Originally Posted by
PepeM
Issue here is that you are making up a definition of 'athlete' and then deciding that the skillset of a subset of athletes is more important than the skillset of others.
You don't have to "make up" a definition. The more athletic skills possess, the better an athlete you are.
Sitting on a bicycle seat and pedaling for a long time is a single, narrow skillset.
NFL, MBL and NBA players possess a much wider athletic skillset.
If a "chef" is only capable of making one dish, how good of a "chef" are they? If another chef can make dozens or hundreds of dishes which are all excellent, and at the same level of quality as the other chef who can only make one, then the latter is by definition, a better chef.
Very easy to figure out. Except on bikeforums.