Skinny runners, fat cyclists
09-26-16, 12:45 PM
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Skinny runners, fat cyclists
You hardly ever come across regular runners that are fat or have guts, but many regular cyclists are out of shape. Why?
09-26-16, 12:47 PM
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You can't sit down while you run...?
09-26-16, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by vinuneuro
You hardly ever come across regular runners that are fat or have guts, but many regular cyclists are out of shape. Why?
Plus fat people are more jolly, and running is for miserable people.
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09-26-16, 12:59 PM
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Running is a different exercise than cycling.
I cant run worth anything. I hate it. I can cycle though.
PS- i bet youd get responses in the Clydesdale/Athena area of the forum....from the people you are talking about.
I cant run worth anything. I hate it. I can cycle though.
PS- i bet youd get responses in the Clydesdale/Athena area of the forum....from the people you are talking about.
09-26-16, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Jean3n16
Running is a different exercise than cycling.
I cant run worth anything. I hate it. I can cycle though.
PS- i bet youd get responses in the Clydesdale/Athena area of the forum....from the people you are talking about.
I cant run worth anything. I hate it. I can cycle though.
PS- i bet youd get responses in the Clydesdale/Athena area of the forum....from the people you are talking about.
I should add that while I'm not overweight I'm certainly not in fantastic shape and do have a slight gut myself. I was quite overweight when I started running in my late teens though, and don't know if I would have achieved the same kind of weight loss by cycling.
09-26-16, 01:06 PM
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Because most cyclists eat too damn much.
09-26-16, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by vinuneuro
You hardly ever come across regular runners that are fat or have guts, but many regular cyclists are out of shape. Why?
Because fixie riders, like runners, can never coast.
09-26-16, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by caloso
Because most cyclists eat too damn much.
Not to mention the "bikes and pints" rides, again, not something I associate with runners typically.
09-26-16, 01:16 PM
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Most cyclists overestimate the calories they burn, and also underestimate our body's ability to sabotage our effort to lose weight. If I use the Garmin's calories burned numbers from my rides (from actual power meter no less) and 3500 calories equals one pound of fat, I should weigh about less than 0, like -200 lbs.
09-26-16, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by caloso
Because most cyclists eat too damn much.
09-26-16, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Wested
My god, man, you are on to something.
09-26-16, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ShortLegCyclist
Because fixie riders, like runners, can never coast.
09-26-16, 01:26 PM
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Now where did that "potbellied cyclists" thread go....
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09-26-16, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
Now where did that "potbellied cyclists" thread go....
https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycli...otbellies.html
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09-26-16, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by vinuneuro
You hardly ever come across regular runners that are fat or have guts, but many regular cyclists are out of shape. Why?
I see plenty of large walker/joggers, but the runners I know are thin.
I also see cyclings equivalent of walker/joggers fairly often. Very similar build.
IMO 12 minute miles isn't running, and 15mph isn't cycling.
09-26-16, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
Having rode a fixie and ran a bunch, they're really not very alike. You can ride as slow as you like on a bike, you can only dial the intensity down so much when you run. No matter how slowly you run, you're still constantly jumping from one leg to the other.
This is part of why the Pronto bikeshare program isn't working out, people who use bikeshare rather than their own bike tend to ride them downhill only in Seattle, and then they mostly coast.
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Originally Posted by 69chevy
15mph isn't cycling.
On flat ground or downhill, agree.
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Originally Posted by dr_lha
Plus fat people are more jolly, and running is for miserable people.
Thread winner and the best thing I have read all day!
09-26-16, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by ShortLegCyclist
The better question might be do you ever come across a fixie rider who is fat?
Because fixie riders, like runners, can never coast.
Because fixie riders, like runners, can never coast.
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You can't coast when you run.
09-26-16, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by nycphotography
They also can't drop into the granny gear to gerbil their way up the hills either.
09-26-16, 01:44 PM
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Gerbil needs to flip the stem.
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Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest
Having rode a fixie and ran a bunch, they're really not very alike. You can ride as slow as you like on a bike, you can only dial the intensity down so much when you run. No matter how slowly you run, you're still constantly jumping from one leg to the other.
The closest I've come to a runner's high without actually running is on a fixed-gear bike.
Yeah, intensity has to be there. Can't really soft pedal and expect the same result but still, legs are moving constantly.
Just musing.
