Quote Originally Posted by smilingcat View Post
I feel bit insulted that the metric used to determine active women as only 37 miles in five and half hour while for men it was 62 miles in six and half hours. I assume this is on a flat course.

Well aside from the "put down", maybe it explains why I have so much better sense of balance and coordination than my partner. I'm not sure if it makes a difference between bicycle or trikes. I'm sure it does. But it is still far better than planting ones rear end into a couch and watch TV.

Another good reason to go hit the road. Yipee!!
I think they picked it so that they had two groups to study. If you look at organized rides in many places, the longer distances tend to skew overwhelmingly male, hence the lower minimum activity level. I don't know why they couldn't use the same, lower bar for men, but what do I know? Of course, this study seems to have a few problems with selection bias and cause and effect...

Anyway, I think we all know that cycling (and exercise in general, but we're biased ) is good for you.