Is the sport of cycling a dying sport?
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Daniel H has set out the case brilliantly for the true revival in bikes for people (instead of the recent trend in making us humans conform to the high techery in the bikes).\n\nBut bikes are back because of the rising oil prices, combined at last, with the realisation that we can't keep putting all that carbon monoxide into the air just to go to the paper shop. \n\nBikes are back because people are learning they offer the all-round best exercise workout, they're fun, they're companionable and they let you see bits of the World you miss by car (and even on foot).\n\nBikes are back because the quality and sheer variety of modern bikes is extraordinary. They need hardly any maintenance, they don't rust anymore, they're not messy and they're easy to live with.\n\nLike Daniel I am really pleased to see the re-emergence of gear hubs - the new geration models are fantastic (my wife has a city bike fitted with a Shimano Nexus - its excellent).\n\nBUT - you asked is the sport of cycling dying. In short No. Sadly though, the old days of club racing seem to be over at the Sunday amateur level. Its all about big events and corporate sponsorship. Nevertheless, we're seeing new velodromes being built (that means big investment) and massive sponsorship in the big road racing teams. In Europe cycling is a passion second only to football (quite right too, I may be cycling mad, but football is close to God). \n\nCycle sport is not dying ... its changing.
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Yes. It is a demanding sport and requires strength, coordination, and stamina. Try playing it and you will see.
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It isnt. All sport clubs want better conditions for theirs\nsportsmen. Thats the reason.
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You bring up a good point, but yeah the NBA isn't so much about the sport now, its about how much money the people make off entertaining people. If they lose that ability it will go down the drain.
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I prefer biking! More speed, and it's alot of fun.. \n\nthis is a very subjective question..
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Pretty stupid if you ask me... personally I drive to the gym because they have an Olympic sized swimming pool.  If I felt like getting some cycling exercise (which I don't, doesn't appeal) I would go out into the countryside and enjoy the views at the same time.... (tho' the views of the girls on the gym bikes can be pretty appealing sometimes :) )
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I am going to say totally YES!  Your question is a bit open...better than what?  But check this out...I used to be a competitive cyclist in my younger days.  Graduated college, got off the bike, went to work and by 2003, I was 101 kg.  Yeah, but I am only 171cm.  Not good at all.  I got back on the bike, slowly at first.  By New Year's 2005, I was back down to 70 kg.  Later this year, I'm going to return to competition in a Christmas Eve race.\n\nCycling saved my life - there's very little exaggeration to that.  It is an excellent way to exercise.
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Its not a sport.  All these guys do is sit in a car and drive in a circle fast for a couple hours. Yes, its risky and people die, but these guys are NOT athletes.
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All sports are dangerous.If you wear adequate protective gear,should be ok Look at other riders and emulate the best in safety gear
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Definitely not.  The closest I could surmise this to mean is that hoops has replaced baseball as the US's 2nd most popular sport... of course that tends to happen when you cancel a season due to a strike/lockout (look how it's hurt hockey), it always takes a while to get people who were huge fans before the season stoppage back.
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Competitive Trail Riding and Endurance Riding
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We have a mountain bike club. And our motto is (The more the merrier). The club is a great group of men and women that just love to have a great time, do some traveling and enjoy the benefits of the exercise. \n\nIn our opinion we don't care what kind of biking you do, it is just cool that you doing it!
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I'm not sure what you're asking, but I have always found cycling to be a wonderful hobby.  It's as healthy as running, but not so stressful on the joints.  It provided me transportation when I was too young to drive.  It's also very cheap.
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It's not as big. I think it's because there is not enough money and sponsorship, it's all ploughed into premiership football. It's catching on slowly, but I dont think it will ever be a big sport here.
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I doubt that a racehorse has ever come out of retirement to race.  Horses retire for a reason and racing them again could kill them.\n\nIf you're interested in the group mentioned by the other poster - here is the link:\nhttp://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/waottb/\n\nHere is another link:\nhttp://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/tbsafe/\n\nNeither site appears to advocate re-training of former thoroughbreds for racing.
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bicycling. Especially mountain biking. It is fun, challenging and a great workout.
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Well, I am a cyclist and this is kind of cliche, but Lance Armstrong.  The man won Tour de France for the seventh time in a row.  A very tough event which covers three weeks, more than two thousand miles, with just two days "off" which are used to travel, and through the Pyrenees and French Alps!  He and other professional cyclists train many tens of thousands of miles each year, burning around about a thousand calories per hour, lots of pain to add.  The longest stage in 2005 was over 140 miles, and mind you, the day before that stage was also over 140 miles as well.  This is with no commercial breaks, time outs, half times, substitutions, or any other sort of break other than a crash if you are unfortunate to get into one.  They even have to eat during the course of the race!  And I could go on...  Lance has this event seven times.