Is Cycling The New Golf

[c1973]

Cycling, quite possibly the only pursuit where the participants clobber is more ridiculous looking than your average golf 'outfit'! Lycra is not a good look unless you happen to be a model.

Never realised peeps were leaving golf for it, but now I do I think it must be the golfers who were guilty of slow play and won't let others through........cos that's what it feels like when you're stuck behind these balloons out for a Sunday bike ride! Nothing worse than getting stuck behind a bunch of wrinklys in their (usually baggy for some reason) lycra. I'd make the lot of them sit a cycle proficiency test before they're allowed anywhere near the roads, half of them are the biggest danger there is on the road. :sbox:

 

[delc]

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Talking about this on Radio Scotland this morning.
Interesting discussions, mostly in favour of cycling.

There is no way that I am wearing brightly coloured Lycra on the golf course!

 

[sev112]

Ha ha ha - golfers laughing at other people's sporting gear

Been cycling for 2 to 3 years now. Good for the heart. Took it up when I didn't have so much time for golf and had a growing waistline.
Can go out for a couple of hours and be back before the family are up.
Played a medal on Sat, and then went out afterwards for 40k ride, was lovely weather.
I don't take it too seriously - have a cheap but good bike; have some Lycra - good for temperature regulation, esp if raining.
All the cycling scare stories don't recognise that the millions cycling are improving their life expectancy far more than the statistical risk of getting knocked off and killed.

Although I could never go on a club ride - they are full of more people that are "right" than the average golf club.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

...Never realised peeps were leaving golf for it,

Maybe not so much leaving golf for cycling - just choosing - when at a time in life when money and family permit - to take up cycling rather than golf.

 

[USER1999]

I used to cycle to work twice a week, through north london. 14 miles each way. My comment on saftey would be that it takes two to have an accident. If you are a proficient cyclist, with some common sense, and keen desire to stay alive, it's pretty safe out there. If you cycle like an idiot, have no lights, shoot reds, cycle between lanes of traffic at silly speeds, under cut lorries, and can't negotiate roundabouts properly, you aren't going to make it.

 

[MashieNiblick]

Have been thinking about this for a while as I have a friend who is a keen cyclist. Cycling non competitively definitely seems to have benefits, especially as it seems there is less chance of not enjoying it.

Do cyclists have "bad" rides?
Do they worry that their pedalling technique is not good enough and have lessons which make them worse before they get better?
Does a good ride turn into a bad one because of a few poor gear changes at the end?
Is their day ruined by being stuck for 5 hours behind a slow group who won't let them through?
Do they get into arguments about rules infrigements?
Do they spend ages looking in long grass for bits of their bikes?

Nope. You just jump on pedal away and bingo - you're having fun.

 

[Jack_bfc]

Depends on your definition of fun.

Riding a cycle on the roads these days has got to be one of the most dangerous and life threatening pastimes out there.

I tried it once and cringed everytime a car went past, especially on the narrower country lanes.

If that's supposed to be relaxing and fun then you can keep it..... And don't get me started on the numpties who ride down the dual carriageways in the morning on the way to work, ignoring all traffic signals and causing allsorts of mayhem.


If they are not in dedicated cycle lane they shouldn't be on the road!!!!!!!

 

[Birchy]

If I ever even consider going cycling over playing golf can anybody who knows me please smash me in the face with a 7 iron. Thanks :thup:

All this networking clap trap as well. I don't understand how on a bike riding arse to arse down a busy road you can discuss anything?

If anybody seriously prefers cycling because its less competitive than golf and nobody wins etc then they need to grow a set. Cant see them doing too well in business either if they are that soft.

 

[Hendo007]

Just wait till the Open and the Ryder Cup have been.....

We won't hear another peep about cycling !!!

 

[delc]

Ha ha ha - golfers laughing at other people's sporting gear .

OK, fair cop Guv! One of our club members always turns up dressed like Rupert Bear! :rofl:

Pringleitis - A morbid fear of being found dead in the sort of pullover that Nick Faldo would wear!

 

[Qwerty]

If I ever even consider going cycling over playing golf can anybody who knows me please smash me in the face with a 7 iron. Thanks :thup:

All this networking clap trap as well. I don't understand how on a bike riding arse to arse down a busy road you can discuss anything?

If anybody seriously prefers cycling because its less competitive than golf and nobody wins etc then they need to grow a set. Cant see them doing too well in business either if they are that soft.

Angry Birchy strikes again :whoo:

Totally agree mate. Networking.. :rofl:On a bike.. :rofl: Forget the 7 iron, they can use driver on my Boat Race:thup:

 

[AmandaJR]

Have been thinking about this for a while as I have a friend who is a keen cyclist. Cycling non competitively definitely seems to have benefits, especially as it seems there is less chance of not enjoying it.

Do cyclists have "bad" rides?
Do they worry that their pedalling technique is not good enough and have lessons which make them worse before they get better?
Does a good ride turn into a bad one because of a few poor gear changes at the end?
Is their day ruined by being stuck for 5 hours behind a slow group who won't let them through?
Do they get into arguments about rules infrigements?
Do they spend ages looking in long grass for bits of their bikes?

Nope. You just jump on pedal away and bingo - you're having fun.

Perfectly put and the very reason I'll jump on my bike some sunny afternoons and early evenings to blow away the clouds a bad round of golf can bring! I know I've been in good form this year as I've not felt the need as much BUT my thoughts are always "go cycle - you're good at that"!

 

[BoadieBroadus]

i more or less went the other way. gave up cycling and took up golf instead about 8 years ago. well wasn't intending to fully give up endurance sports, but caught the golf bug (and got married + kids etc) and never rode again.

every time i went out on a ride there would be at least two moments (badly driven cars, carelessly positioned drains etc) when i thought i was about to meet my maker. somewhat took the fun out of it ever so slightly.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Ladees in lycra has to be an attraction - and what does golf offer on that front? Ladees in bobby socks and polo shirts.

 

[Conman85]

Love the people that think the roads are just for cars, being a cyclist you usually find its the bad drivers that say that, making excuses for their lack of awareness..........not that all cyclists are innocent mind you!

TBH I love both I try and get out on my bike one weekend morning and golf the other. Both are time consuming sports just wish I didn't have to work and could plough more time into both.......some day :lol:

 

[Billysboots]

I took up cycling seriously a couple of years ago, and my time is now probably split 60/40 in favour of golf. It's a great alternative when the course is busy or I haven't got the time to spare to play 18 holes. I just nip out on the bike for a couple of hours instead.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I'll never be seen on a bike again. Getting knocked off hurts.

 

[Evesdad]

Ladees in lycra has to be an attraction - and what does golf offer on that front? Ladees in bobby socks and polo shirts.

There's always a downside, grown men in Lycra!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

There's always a downside, grown men in Lycra!

Russell Grant in lycra :ears:

Sleep well with that in your dreams!

 

[sev112]

I don't personally subscribe to the following as I cycle slowly and smell the flowers , but for info :

Do cyclists have "bad" rides? - YES, THEY TRACK ALL THEIR RIDESON STRAVA AND GET VERY ANGRY WHEN THEY DON'T BEAT THEIR BEST TIMES
Do they worry that their pedalling technique is not good enough and have lessons which make them worse before they get better?M PEDALLING TECHNIQUEIS A BIG SUBJECT
Is their day ruined by being stuck for 5 hours behind a slow group who won't let them through? OH YES, THEY GET VERY SNOBBISH IF ANYONE IN THEIR GROUP DOESN'T SPCYCLE EXACTLY AS THEY EXPECT
Do they get into arguments about rules infrigements? THERE ARE A FAMOUS SET OF "rules" WHICH ARE EVEN MORE CONTROVERSIAL THAN DRESS CODES
Do they spend ages looking in long grass for bits of their bikes? THEY SPEND UNBELIEVABLE HOURS TINKERING OVER MINUTE DETAILS

Mad I say