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• infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The cycling community has a word for those guys: Freds.

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• MagicShel@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Perhaps that’s why they are on a bike?

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• somethingsnappy@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you are trying to lose weight, you should be using the worst, heaviest bike possible.

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  • SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well, not if you still want to have some fun while doing so.

    But I agree, that a regular bike should suffice and you don’t need to worry about optimizing gear weight if you’re not competing for anything and just ride it for your own well-being.

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  • wolfpack86@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Well, not necessarily. A bike that’s got a full carbon frame also absorbs shock and vibration from the road better. This means you can ride longer distances without getting fatigued in places like your wrists or ass. Longer rides = more exercise.

    But once you have a carbon frame, chasing grams on other components gets to be a bit silly.

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    • autriyo@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’ve yet to ride a carbon frame for any amount of real distance, so idk how good they actually are.

      But having a less harsh ride can also be archived by not using the thinnest pizza cutter tires at 10 bar. Especially if we care about time ridden and not avg. speed.

      And it’s going to be slightly harder to get the same speed out of comfy tires, so that’s also more exercise.

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    • jeffep@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You could also just walk whenever possible, burns more kcals/distance

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      • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That’s less efficient time-wise though, since it takes significantly longer to walk the same distance riding.

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  • _stranger_@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s a stationary bike

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• HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Or skinny dudes with enormous ballsacks wearing tight Spandex on 15 pound carbon fiber bikes, but a 20 pound motorcycle lock.

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• betanumerus@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I can’t say I’ve ever seen that.

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• psoul@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well, it’s also fun to go places you know. If a shitty bike can only get you 20mi / 30km but a on a good one you feel confident doing a 30mi / 45km ride then the purchase makes sense.

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