Originally Posted by
cooker
Excellent, but I'm not sure about strengthening bones as it is mostly non weight bearing. Do you have a source for that? I think I read that Tour de France riders lose bone mass over the tour, but of course that's a pretty extreme event so maybe it doesn't apply to normal cycling.
Thanks for the input.
After I put these together I was kicking myself for not keeping and including the sources. I can't find the original source I used for the 'Strengthened bones' point, but I did find this:
https://www.health.harvard.edu/stayi...its-of-cycling