Is cycling the new golf?

[PamNY]

Is cycling really the new golf?

If so, tell me all about it. I would so love to get my SO on a bike.

[crazycanuck]

Seems many of the injuries at emergency rooms these days are from MAMIL's..i'd say so...

http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/vi...p?f=12&t=39226

Don't most men just want to brag about how fast blah blah blah they went on thier ride & who won the sprint...

[Mr. Bloom]

Yes, cycling is the new golf and I think there's plenty in the popular press to support that. I can't list the business situations where casual conversation has drifted toward cycling and cycling endeavors.

Don't most men just want to brag about how fast blah blah blah they went on thier ride & who won the sprint...

are you serious? You're kidding, right?

[OakLeaf]

I'm a little afraid to ask about "MAMIL" - is that a parallel to a rude term about women that ought to have another letter at the end of it?

[shootingstar]

In some organization's, cycling is the new golf. I did work for an organization like that where a non-profit of 200 staff, over half of top management did cycle several times per wk., some were cycle-commuters. One of them was my manager.

Many were lawyers, but not your corporate type at all. Approachable, legal aid which was the focus of the agency. It was a different 'corporate' culture, so the cycling was not about racing at all. Just doing it nearly daily, losing weight, de-stressing.

My present organization: cycling is a tough sell as new golf, though it talks about it alot about improving cycling in our area.

[Bike Chick]

Don't most men just want to brag about how fast blah blah blah they went on thier ride & who won the sprint...

If that's true, then it would be the new golf. That's no different than bragging about how long their drive was or what their handicap is.

The difference between golf and cycling is that I never wanted to pick up my bicycle and throw it against a tree like I did with my golf clubs Cycling is much less frustrating.

[SheFly]

The difference between golf and cycling is that I never wanted to pick up my bicycle and throw it against a tree like I did with my golf clubs Cycling is much less frustrating.

Hmm - I have DEFINITELY picked up my bike and thrown it into the woods. On one ride, DH actually did that with our MTB tandem as well. That was the end of our off-road tandem adventures.

Maybe cycling really is the new golf.

SheFly

[OakLeaf]

It was over 20 years ago, back when I was racing, that I was also part of a community with a large number of golfers. Back then, I said, "I already ride a bicycle ... why would I want ANOTHER sport that's ludicrously expensive, predominantly male and overwhelmingly white?"

Not much has changed on the last two fronts ... and nothing on the first.

[tulip]

My brother regularly makes business deals and discusses projects while riding with clients. One day he was out on a ride alone and came across a wooden sign that had fallen down on the edge of the road. He got off his bike to move the sign and noticed that it said Land For Sale. He called right then and there and ended up buying the land for $30k. Two years later, a developer called him and offered $175k for the land. Duh. yeah, he sold it.

[lph]

are you serious? You're kidding, right?

you're on a women's forum, remember, random and unrelated griping about "men" (and I mean those quotation marks) should be expected from time to time

[tangentgirl]

wait, isn't golf boring and sucky? and cycling the opposite of that?

[spokewench]

Hmm - I have DEFINITELY picked up my bike and thrown it into the woods. On one ride, DH actually did that with our MTB tandem as well. That was the end of our off-road tandem adventures.

Maybe cycling really is the new golf.

SheFly

Yeah, I've definitely thrown my bike around when it just threw me and I'm having a bad technical riding day!

[trista]

wait, isn't golf boring and sucky? And cycling the opposite of that?

now THAT is funny

[zoom-zoom]

now THAT is funny

And true.

[oz rider]

I'm a little afraid to ask about "MAMIL" - is that a parallel to a rude term about women that ought to have another letter at the end of it?

Middle aged men in Lycra. It's been around a while.