how can i get those diamond cut legs for biking?I am very skinny i am around 5 5 and weigh 95 ibs soaking wet.

ride more, eat less

Actually, in his case it would be ride more, eat more.

ride bike lots, eat balanced meals with high quality protein; follow exercise routine; walk everywhere you're not biking to. lift weights.

one trick to muscle rebuilding is eating proteins one hour, max, after exercise. I'm not exercise physiologist, but there's some reuptake that occurs in a limited time frame after exercise.

I think just riding everywhere you go and eating lots of high quality food with proteins should help. dieting does not; i think i eat 4,000 calories a day sometimes. your metabolism sounds like its firing on high already.

Fixed gear with a high gear. That ought aught to do the trick.

more hills!

bekologist is right about eating right after exercising too! the hour after you workout is the key time to get your muscles some good protien (or so i've read). i will usually try to slam down a recovery drink soon after going out for a long ride. i bet there are cheaper ways to "recover" as well.

really i am partial to a recovery cheeseburger but i don't think i got any nutrition experts backing me up there...

1) get a job at the top of a mountain, get a house at the bottom, bike commute.
-- seriously though, try to ride with more intensity and with less emphasis on cardio, try to go up hills in a higher gear than you normally would, but not so high as to cause knee pain.
2) weight lifting? get a book on building lower body strength?

3) SUBWAY! EAT STEAK! -- seriously though, higher protein diet could help, or your same diet with some protein supplements. personally i'd rather eat beef, chicken, turkey, fish, soy, nuts than to drink those powdery protein shakes and pills.

4) cross train. perhaps swimming or running could help. or you could go mountain biking, around here our mountain trails are much much harsher than our roads, and will thus build you up faster.

Read a few books by either Nancy Clark or Chris Carmichael. Good reading.
You need to properly fuel, workout, recover, ride hills, interval train, etc. Of course, it is significantly more complicated than my post.
Strength training helps a bit as well.
A visit with a personal trainer to set a workout routine would help.... as well as a visit with a nutritionist.

Assuming diet is right, agreed. Even just pushing higher gears than ones normal on any bike.

Also as this is commuting forum I'll add that fully stopping at every required stop and regaining speed as quick as possible each time helps too.

Al

My "recovery" drink after riding home from work is ice cold beer. But my goal is baby soft love handles, not diamond cut legs.

Maybe I need to find some brew with protein in it.

Isn't spinning low gears to burn fat and reveal muscle a possibility too? Maybe not at 5'5" 95# but otherwise...

Do what the pro's do: take steroids.

just kidding.

True. We may curse those stop signs but our quads thrive on them. Another way is trying to prove to other drivers you are as fast as a car turning out of a left turn only lane on a 5 lane road. Good sprinting practice. Also funny to watch drivers behind you flounder in embarrassment as they find they are the ones holding up traffic and not you.

Commute on a fixed gear. Stop for every sign and use your legs to brake (of course, use the hand brakes for sudden and emergency stops). You'll be busting through your pants within a month.

Ummm, troll anyone? If you really are serious about getting nice legs, get a Singlespeed with a low ratio

Squats while standing on toes not flat footed

No they take EPO, human growth hormone, and blood infusions. Everyone knows that.

Mmmmm, I'm loving the HGH!!!

You need to pick different parents.

EPO, huh? Well shoot, I must have my acronyms messed up because I've been taking lots of IPA and all I got was fat and drunk (I live a pretty sweet life, I know)