Originally Posted by
ramAnag
Used to cycle everywhere when I was a kid. Tbh I wouldn’t fancy it now what with the state of the roads, the amount of traffic and the fact that I no longer bounce!
Seems to be a very different attitude to cycling and cyclists in Europe which in Northern France, Holland, Belgium and Northern Germany must be partly down to terrain.
Imo those who compete in the TdF and the like are amongst the fittest, finest and bravest athletes to be found anywhere in the world of sport.