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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Some traffic stats Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 03:49:02 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 50 Message-ID: <geu7vil7roipdrt12baegpf6m0hn51q31o@4ax.com> References: <ussh2h$10uhk$1@dont-email.me> <ussvnf$142oh$1@dont-email.me> <ust0vb$1490h$2@dont-email.me> <ustspf$1dksi$1@dont-email.me> <mi25vipm9o19j1sgqhqlkbfnfk6q8s1t4b@4ax.com> <usvos4$1riuq$1@dont-email.me> <haq6vip4kvbbb54u27jnesi4mgh1elaahk@4ax.com> <usvq04$1rp3m$1@dont-email.me> <7ns6vidob0c37mfbhb953j7n0almiaeb5u@4ax.com> <usvvul$1t00c$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8b8290c57593b888445400fcbaf2e732"; logging-data="2293286"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/+ap6+z7+I9e8Fz1Pk7B/OAlSUe6fCKGo=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:K2s7nUuCjeM/Li6RWwyoa1acMCs= Bytes: 2981 On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:07:02 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >On 3/14/2024 5:01 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote: >> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:25:25 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >> >>> On 3/14/2024 4:17 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote: >>>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:06:08 -0400, Frank Krygowski >>>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Please. For ~99% of cyclists, bicycling is not a "sport." >>>> >>>> Nonsense. >>> >>> I'm with Mr Krygowski on that point. >>> >>> Riding to work, grocery, accompanying children to and in a >>> park and so on would not be described as 'sporting >>> activities' by the participants or by observers. >> >> Most bicyclists I've heard of ride for recreation, at least in the >> USA. >> >>> As in so may fields the 'weekend warrior' cyclists get all >>> the press but they are still a small subset of 'cyclists'. >> >> sport noun (GAME) >> A1 >> a game or activity that people do to keep healthy or for enjoyment, >> often competing against each other: >> >> sport noun (PHYSICAL ACTIVITY) >> A1 >> all types of physical activity that people do to keep healthy or for >> enjoyment: >> >> https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/learner-english/sport > >Riding to work in a Midwest winter is outside that. True, but in the USA, most who do that have other means to get to work, so riding a bike to work in cold and snow is a choice they make. If it's not the cost, it must be an enjoyment or health related choice. But back to the sports issue... I believe that an activity needn't be competitive to be a sport. Are not hunting and fishing sports? How about a little non-competitive target shooting? Hang gliding? Scuba diving? non-competitive skiing?