Originally Posted by
Rowan
Which is comparatively unusual for the distances you ride because conventional wisdom says that cycling is not a good physical activity to maintain bone strength and to reduce the incidence of osteoporosis because it doesn't involve impact loading.
From my understanding, weights are not a significant prevention for osteoporosis, rather it is the need for impact on the skeletal structure, as in when walking, and particularly when running.
What do you mean no impact loading? You should see the roads I ride on.
Many of my old steel bikes from CA have been shaken to dust since I moved to OR twelve years ago. I've even had a couple of racks break from the bouncing.
Actually, I probably developed the boat anchor bones from many years of basketball. I finally quit playing in 2000 when it became apparent that my dunking days would soon end. The game just isn't as fun below the rim. My knees have been thanking me every day since then.