Roadie body...
 

Okay let's discuss the roadie body. Does anyone else find it really sickly and ugly??

We have thin arms, geberally small chest and smallback. We have ugly tan lines which look awful if we go for a swim. We do have built legs with muscle but the muscles dont aid in runnin or walking as much ad runner legs do.

What do you guys think?

I totally agree with you. I was bigger but looked more normal before I started cycling 5 times a week.

Ovoleg, you've added a new dimension to BF members' self-loathing.

Agreed, yet roadies still flaunt it with pride, in lycra. What a paradox.

Who can argue with this? Well done ovo. You suck.

Many do look like a hybrid of athlete and famine victim, it's true...

Ever notice how those guys modeling cycling gear look like they spend more time in a gym than on a bike? Even if I lost twenty pounds (5 down, 15 to go) I'll still look more like a linebacker than a roadie. Which probably explains why I suck at riding.

How's that for self loathing?

only those who are good at this sport look like freaks. i look like a god

When recognized on a plane by other unknown cyclists' for flaunting my cyclist tan- I felt nothing but pride.. I thought it was an American virtue. You can never be too thin.Wish I was..!...It's easier to tackle the next mountain...
. Still, that does not mean you can't end your century with 10 push ups... ?

Yeah, I think most of us could stand a few push ups now and then.

As I have no intention of racing I try to do a lot of upper body workouts, pullups and pushups being staples. I don't care if it makes me worse at cycling!

So I'm a pitiful excuse for a roadie?

6'2" at 180lbs

No, yer a skinny mofo.

So what am I then?

6'3 @ 145lbs

Light is right.

How long O lord

5'-9", 132lbs....I think I look just fine :)

Hipsters have made being skinny fashionable. Now you just need to fix the tan lines.

I'm a skinny mofo 6' @ 125lbs. I never stand up to pedal, even on big hills :)

Who cares? It's fun.

Hey aren't you the guy who made the tanning thread a couple days ago? Why are you so worried about how cyclists look?

:notamused:

Speak for yerself.

I work out and stay physically fit in other ways too. Apparently, from a thread here a couple of days back, so does Lance; someone posted up a pic of "ripped" Lance doing pliometrics with dumbbells.

I guess the OP is just a skinny freak and wants to justify it somehow. ;)

last weekend, i was riding behind someone who looked like a woman. as i passed (yes i was really fast) i looked across and saw she had a full beard.

I lead a pretty physical life and tend to put on upper body mass so am not a stereotypical cyclist. Like a diesel, I won't be the first at the top of a climb but I get there with constant effort and without fail.

Funnily enough, I love climbing.