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It's already annoying to hear among non-cyclists that Tour de France
riders have huge thighs, but it is worse to hear among cyclists that you have to have huge thighs to ride the track. Just today, I walked out of my Paris building to walk my dog and sitting at an outdoor cafe was a guy with a Timbuktu bike bag which had picture of track riders on old wooden velodromes (presumably the real 6-day racers), so (correctly assuming that he was American given the bike bag) I asked him in English if he rode the track. He responded with: "Have you seen my legs, they're too small for me to ride the track." So I point out that Bradley Wiggins had even smaller legs than him and it turned out that he had actually met Wiggins (this is when I noticed that he had shaved legs), but that track riders mostly have huge legs. I respond by saying that this is true, but mostly for the sprinters and that the endurance riders are basically similar to road riders. He then says, yes, but the kilo riders have big legs, to which I just decla "Kilo riders are sprinters" and that was the end of the interaction. Apparently this guy did a lot of riding and has met the world's best riders, but still seems clueless about the track. Oh well.... -ilan |
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On Jun 11, 8:00*am, wrote:
snipped Apparently this guy did a lot of riding and has met the world's best riders, but still seems clueless about the track. Oh well.... -ilan More than that. All athletic training is based in "form follows function" too. Granted genetics are going to be a huge factor but your body will change to match what you are doing. Sprinters and powerlifters grow big quads and glutes, endurance athletes lose fat, and end up slim and well muscled. Not sure how you can be semi-serious about anything athletic without considering how specificity works. You rightly point out that there's a ton of stuf he could do on the track if he wanted, but, oh well... Bill C |
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On Jun 11, 2:21*pm, Bill C wrote:
On Jun 11, 8:00*am, wrote: snipped *Apparently this guy did a lot of riding and has met the world's best riders, but still seems clueless about the track. Oh well.... -ilan *More than that. All athletic training is based in "form follows function" too. Granted genetics are going to be a huge factor but your body will change to match what you are doing. Sprinters and powerlifters grow big quads and glutes, endurance athletes lose fat, and end up slim and well muscled. *Not sure how you can be semi-serious about anything athletic without considering how specificity works. You rightly point out that there's a ton of stuf he could do on the track if he wanted, but, oh well... *Bill C He's probably never been to a track. Actually, it's a favorite hangout of fattie masters as well. True, they have big thighs, but it's certainly isn't muscle. -ilan |
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Mark & Steven Bornfeld wrote:
Does Michael Huebner know where you live? Ja, I know--schprinter. Steve -- Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS http://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 |
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On Jun 11, 10:12*pm, Mark & Steven Bornfeld
wrote: Mark & Steven Bornfeld wrote: Does Michael Huebner know where you live? Ja, I know--schprinter. Steve -- Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDShttp://www.dentaltwins.com Brooklyn, NY 718-258-5001 Well, there's Robert Bartko, but I might be able to recognise him in shorts. -ilan |
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On Jun 11, 2:21*pm, Bill C wrote:
On Jun 11, 8:00*am, wrote: snipped *Apparently this guy did a lot of riding and has met the world's best riders, but still seems clueless about the track. Oh well.... -ilan *More than that. All athletic training is based in "form follows function" too. Granted genetics are going to be a huge factor but your body will change to match what you are doing. Sprinters and powerlifters grow big quads and glutes, endurance athletes lose fat, and end up slim and well muscled. *Not sure how you can be semi-serious about anything athletic without considering how specificity works. You rightly point out that there's a ton of stuf he could do on the track if he wanted, but, oh well... *Bill C I would tend to think that the huge thighs and butts of sprinters comes more from doing massive squats than from just on the bike training and racing. There are also top sprinters who are actually "normal", e.g., Laurent Gane, and nationally ranked sprinters who look more like climbers than anything else. From what I read, most of the endurance track riders (e.g., the Australians) do no weight training, and since the top guys are actually roadies who ride the grand tours, it's no surprise that they have skinny legs. They seem to have superseded the "old school" who only did track, e.g., Robert Bartko who's pretty hefty, or was. I think you meant that endurance riders lose unused musculature whereas track riders need more muscles and have a more athletic build. I doubt that track riders are much fatter than roadies these days. One look at Florian Rousseau's legs should give you an idea that his BF % wasn't over 6% when he was racing (sorry, couldn't find a picture online). A real eye opener was to watch the Omnium at World's. You have all around "normal looking" riders doing sub 1:05 kilos. Also, none of them used toe straps. Makes me wonder why the women track sprinters use them, as they're slower. -ilan |
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On Jun 11, 10:30*pm, Mike G wrote:
In article , wrote: It's already annoying to hear among non-cyclists that Tour de France riders have huge thighs, but it is worse to hear among cyclists that you have to have huge thighs to ride the track. Just today, I walked out of my Paris building to walk my dog and sitting at an outdoor cafe was a guy with a Timbuktu bike bag which had picture of track riders on old wooden velodromes (presumably the real 6-day racers), so (correctly assuming that he was American given the bike bag) I asked him in English if he rode the track. He responded with: "Have you seen my legs, they're too small for me to ride the track." So I point out that Bradley Wiggins had even smaller legs than him and it turned out that he had actually met Wiggins (this is when I noticed that he had shaved legs), but that track riders mostly have huge legs. I respond by saying that this is true, but mostly for the sprinters and that the endurance riders are basically similar to road riders. He then says, yes, but the kilo riders have big legs, to which I just decla "Kilo riders are sprinters" and that was the end of the interaction. Apparently this guy did a lot of riding and has met the world's best riders, but still seems clueless about the track. Oh well.... -ilan I have one of those bags. Mike G. - Now I know that you don't have to be clueless to have that bag. -ilan |
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