Maybe for you I highlighted the wrong part.
Point is, for the average adult, biking is an option but it takes a ton of time and work to build up your strength.
For the average adult (because that’s what he said) I’m saying no, regular biking is not an option. For the average adult.
Fondots@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Alright. If that’s what you want to nitpick here
The average adult (in the US) can ride a bike, whether or not they ever actually do is a different matter, but the majority of us learned how to at some point, and there’s a reason “it’s like riding a bike” is a saying.
From being able to ride a bike to being able to ride it a reasonably long distance just takes time and work to build up to it, which is what he said.
Now a lot of people won’t put in that kind of work, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t.
I’m fat, I won’t sugar-coat that. In a couple weeks when it warms up a bit I’ll hop on my bike, and I’ll probably manage around 5 miles, and by the end of the summer I’ll probably work my way up to around 15 miles, and I’ll still be fat. I do this pretty much every year (and worth noting, I didn’t even learn to ride a bike until I was in my 30s)
There are parts of the world where damn-near everyone gets around on bikes, they don’t have some sort of unattainable genetic advantage because they grew up in Amsterdam or whatever that gives them some “dormant athleticism” that Americans don’t have, they just ride bikes.
The average adult can ride a bike. They just don’t or won’t.
someguy3@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Lmao not even with responding to. The extent that you go through to misread and then try to salvage something is unreal. Ciao.
Fondots@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Feeling’s mutual.
If you need someone to teach you how to ride a bike, hit me up.