Thread 76524974

>easy as fuck to get into
>burns 500 calories an hour with minimal effort
>better for your joints than jogging
>get to see beautiful, diverse countryside
>makes truckfags seethe

why aren't you biking yet, anon?

i live in a tiny 30m2 apartment with no place to store a bike through the rainy/snowy fall/winter season which would make it rust completely
otherwise i'd 100% be biking in spring/fall on a cut instead of treadmill

I'm genuinely afraid a nigger will ram me for fun in his car

>>76524974 (OP)
i see many fat cyclist so cringe

>>76524986
use the sidewalk

>>76524981
sounds like an excuse

>>76525002
i never see fat cyclists. I see fatties riding bikes sometimes, usually people making a change for the better

>>76524974 (OP)
I actually love biking, it's my second favorite hobby after lifting weights. Thing is, I live in a area with terrible drivers. I don't trust them even when I drive, what more when I'm biking? I only bike on multi use paths.

>>76524986
this is a valid fear
I am afraid of Indians who got their licenses in india will plough me over
I had a bike several years ago and was struck by a chinese driver who didn't even speak any english and was 100% at fault

>>76524974 (OP)
>easy as fuck to get into
No. A good road bike costs at least 1500€, then maintenance, spares, clothes, you are looking at regular big bills. Not to mention the huge time investment.
>burns 500 calories an hour with minimal effort
No. If you are a wagie cagie living in the city you can't go fast because you will either run over a pedestrian or a car will run over you. So you always have to ride slow as shit which burns less calories than running.
>better for your joints than jogging
Running is healthy. Stop spreading roadie propaganda.
>get to see beautiful, diverse countryside
Not if you're a city dwelling cagie.
>makes truckfags seethe
Always good. Fuck cars, they are only good to carry bikes to the stage start.

Anyway, bikes are cool but if you are an autistic virgin cagie that lives iin a single room cage they are an unobtainable dream. Anyway, I have disposable income still, I don't have sex and I'm going to die soon so I may buy a nice bike just to look at it and day dream.

I do mountain biking. A high level of fitness is demanded when going up, but the reward when descending is incredibly fun. Also, I don’t need to deal with drivers, it’s just me and the trail.
Have I told the extra adrenaline shoot when doing it at night in the middle of the woods?
It is so good.

>>76525128
A fancy ass bike maybe, I got mine for $20 at goodwill and then repaired it for $200, rides just fine

>>76525141
The closest trail, for running, biking trails are even further, are 2 hours away from where I live. 2 hours to go there, 2 hours to come back. For running. For MTB it's even further, like 4+4hrs. I live in a concrete jungle city full of smog and without trees.

>>76525128
>A good road bike costs at least 1500€,
Decathlon has a fine one for 600€
parts from there for maintenance will also run you <10€/month
used could be even cheaper

if you don't race competitively
it doesn't matter if your bike is 2-3kg heavier
these last few kilos are very expensive

>If you are a wagie cagie living in the city you can't go fast
go outside the city??

>>76524974 (OP)
>ride bicycle 10 miles to work
>do hard labor for 8 hours
>ride bicycle 10 miles home

My baseline physical output is doing a quarter to a half of an ironman every single day

I plan to do this into my 50s at a minimum

>>76524974 (OP)
>dies to a car
deservedly so too

>>76525166
Bull fucking shit

t. biked for a decade in Kentucky
t. currently biking in the western desert 250 miles from any major city

>>76524974 (OP)
Based, I just picked up a bike to start commuting to the office
I don't have a frame of reference for eh distance, but cycling the 8mi back to my place was fine. Work is about 15mi away so I'm going to do a test cycle weekend after next to see how it feels, then start cycling in regularly after (probably just in time for the weather to change)

>>76525166
Sorry, my man. In that case road bike is the option.
Although I have a few dudes in my group that jumped recently to ebiking and drive sometimes like 2 hrs for getting proper trails for their motorcycle-like bicycles. I don’t know it that fits you for the weekends.
Other than that, there are indoor speed tracks usually available for training. You can use the road bike there during the week and on weekends take the train to get out the city and then pedal the countryside.

>>76525193
Ive taken to calling rednecks pussies to their faces

Did it today to my boss, and it was my first day of work

>boss talking about his duck hunting hobby
>tell him I like the outdoors too, and I ride my bicycle constantly
>he jokes that hes one of the guys in the trucks that runs cyclists off the road
>I tell him staring into his eyes that he will never in his life have the balls to do that to me

It got awkward

I'll beat him to death for fun I am a literal crazy person that rides a bike because of existential psychosis

>>76524974 (OP)
my parents never taught me, borrowed a bicycle from a friend to see if i can learn to ride and i couldn't drive more than 20 meters without losing balance after days of trying

>>76525166
>The closest trail, for running, biking trails are even further, are 2 hours away from where I live
jesus, where the fuck you live??

the only places on earth I can imagine with this type of geography are a few asian mega cities
literally all big european cities have green belts or you don't need 2h out of the city
maybe endless 'burbs in the US like LA, or even worse, slums like Lagos

but 2h driving just for any trail to run on is ridiculous

Rednecks are literal cowards without guns and trucks

They cannot manifest their own toughness, they need machines

>>76525209
you should really start to carry a gun anon
like now

>>76525223
I would stare down a barrel and dare you

Nothing could possibly make me care about being alive

lol

>>76524974 (OP)
its actually insane
2 hour ride just flies by boom 800-900 kcal burned in my case

>>76525223
by the way I grew up in Kentucky, I've spent my entire life being shown that rednecks are secret pussies

>>76525203
>Other than that, there are indoor speed tracks usually available for training
Not in my shithole of a city
>on weekends take the train to get out the city and then pedal the countryside.
Trains got cancelled in my shithole of a country thanks to the absolutely corrupt government

>>76525252
Get yourself a passport and fly the fuck outta there, dude.

>>76525252
You're lying you're a fucking bitch ass faggot

If I can ride in rural appalachia for hundreds of miles without using any navigation you can ride anywhere in the fuck world

get some nuts

>>76525237
>tracking your rides

I hate the social animal called humans so much its unreal

>>76524974 (OP)
Because i do stairmaster at my gym and burn 1.5k instead

>>76525062
>sounds like an excuse
where do you store the bike to avoid having to buy a new bike every year because it's going to rust and will have to be thrown out?

>>76525297
I ride a 30 year old mountain bike over 20 miles every single day

I paid $100 for it and I will buy another $100 bike when this one shits out

I will not maintain it at all whatsoever

fit is against anything that exposes the inferiority of their heavy compound memelifts. can't do cardio when memelifts steal all your work capacity. can't ride a bike when heavy squats cuck your knees. can't do anything that makes you realize how cucked you have become from memelifts. the goal is to turn you into a bloated disabled tranny. godspeed

>>76525323
>furniture warehouse job
>bicycle to work

Swear to god I could join the UFC tomorrow

Too easy to cheat on a bike plus too many hours will mess with your scrotum and prostate---that's why I won't do it as my main cardio but i love my bike and take it out every week. It's a shitty hybrid I can manage with anywherr, so I take it into some easy nature trails here or I ride to the running track. Nothing like running for a few months and doubling your enjoyment on the bike because you're twice as strong

i bike a lot because im too neurotic to drive, im also emaciated so it doesnt help matters. i only ride on the streets to get from a to b, so no mountain biking or anything.

>>76525336
none of that is true

you're afraid of your legs being sore

>>76525328
>furniture warehouse job
My condolences
>bicycle to work
No wonder

>>76524974 (OP)
If I didnt live in Perth, Australia (home to the worse drivers on the planet) then I'd be all over cycling. But getting hit by a car is a genuine worry here.

My sister was next to me when she was hit by a car and ended up in a coma for 3 months and hospitalised for many more. I'm way too much of a pussy now.

For years I've ridden my bicycle dozens of miles every day single.

It's really changed my life. My baseline strength and endurance is always above whatever task I'm doing. Always. It also allows me to be a heavy pot smoker and alcoholic. I smoke and drink heavily every day and can run a 6 minute mile and do 20 pullups and bench 260 for reps. This is mostly due to relying entirely on a bicycle for transportation.

I can live life on my terms because I ride a bike, physically fit as fuck, and wasted as hell.

If I used vehicles, I would be in fucking shambles.

I figured out how to have a fucking lot of fun for 5 decades straight.

>>76525347
It's a dream, way nicer than construction, way nicer than white collar. I've done it all. Throwing sofas is the way to go.

t. computer science degree with 2 journeyman trades

>>76525341
Everything I said was true. When i ride my bike for 3 hours my jizz doesn't shoot nearly as far later that night. It fixes itself in a couple days to a week but I won't pretend it doesn't happen. And I'm not inclined to do that 3 days a week as my main cardio.

And don't tell me about my legs. I love intense bike work, I'm en danseuse half the time on the trails, in no small part to running, and also dumbell weighted bulgarian split squats. Fantastic. I love my bike so shaddup

>>76525387
My dick must be infinitely superior to yours because I bust out 8-12 hour rides and have no issue whatsoever, in fact, my dick and balls are fuckin huge. 8x6 with two very large testicles. I can jerk off 20 times a day if I choose to.

I ride every single day.
Every day.
I don't even own a vehicle.

>bulgarian split squats
Very nice, these are very nice

>>76525387
i think its more of the fact that youre jerking off into a tissue every night

>>76524974 (OP)
It's still my favorite cardio after I became a dedicated lifter. No risks for your joints like jogging, fast and feels good.

>>76525363
Lol liar. The pay can't compare there is no future for doing something everyone else on the board could do.

>>76525610
maybe anon doesnt care as much specifically about the pay, especially since he said he has a computer science degree which is one of the most soulless degrees and fields there is. maybe he gets more satisfaction, at least now, from moving heavy furniture with his body and helping people get their purchased items into their homes and businesses instead of sitting in front of a screen punching in computer code for gay ass software and apps.

>>76525610
>doing things for money

Not me. I'm not a faggot.

>>76524974 (OP)
>easy as fuck to get into
Only if you're excessively wealthy.

>>76525638
bruh my bike was $100

>>76525638
Why do people think this? You don’t need to get some 3k carbon fiber bike. Bikes are just like cars, You can find bike stores that sell used bikes that are a handful of years old for like half the price of new.

>>76525638
>every hobo has 6 bikes

>>76525644
And you probably just use it to commute or bike around at low to moderate speeds, which is fine, if this thread is about biking

If it’s about cycling then no it’s not easy/cheap to get into. If you have ever done a race or a group ride with experienced cyclists you will find yourself being dusted by millionaire boomers with carbon tires and $7k+ bikes if you are riding some $200 aluminum piece of shit. In fact I don’t even think you can meaningfully consider yourself a cyclist without a legitimate road bike, it would be like calling yourself a runner with a 30min+ 5k.

If you want to start cycling in any meaningful capacity you will need, at minimum:

- Decent road bike. If you know what you’re doing you can go used or build your own but be ready to shell out $1,500 entry level
- bike clothing. Lycra top is optional but you absolutely need bike shorts that have no other purpose except for cycling. $50 for shorts, $80 for top
- clip-in shoes and pedals. Again non negotiable if you are trying to be decent at this. Expect $300+ here
- helmet and sunglasses - $150 minimum so just another cost

I’d also recommend:
- bike rack for your car, assuming you live nowhere near the country or designated bike trails. As other anon said cycling downtown or on suburb roads sucks
- bike computer/gps. If you’re riding 30+ miles then you will need something to navigate with unless you want to do same route every day
- garmin watch - you should have this anyways being a fitizen

All in all it’s a very expensive hobby. In fact it’s probably the most expensive thing I do and I don’t even go crazy with it, but I do compete in triathlons and enjoy group rides so just sharing the hard facts. If you want to be good (not even exceptional) you will be looking at a $3k+ investment

Now if we are talking the benefits of biking compared to cycling then yea go used $200 commuter and enjoy. Either way you should bike more it’s a great lifestyle

>>76525644
>>76525702
>>76525711
Okay, I glanced at OP's pic and only read the first line of his post. I just immediately associated it with road cycling/triathlon, and then made my post without thinking any further.

>>76525727
gay bitch keep being wrong

>>76525731
have you learned you lesson?

>>76525746
Yes, but I'll probably do it again anyway.

>>76525727
>runner with a 30min+ 5k.

I do way faster than that in jeans and boots

Your opinions are for women, you have a vagina

>>76525741
Great points!

Btw faster cyclist than you

>>76525757
With 50lbs on my back you are slower

Haven't greased my chain in months

>>76525760
If you know what I mean

>>76525756
Great reading comprehension retard

>>76525793
U 2, retard

>>76525727
yeah when you go full all out like this its understandable, but that would be the case for really any hobby that requires equipment. you can get the normal basic stuff, or you can immediately go for the highest end shit and drop tons of cash, in fact thats why these weekend warrior rich old assholes go into biking and spend all that money

me personally, i got mine used about 15 years ago, a 5 year old (so 2006 model) cannondale aluminum road bike that was $1300 new, i got for $500. i just use mine for commuting and put a decent but not a lot amount of miles on it per year, usually in the 2000-2500 mile range. i dont do any of the lycra suits, the clip pedals, any of that fancy stuff. probably the fanciest accessory i have is the rear rack with the two bags on the side.

but i absolutely recommend that anyone who wants to actually do some bicycling, please god do not buy some $100 walmart piece of shit.

>>76524974 (OP)
Why are bike cucks so desperate to get others to join them. MLM tier.

>>76525727
holy shit you're giga retarded fred

my cycling group has people with 10k€ canyon bikes as well as steel bikes from the 80s bought off ebay for 200€
all biking clothes, including helmet and sunglasses is like <250€ from Decathlon

and guess what
people with the 200€ bikes still do well in triathlons

at an amateur level
your equipment almost doesn't matter

>>76524981
get a foldable bike

>>76525727
Although I'm not a roadie but a mountainfag as stated in this very thread yesterday, I know what I'm talking: you don't need all that budget. Seriously.
Buy smart. Start slow.
I just got a Canyon Lux Trail for 4500€, but after 5 years riding trails and getting to now what my goal is with a hardtail (plenty of fun and I will not ditch it, but one needs to evolve).
It's my 3rd MTB after a 300€ aluminium Coluer and an Orbea Alma CF (1600€).
Decathlon and end-of-season discounts from Fox/100%/Leatt,et is the key.
The only place where you really need to spend is in your safety: buy proper rear lights, good helmet, good gloves, etc. Do not get retarded on those.

people in the thread saying you need to spend lots of money are wrong. the less you spend the more inefficient your ride is, which is the same as adding some weight on the barbell. if you do this for exercise, inefficiency is a bonus

I ride a used Walmart fixie that I got for $50 and my bike workouts are gnarly

Cycling is the only thing stopping me from necking myself.

There is no better feeling than getting out of bed in the pitch black, getting on the road just as it starts to lighten, and then riding along beautiful coastal roads watching the sun gradually rise over the ocean. I'm fitter than I've ever been and it's completely fixed my insomnia. It also gives me an insane sense of superiority when I show up to work still beaming from the dopamine hit of a 50km ride while my coworkers look half asleep and utterly miserable.

>>76524974 (OP)
Simple, because I don't want to have the body of a faggot with a big ass

>>76527302
yuppp, i ride a 24" or smaller bike uphill and it's given me some sick quad and hammie pumps

>>76524974 (OP)
Wearing spandex and polyester suits literally turns them gay.

>>76524974 (OP)
I ride a BMX 21 inch frame bike, I go up hills a lot obviously I can't change the sprocket intensity but I like being able to stand like 90% of the time I only sit when going down fast hills or too take a breather. I go about 45 to a hour a day my heart rate monitor saids around 650-800 calorie per ride. I have a gym by me with all the cardio machines it's just so boring but this winter I'll probably do the elliptical and Hampton bike thing or very bad rainy days I just do my sit back excerise bike in the shed

>you need a lot of money to get into cycling
>you need to wear expensive latex and a plastic helmet to cycle

Nigger, I've had my old rusty mountain bike for 15 years now that I've bought stolen from a pawn shop for like 100$. I still use it for HIIT sessions in the nearby forest trails and steep uphill sprints, the leg gains are insane.
Also there' no better feeling riding shirtless on a wam, sunny day, getting them vitamin D gains, showing off my abs all while mogging DYEL noodle-armed skellies on their sissy bikes.

>>76525128
>A good road bike costs at least 1500€
That's a lot of money to you?

>>76525190
you are a chad.

I bet your jealous co-workers are all fags with beer guts who go home to drink a 6 pack and beat their wives

>>76527654
>spandex
erhmmm sweaty, we wear lycra.

>>76527756
Ah, sorry. Do you make sure the color of the lycra matches your purse?

>>76525363
get a CDL and do foodservice I made 130k a year with Sysco

>>76525353
>Australia
tf you talking about?

Australia is easy-mode compared to the USA.

Pussy

>>76525845
>roidtrannies make dozens of threads each day trying to induct people into their early death cult
>bike enjoyer makes 1 (one) thread
>Why are bike cucks so desperate!!!

(You), faggot.

>>76527356
Women love guys with big thighs and shapely asses

>>76524974 (OP)
> >better for your joints than jogging
i fucked up my knees by never switching to a lower gear and always cylcing in max one

also i stopped cyling because I am worried it's going to tank my T levels even more

>>76528540
You fucked your knees because you couldn't set the saddle in the right height. I have never heard of anyone getting injured by not gearing right, WTF?
T levels will not be depleted unless you are into endurance sports involving biking like triathlons. But's that's for retards or pros under a shitton of steroids.

>>76524981
I live in a 15m2 apartment and my bike fits.
For cleaning, I use bike-specific wet wipes for the frame and chain.

>>76527337
I'm not always happy when I get on my bike, but I always am when I get off

>>76525128
>1500€
>€
everyone laugh at the europoor, he can't even afford food

>>76525190
Very impressive
How long have you been doing it and how old are you now?

>>76525291
Just by this post I can tell that you are a man of few thoughts and small ambition. I am not going to tell you why. Have a nice life dipshit!

>>76528909
Based and redpilled

>>76524981
I store it behind my door

>>76527715
>€
Yes.

>>76529072
Quite wrong. Absolutely wrong. My primary passion in life is philosophy and I live a very unconventional life as a result.

Keep being mad.

>>76528974
I'm 30, it was progressive over the last 10 years, I am continuing to increase until I feel like I can bust out an ironman on a daily basis, like a hunter gatherer would be able to. But I build it into my life, with transportation and jobs. For efficiency reasons. I don't have a gym membership. I definitely bench close to 300lbs. 260 for reps on the incline bench when I joined my friend to the gym 6 months ago. Didn't get sore. Buddy has the gym membership and he had to call in to work the next day. What a bitch.

>>76528140
I know you Sysco nigs make fucktons of cash.

Truthfully, I don't trust myself with that large of a machine. Bit of an autist. Can't back a trailer to save my life. I am a physical beast though, and good at combat sports. But backing a trailer, nah, I have tried and failed so many times. Just can't do it.

>>76529283
>>76528140
And also I absolutely refuse to live a life driven by money

I absolutely break people's brains in my day to day life, as nearly all people are tied into debt and careers and families and shit. Nearly all of them miserable.

All the cheap bikes were destroyed and only expensive shit is imported now.
Even the lowest one is 600 bucks.
>>76527715
>>76528911
That's half a paycheck a normal worker makes.

>>76529340
Broski I can obtain 10+ sub $100 bikes by tomorrow

And I live in the desert 250 miles from any major city

>>76524981
Drill some hooks into the ceiling and hang it on hooks. As for rust, buy an aluminum bike and wipe down you chain after a wet ride. It's that easy. I lived in a similar situation (340 sq.ft studio) and that's how I managed it with two bikes (road bike for fun and exercise, city bike for commuting and errands). Something like picrel.

Even if you don't hang up a bike, it's still a good way to get more storage in a small space.

>>76524986
I bike through the south side of chicago regularly. Haven't had issues. Aggression is always from outer-suburban whites and middle class latinos.

>>76528899
>bike specific
Those are fine, but they're likely marked up versions of standard cleaning wipes. Just use a light, acid free degreaser wipe and you'll be fine.

>>76527356
Then don't lift heavy weights that target your thighs and nothing else. Those are professional track cyclists and they spend a shitload of time in the squat rack to get quads like that.

>>76525128
>A good road bike costs at least 1500€
I just helped a friend buy a nice, functional road bike for $300 (~250 EUR). It's a bicycle, just buy a used one and tune it up using basic tools. You don't need electronic shifters, disc brakes, and carbon frames. Literally none of that makes you fast, it just makes you a little lighter. Maintenece is a yearly tune up of the shifter, which can be done with basic tools, and keeping the chain oiled and clean, which is $12 gallon of degreaser, the dish soap you already have, and a $10 bottle of chain lube. The only bike specific clothes you'd really want are shorts, which can be had for $35.

total cyclist death
gas the bikes, race war now!

>>76529346
And they are all shit compared to the bikes real cyclists use.

I hit and run cyclist for fun

>>76529416
How? Be specific.

>>76527356
>not wanting to Tyrannosaurus mode
pathetic

>>76528217
Post body shape

>>76529416
cope while I pass the fuck out of you climbing mountains throughout all of Colorado on an unmaintained craigslist bike

>>76524974 (OP)
I used to ride my bike everywhere for transportation when I was in college but biking for exercise blows. It fucks up your nuts and is so uncomfortable, lengthy bike rides would make my shoulders and wrists almost as sore as my legs
>>76525727
Triathlons are fun though. But mostly because of the swimming and running

>>76524974 (OP)
Got a longboard thought I would look like a retard learning to skate at 38 it's actually pretty intuitive. Fun, more portable than a bike, bit more choosy about terrain but on the whole it's been nice. Currently only go about as fast I normally run with about half the effort. Feels like about the fastest my blind ass should be going anyway.

>>76524974 (OP)
>seat hurts your ass

>>76529579
>lengthy bike rides would make my shoulders and wrists almost as sore as my legs
Unironically bad form (bike set up).

>>76527781
Yeah :3