> And a post back you were saying it was normal for cycling to feel like boxing training. (It is - for upright cycling).
I know I said I wouldn't reply but that is a totally disingenuous interpretation of what I said and there is no way I could leave that be.
I never said such a thing. I said if you don't do something for years you will ache. Thai boxing was an extreme example to ram the point home as you were being thick headed about the subject.
> Does this not suggest that it's you who's unusual? People don't wear those padded shorts for fun, they wear them because it's unpleasant not to. Maybe you're some combination of light, riding short distances, insensitive to particular kinds of pain, or just unusually suited to saddles via some random quirk of anatomy. Lucky you, but you are not representative.
No not at all. I see many people cycling in normal-ish clothing on fixed gears, racing bikes, mountain bikes etc.
It is really frustrating when you will deny reality. I've cycled to work in many different countries (UK, Spain, Denmark, Germany) and the vast majority of people where normal clothes.
Here are some from Denmark (not taken from me but I did live there)
I know I said I wouldn't reply but that is a totally disingenuous interpretation of what I said and there is no way I could leave that be.
I never said such a thing. I said if you don't do something for years you will ache. Thai boxing was an extreme example to ram the point home as you were being thick headed about the subject.
> Does this not suggest that it's you who's unusual? People don't wear those padded shorts for fun, they wear them because it's unpleasant not to. Maybe you're some combination of light, riding short distances, insensitive to particular kinds of pain, or just unusually suited to saddles via some random quirk of anatomy. Lucky you, but you are not representative.
No not at all. I see many people cycling in normal-ish clothing on fixed gears, racing bikes, mountain bikes etc.
It is really frustrating when you will deny reality. I've cycled to work in many different countries (UK, Spain, Denmark, Germany) and the vast majority of people where normal clothes.
Here are some from Denmark (not taken from me but I did live there)
https://imgur.com/a/9b4O5l5
https://imgur.com/a/IoXzYVx
This was taken by me while waiting in Gibraltar.
https://imgur.com/a/xkDXWal
This is a picture from Bournemouth
https://imgur.com/a/dHdpA5J
A shot from Manchester (I used to live there as well)
https://imgur.com/a/wlr2xWx
All wearing normal clothing and not struggling. I am sorry but it simply isn't true that I am unusual.