Benefits of cycling over running?

If your main goal is general fitness, spend 1k on a decent stationary bike, ride at least 30 minutes 4x per week, and maybe throw in easy runs when you feel like it. Once you back off from the running, maybe it will start to be fun again, and you will maintain some aerobic fitness with the bike. Oh, and make sure you can watch TV or an iPad while on the bike, otherwise, boring as hell.

Do you have a kind of stationary bike you would recommend? Surprised at this rather than a turbo trainer

what Trek do you have?

i'm at the point where my only bike is a $100 cheapie beach cruiser i bought off a neighbor

just no desire whatsoever to get a workout in on a bike anymore; perma-fried

Besides everything mentioned cycling maintains a fat burn HR and for longer. The lightest I've been since 16 was the 4-5 years I did heavy USCF racing alongside my Tri racing.

So for middle to older, have places to ride, have time to ride, have money to spend, and goal is lose serious weight then cycling over running.

Currently I just love running more. Walk out the door and go for 1 hour workout, not 2-4 like cycling + sometimes driving somewhere.

Depending on where you live competitive cycling events can be hard to find.

In the county where I live, there are 28 open running races every year. There is only 2 bike races with one a low key mtn bike race and the other a gravel race. The nearest road bike race is a 90min drive away.

And to really be competitive in either of the local bike races would require purchasing two different types of bikes, a significant $ investment.

One could be competitive in any of the 28 running races wearing two different pairs of shoes costing less than $450.

If have Plantar fking itis now for 6 month, and i am very happy that i can continue to do something on a bike. Cycling transfers poorly to running, running transfers better to cycling.

This is something I think is funny, in an odd way. I understand we're dealing with some intellectually challenged people here and there may be different understandings of what a down vote means, but:

I stated a fact. This information (my reply- I have friends ....) comes from factual experiences from my 52 years of running.

Yet, someone disagrees with me?

Maybe their down vote means- it's true but sad? I don't know but there are certain things that you simply can't disagree with- facts.

Thank you.

I think it's a downvote to your pu$$y friends who can't handle a grazed knee.

Does anyone else here ONLY ride indoors on an exercise bike? I had a few really close calls and decided to buy a cheap $300 bike off of Amazon. I also put up an old 42" TV with a Chromecast - I feel like I can ride all day. Or am I missing out on massive gains.

An FX3. No way in Hades am I rolling over 20MPH. Would love a bike that did that without it being a full on road bike.

Well, my reading challenged friend- notice I said- the ones who were physically able?

You didn't- so have someone intelligent read it and explain.

Some of them were almost tragically injured.

A couple were close to dead. One never fully recovered and the fact that he simply came to a race (running) to watch and was able to walk was a miracle.

Others had bad falls that grazed a lot more than their knees- one had reconstructive surgery on her jaw.

So, I guess you answered my question- the down votes are from the intellectually challenged idiots.

You got it. Overloaded brain suckers. :)

Interesting. Always figured cyclists were so light just because of training volume but this may actually be why I need to start. No doubt one of the reasons my running has fallen off and injuries have piled up is I'm up about 20 lbs from my PB shape. Not sure I can commit 2-4 hours for a ride like that but can definitely fit in a few rides on the stationary with a podcast in.

That bike looks pretty sweet. Honestly we are prob built a little different cause just by the looks of it I'd assume riding around 20mph on that thing would be somewhat easy. Maybe not a continuous long ride, but if it's around town there's got to be plenty of instances where that would happen.

But yeah considering I rode my beach cruiser in sandals along the hawaii ironman route (during the race) and had to be careful not to pass mid-pack racers on the rolling uphills, I tend to go a little faster than most, as one would expect of someone who did fk all for nearly 10 years other than ride/race.

You can ride Zwift or its equivalent indoors.

You can train or race, or both. Its a lot of fun

I was going to say that many bikers are way more aggressive than runners. Biking is more like driving in traffic with the resulting bad attitudes. Running results in higher endorphins, I guess.

I've lost 3 former teammates who got in accidents with cars while training

I no longer recommend road cycling to anyone

And almost lost a friend to an mtb crash earlier this year, who now goes back and forth between being thankful he's still alive to wondering if it wouldn't have been better to die because his body is so messed up and he still needs opioids to sleep most nights

The thing I always tell people: If you're going to ride you've got to act like you're invisible and don't have right-of-way even if legally you do

One benefit I don't think has been mentioned yet: hot and humid weather is a lot less uncomfortable on a bike compared to when running. It’s still not ideal, but it's not like running where 60s and sunny starts getting too warm for a race.

That bike has 40x11 gearing max, so you will basically spin out on every downhill, which will negatively affect your average speed. Additionally, with the flat bar, you can't get aero enough on the downhill either and the standard position is also too upright. Once you get to 20mph, it's all about being aero.