Will regular cycling make your legs/calves bigger??

[makbike]

I would say yes it does, for my chiropractor (a cyclist himself) noted that the muscles in my quads and calves had more bulk and definition - YES!!!!!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Well, my legs are definitely more nicely shaped than before I started biking.
Before losing the 25 pounds, my legs were rounder all over, no noticable muscles to speak of. Jiggly areas (ugh).

Now (and I'm by no means finished reshaping yet!) the jiggle is pretty much gone. thinner knees by far, no big love handle lumps around hips, air space between thighs (bigtime). I can see nice strong calf muscles and some nice long front thigh muscles where there used to be just flab. Can also see muscles on the fronts of my shins (never had such things before!). I can feel the back thigh muscles. My waist is thinner, my "booty" is better shaped and some excess fat is gone. Shoulders have some muscle and are better defined. My arms are thinner but with more muscle.
And I don't even consider that I ride that much!

It's GREAT. How anyone can object to getting muscles is beyond me. I LOVE the way my body is reshaping itself!!

[KnottedYet]

I just keep getting leaner and leaner. Haven't lost a single pound in maybe a year, but all my clothes (even my "these are too tight but maybe they'll fit later" clothes) are getting too big.

If I could afford it, I'd purge my wardrobe and buy new.

My butt has shrunk and completely changed shape, thighs are tighter (and smaller) calves are tighter and much more defined (but no bigger)

Arms are smaller, with some little tight muscles.

I have tiny wrists and ankles, and I'm starting to look proportionate rather than like I just have tiny wrists and ankles.

And my arms and legs look longer, optical illusion but I like it.

Still have some fat on my butt and hips that I wouldn't mind losing. Got a little fat on either side of my belly-button which I like (makes me look like I have abs!). I worry a little that my face is getting too bony, but some folks like it so I won't complain.

You know those little dogs that look like greyhounds? I think they're called whippets? Think I'm turning into one of them.

Plus I feel fabulous, and am more flexible, getting fewer migraines and less joint pain.

Yay, biking!

[mimitabby]

You know those little dogs that look like greyhounds? I think they're called whippets? Think I'm turning into one of them.

Yay, biking!

Let us know when you start howling at the moon..
Perhaps we need a before photo for you?

[CyclChyk]

You know those little dogs that look like greyhounds? I think they're called whippets? Think I'm turning into one of them.
Yay, biking!

Whipp It! Whipp it good.......

Sorry. I guess I really am a geek.

[KnottedYet]

<sniff> oh, that was beautiful, CC! <wipes away a tear>

Can't believe I missed that association! (Might have to get it on iTunes. All my Devo was on tape)

Mimi- I have an astounding "before" pic. Nobody at work believed I ever weighed as much as I did until I brought that pic in. and I am NOT putting that sucker up on TE! Ewwwwww!

when i am miserable I gain weight. When I am happy I "whippet"!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Mimi- I have an astounding "before" pic. Nobody at work believed I ever weighed as much as I did until I brought that pic in. and I am NOT putting that sucker up on TE! Ewwwwww!

How about just a link?