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  1. #1
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    from personal experience my calves HAVE grown bigger. I was pretty thin to begin with anyway.

    BUT The upside is they're less wobbly! I love it! I'll take toned legs over wobbly ones anyday!!
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    Here are a couple of fotos, one is quite old because with legs like these, you just don't exhibit them very much. I am standing with my grandmother and my mother; both of whom had much nicer legs than me.

    The second foto is recent, uh, today. Shows firmer legs with muscles rather
    than just bones and skin. The only thing that changed was bicycling.
    Mimi Team TE BIANCHISTA
    for six tanks of gas you could have bought a bike.

  3. #3
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    Mimi - like the "after" photo! Whooooo-eeeee, check out those gams!
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

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    Woo-HOOO!!! Great NEW legs, Mimi!!!!
    Biking gals just get better and better as they get older!
    Lisa
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    Well....

    Let me answer that question with a story:

    I have a hard time finding ski boots because my calves are quite muscular. In demoing some boots, the sales guy grabbed my calve and said "wow, you have athletic calves". I told him I ride a lot and he hemmed and hawed.....finally found a good that fit me.

    This particular guy knows my hubby and one day, about two weeks later, was riding with hubby in a gondola, when he said, 'wow, your wife has REALLY athletic calves. I mean, wow!' Hubby almost fell over laughing.

    I tend to build a lot of muscle, therefore leading to rather muscular legs. I agree that it depends on your body type, but hopefully your calves won't make the rounds for discussion on ski lifts.
    The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew--and live through it.

 

 

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