are cyclists looked down upon on this board? They are the most

They're physically weak.

>>39022889
Dyel cunts wearing homosexual apparel

>>39022889
because i bet that's what he looks like when he deadlifts.

Definitely good source of endurance building and cardio. Two things people who want to get /fit/ don't give a shit about.

>>39022889
/plg/ here, biking is GOAT cardio and also fun.

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Bitches love a half zipped Jersey and juicy fucking quads at the end of a ride.

>>39022889
Cyclists are alright. Not the epitome of fitness, but who is?
If you can cycle at 25mph for 2 hours constant then I applaud you.

>>39022902
You say that, but they can outdistance you on the flat, outclimb you in the hills, and outsprint you at the finish. What do you have to say to that?

You don't do unnecessary things when you're training for the specific requirements of a sport. Cyclists need lots of lower body strength (therefore they do squats) but they don't need a bunch of unnecessary upper-body muscle because it doesn't make them ride any faster, and it actually slows them down on the climbs. Meanwhile they have exceptional amounts of aerobic endurance, muscular endurance, anaerobic endurance, and mental toughness. Gymcels like most of the denizens of /fit/ can't claim those things, and from what I've seen don't even have the personal discipline to obtain them. They're only good for a few reps of lifting things in the gym, not 60 minutes of low cadence muscular endurance work at Threshold. Cyclists are far and away the real athletes compared to at least 95% of /fit/.

>>39022889

30 inch quads and 10 in biceps just looks ridiculous

>>39023005
Big biceps don't make the bike go faster, they're just deadweight slowing you down on the climbs.

>>39022918
>insecure teenage gymcel

>>39022971
>Cyclists are far and away the real athletes compared to at least 95% of /fit/.
>pro cyclists are more fit than part time lifters

There should be more posters
Rich Piana says that 40% of gym goers cycle

>>39023037
>pro cyclists are more fit than part time lifters
Even the amateurs are more fit overall than most of you gymcels. I've seen it time and again, some 'big guy' thinks that riding a bike 50 miles is trivial and he'll blow everyone else away, then before he's even 10 miles into the ride he's toast, off the back, and wondering how he'll find his way back without dying. Or they get to a climb, and Mister Gymcel sputters out within 30 seconds and gets dropped off the back of the pack. You guys are not 'athletes' you're just gym-rats with nothing better to do, and you've deluded yourselves into thinking that you're actually better than everyone else. You're not.

>>39023082
>You guys are not 'athletes' you're just gym-rats with nothing better to do
true

>>39022902
>>39022918
Non-climbers are buff as fuck.

Would you fight this guy?

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>>39023123
forgot pic

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>>39022889
>Most optimized endurance athletes on the planet
What?

That said, I think in general endurance athletes are under appreciated on this board. Sports like cycling, rowing, and especially running all produce some of the most beautiful examples of the human body in motion.

https://youtu.be/YKEOjWEzVGs?t=199

>>39022902
No.

>>39022918
Go home and beat your wife or something.

>>39023037
>they aren't
lol

I believe the undervaluing of cardio by many of the people in gyms and people on this board to be almost as dangerous as not exercising at all.

You are wasting your potential if you only train for strength, endurance allows you to apply that strength in a variety of ways.

>>39022971
>>39023082
>>39022889
>Cyclists are better at cycling
Gee I wonder why

People who only cycle are fags

Good non-impact cardio though, I enjoy it sometimes

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>>39023138
Non-impact cardio is pure muscular endurance though. How is that bad in any way?

>>39022902
>>39022971
>>39023082

Anon said they're physically weak. You then proceed to completely ignore that point and carry on about endurance and why they don't train upper body, which hey presto, means they're physically weak at least in conventional, proportional terms

>>39023136
i didn't say they aren't my point was why are pro athletes being compared to guys who go to the gym after classes and work a few times a week?

>>39022971
>Cyclists need lots of lower body strength (therefore they do squats) but they don't need a bunch of unnecessary upper-body muscle because it doesn't make them ride any faster, and it actually slows them down on the climbs.

Are you retarded? Every long distance cyclist ever has tiny little legs. The actual force required to pedal up a hill isn't that great. They have endurance, not strength and they're shit squatters.

A strong squat is at minimum 4pl8. Go find me an endurance cyclist with anything close to that

>>39023153
Point me where I said it was bad

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>>39023162
I would invite anyone who thinks so to look up data on the levels of power cyclists are able to attain, both during sprints and over longer periods of time. Then tell me they are weak.

>>39022889
>They are the most optimized endurance athletes on the planet

I hate cyclists because they get high on their own farts and are smug as hell

I don't tell a single person I lift but cyclists seem to love to talk about how they cycle.

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>>39023171
okay then find a s"pro" squatter who can beat any of these guys in proper sports (endurance).

non-endurance is non-sports anyway

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>Cyclists are weak

>>39022889
>most optimised endurance athletes
Then why do they get winded so quickly when running? check mate fgt.
Also cyclists are cool, they have great asses.

>>39022889
Cycling is a non skill sport for retarded plebs. It's less of a sport than competitive weightlifting which actually requires some skill.

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>you will never have calves like this

>>39022902
Endurance sports are underrated on /fit/ but if i had one thing to say about cyclists, its that their optimization is thier pitfall. In that they can only really run and ride a bike (or swim) primarily.

Wrestlers on the other fucking hand, are some of the most diverse athletes out of anything. The little shits can run, jump, and swim. The middle weights can do virtually anything effectively and the heavy weights can lift, throw, and crush your skull. The saying, "once youve wrestled, everything else in life is easy" is a saying for a reason.

>>39023237
yes they are. except for short distance bikers and sprinters.

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>>39023287
>non skill

high speed cornering is actullly a big part of their skill set

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>>39023287
>non skill sport

Alright then. How about you hop on a racing bike and throw it around some corners as fast as possible then navigate a field of one hundred other riders while traveling over 60km/h and try to get to the finish line first.

>>39023287
>non skill
>>>/wsg/1341110

>>39022889
Pretentious assholes like
>>39022971

I hate cyclists

If you share the road with me you will get hit by my car passing your ass

Let this be a warning to you all

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>>39023321
Also cyclists are hardcore as fuck

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>implying cyclist are not the most hardcore athletes in the world

>>39023415
I'd gladly make that implication.
Is the fact that they sometimes crash your argument that they are? because that's crazy stupid.

>>39023415
Based giro always delivering the crazy weather.

Stage 16 of the 2014 GIro, one of the most exciting stages of all time. All the confusion, the snowstorms; then all of a sudden Quintana and co show up at the bottom of the mountain and proceed to smash the entire field for the rest of the stage. And then seeing Hesjedal barely hanging on to his life trying to follow Quintana.

>>39023454
Also loved turning on Stage 15 of this years Vuelta and seeing those ridiculous timegaps.

>>39022889
No, but all them should go back to /n/

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>>39023437
my argument is that they test their muscles on the climbs, and their wits on the descents, Abnd it is extremely dangerous.

>>39023198
and once again you ignore what is said and keep talking about cycling. Get it in your head that most people don't give a shit about cycling, therefore being the most powerful with regards to cycling isnt widely lauded

>>39023516
But there are much more dangerous sports, and all sports ask for strategy at the top level except for purely athletic disciplines like sprint.

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>>39023415
>cyclists hardcore athletes
>gif showing how a fatigued cyclist fucks up

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this man is quite muscular

bicycles are gay as fuck. get a car you spandexfaggot.

>>39023548
well is a fatigued fuck up not hardcore? These dudes ride for 6 hours.

>>39023572
hardcore might be someone who is fatigued and still performs near perfectly. which is why a gif of s a fuck up is funny

>>39023572
There are runners that run for longer.

they're rude on the road

prove me wrong, cyclefag

>ywn be part of the next generation of manlet sprinters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdDkIz0NCnM

XC/AM rider here. Need strong lower body to grind up steep climbs. Need strong upper body to handle rough downhill trails and jumps. Being strong helps on technical trails greatly so you can pop onto/over/off of trail obstacles. During winter I do bodyweight exercises and put in a lot of miles on the roadbike to prepare for the rest of the year of mountain biking.

>tfw I have actual functional strength
>tfw I can run 4 miles without needing a rest
>tfw I possess athleticism that transfers to other sports and outdoors activities that the typical /fat/ poster can't do from their moms basement

>>39023296
Can you please explain your close minded ideals? One need to understand that IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO LIFT AND CYCLE/RUN. Believe it or not it's possible to do both; there is not a final choice between the two.

>>39022889
he looks like sperm-man

>>39023123
>>39023130
yes

t. amateur mma fighter

>>39022971
>>39023082
>>39023123
>>39022889
>>39023211
>>39023237
>>39023288
>>39023327
>>39023415
>>39023721


I wonder why people hate cyclists

>>39022969
>25mph for 2 hours
Do you realize how fucking fast that is even on a top tier road bike? If you can average 17.5 for a ride you are fucking moving

>non-skill sport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7aH1bn6yUI

>>39022889
I think biking is a great workout, but every time one of you cunts is only going 10 mph in the middle of the god damn road while I'm driving it makes mead desu

>>39022889
>not knowing that in every research study that's worth its salt, cross country skiing athletes post the highest fitness measurements in every category
Cycle fags get out

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>>39022889
Glorious all-mountain race reporting in

not sure how I feel about roadies...

>>39024202
I take it you've never browsed /n/?

>>39023136
800m is hardly an endurance race though

>>39024480
You're fat aren't you. Probably a casual weekend warrior too.

>I'm slow on the climbs but I can shred on the descents

>>39023203
>I don't tell a single person I lift but cyclists seem to love to talk about how they cycle.

In all fairness if you are doing it right you shouldn't need to let people know you lift, they should just know.

>>39023415
You do know that there's athletes that literally fight each other, right?

>>39022971
>Cyclists are far and away the real athletes compared to at least 95% of /fit/.

Most don't compete, therefore they're not real athletes anyway.

Since most of fit doesn't compete, same thing.

They're hobbyists like most here.

>>39023082

>long distance anything

Nope. Sprints are useful. Strength is useful.

There could some day be a situation where you'll have to get somewhere fast and don't have your car within a few minutes. Or where you can't use machinery.

Long distance is useless, I can sprint to my car and get somewhere faster than a cyclist on long distance.

Running, cycling, it's getting from A to B. Meaning that most of the time it's a retarded way to do things.

Swimming a decent distance, running a decent distance or biking it is important. But once youre past 20 minutes you might as well grab your car.

It's a hobby. Stop taking it seriously.

>>39022889
>cyclists are the best!!!
>you guys are insecure!

>>39023136

Rowing, that I like. 99% is sprints. But actual give it your all stuff within 15 minutes. None of that lets do monotonous shit for hours crap.

Cyclists are fine, but they need to stay out of the way. They're a nuisance in traffic. Actual traffic.

>>39024487

maybe not aerobic endurance like a 10k, but as someone who has raced 400m-10k in HS and college, it's definitely the most painful

10ks hurt for sure, but the only race that's ever made me puke was an 800, and it happened every damn time I raced one. you're basically going anaerobic for almost 2 minutes straight, that's incredibly hard for the body to deal with

>>39024480
>>39024506
you're both massive faggots :3

>>39024569
>stop liking what I don't like.

>>39024582
Speak with your local lawmakers if you're mad that an athlete is making you a few seconds late to your destination.

I go cycling, but most cyclists are beta faggots who are insecure, though.

>>39024202
>professional cyclists
>8 hours at 30+ mph average

immposibru

>>39023721

>run 4 miles
>pinnacle of fitness

:tard:

>>39024506
I don't think I'm fat. On climbs I hold my own on a 37 lb giant reign and I ride every second day for at least 2 hours

>>39024202
>25mph for 2 hours is hard
>what is track cycling
>what are time trials

>>39022889
yes, we are hated. but i just come here for the high test threads anyway, so i don't care.

>>39023171
>The actual force required to pedal up a hill isn't that great
>>39023525

The force of each individual pedal stroke may not be huge but they are often exerting 500W+ for an hour or so.
For some context, if you lift a 1 plate barbell 1m in one second, you are exerting 588W for 1 second.

>>39023023
Upper body strength is important for the sprinters because they need to hold themself on the bike to make sure that all of their leg power is going into the pedals.

>>39024806

Woah, no, wait. It's fine as a hobby but that's about it unless you actually compete.

The same goes for people who lift.

>>39024818

I just get close enough and block them if they're being obnoxious.

It's pretty easy to overtake them and then block their way or keep them from passing by going half their speed.

And no way in hell are they going to be able to overtake me.

Overall if they keep themselves to the same rules others do it's fine. But they tend to take up half the road, cut corners and run red lights.

>>39025421

Only if you're being a retard in traffic. Cycling is a great hobby and if you compete you're definitely more athletic than I am.

It's a shame most Cyclists think they own the roads. I wish it'd be acceptable to nudge them off the road or throw stuff at them when they break the rules.

The retards give the decent ones a bad rep.

>>39025448

>lmao1plate

Your comparison is off. What if I ohp and squat that weight at the same time?

Plenty of people can clean 2plate and do front squats for a few minutes. Take a minute of rest and repeat.

You are right btw, but your comparison is weird.

>>39025471
>Only if you're being a retard in traffic.
to be fair, there are car drivers for whom "being a retard in traffic" means just "riding a bike on a road".

>>39023362
What part of that is hard core? The falling or the lying on the ground looking like a corpse part?

>>39025484
As I said, I was just trying to give it some context but it was probably a mistake to try.

>>39025523

If you're slowing others down by being on that road while you could avoid that? Then it's true.

Otherwise, you're right.

>>39022971
And I'm about 90% sure anyone who can deadlift 5pl8+ could just clothesline them.
And then that dude would get KTFO by a boxer.
Who'd get absolutely dominated by a wrestler in MMA.
Who'd get absolutely demolished on the rings by a gymnast.

Almost like people train for different shit.

If your objective is to have insane sustained lower body work output, cycle is king, but I could just buy a car and be jacked. But then I'm no good in the ring, but I can just buy a gun. Rinse and repeat.

10/10 made me reply fml

>>39022889
I hate them because they think the traffic rules dont apply to them

>>39023064
The other 60% blast n cruise?

Personally I dislike cyclist on the road. If they are in their cycle lane, I've got no problem. But there are some which think they own the road as if they were a hummer or truck.

This is coming from me as a motorcyclists and a car driver.

>>39023138
>>39025717
These anons get it.