Originally Posted by Pat
Cycling does not eat away at muscle mass.
I suppose one could be a decent body builder and a decent cyclist but very few people are. The sports are quite different. Body building does not require anywhere near the aerobic capacity cycling does and a cyclist has no real need to lug around all that upper body weight. So why bother?
The legendary body builder Bill Pearl who took place in every body building event he ever entered raced bikes when he retired from body building. I guess he did well in some local races, but I don't remember him winning anything significant.