinary. By 1895, the peak of the first golden age of cycling, the ordinary was inarguably obsolete and pneumatic tires were common. Cycling enthusiasts were routinely logging thousands of miles a year.

"It has a tendency to fall to one side or the other all the time," - So, Club Tombay is more than 115 years old?

Another type of bicycle face that doctors might suggest we avoid.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d126/telehammer/RAGBRAI1997MYAMPORKCHOP.jpg

Obviously, that doctor has never got bitten by the bicycle bug and has no clue what riding is all about.

The really scary thing about this article is the sidebar reminding today's doctors to consider drug interactions before prescribing. Like they don't KNOW this ???

October 19, 1895 ???? Really??????

Wow, tsl's mail delivery must really run late. Talk about snail mail.

Thanks for the entertaining read tsl,

Hopefully, somewhere along the line, the JAMA writers learned to use the paragraph. Kind of difficult to read as is.

Rick / OCRR

Well we need to give the original writers some slack as the modern chain driven bicycle was only 10 years old when the article was written. We need a government funded study to verify the conclusions.

"Ashen and haggard?"
That's not "Bicycle Face." That's "Reconciling Bills and Writing Out Checks After Christmas Face!"