Something we knew already (overweight commuters)

I thought this was going to be a thread about big fat bicycle commuters, with paniered commuting bikes, fully loaded to hilt with laptops, lunches, clothes, work, kitchen sink, weetbix, booties!

I only see a few overweight people cycling.
None of the bicycle commuters I come across would be regarded as fat, although I have seen a few chubbie public transport commuters.

I've noticed some wierd set ups with some cycle-commuters though.
Stuff like a am/fm radio duct taped to the 'bars blaring out Radio National, and spray jackets in January. Cardbroad mudguards pop up every now & again. Very worn/torn T-shirts.
and yes, the waft of stinky riding gear from some die 'ards.

Marx SS said:

I've noticed some wierd set ups with some cycle-commuters though.
Stuff like a am/fm radio duct taped to the 'bars blaring out Radio National, and spray jackets in January. Cardbroad mudguards pop up every now & again. Very worn/torn T-shirts.
and yes, the waft of stinky riding gear from some die 'ards.

Ive seen that guy!! he rides a lot along the foreshore bike path, usually see him when I am running, has to be him though... radio taped to the handle bars! and it is always on Radio National..... and he is ALWAYS wearing the spray jacket!

I think he uses my dads old philosophy... SWEAT IT OUT... he used to go running with a garbage under his track suit, back in England, so he would sweat more!!

MikeyOz said:

Ive seen that guy!! he rides a lot along the foreshore bike path, usually see him when I am running, has to be him though... radio taped to the handle bars! and it is always on Radio National..... and he is ALWAYS wearing the spray jacket!

I think he uses my dads old philosophy... SWEAT IT OUT... he used to go running with a garbage under his track suit, back in England, so he would sweat more!!

He doesnt have a huge dolphin torch taped on there as well does he?
I reckon i have seen plenty of overweight cyclists along beach rd stretching that lycra to its limits..

Quoted message said:

People who took their cars to work were 13 per cent more likely to be
overweight

I'm surprised it's only 13%.

coowoowoo said:

MikeyOz said:

Ive seen that guy!! he rides a lot along the foreshore bike path,
usually see him when I am running, has to be him though... radio taped
to the handle bars! and it is always on Radio National..... and he is
ALWAYS wearing the spray jacket!

I think he uses my dads old philosophy... SWEAT IT OUT... he used to go
running with a garbage under his track suit, back in England, so he
would sweat more!!

He doesnt have a huge dolphin torch taped on there as well does he?
I reckon i have seen plenty of overweight cyclists along beach rd
stretching that lycra to its limits..

Everyone has to start somewhere. When I see an overweight cyclist* I
hope they keep it up, as they may just end up a lot healthier and less
out of shape.

* many would suggest that I am one of them! But, I'm really a sprinter
🙂

Jules said:

Quoted message said:

People who took their cars to work were 13 per cent more likely to be
overweight

Quoted message said:

I'm surprised it's only 13%.

13% more likely than the 50% of the population who are overweight. That
would be 56.5% of drivers are overweight.

Theo

MikeyOz said:

I thought this was going to be a thread about big fat bicycle commuters,
with paniered commuting bikes, fully loaded to hilt with laptops,
lunches, clothes, work, kitchen sink, weetbix, booties!

I resemble that!
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coowoowoo said:

I reckon i have seen plenty of overweight cyclists along beach rd
stretching that lycra to its limits..

Exercise is just part of it, diet counts for a lot. Eighty / twenty in
favor of diet I believe.
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eddiec said:

The findings are due to be published this week in the International
Journal of Obesity.

WTF does the world need a magazine about obesity? Is there
anyone on the planet who doesn't know why people get fat, and
what they should do about it?

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I think something along the lines of the "African women don't get fat:
the refugee diet" is appropriate here.

Rich people get fat, die. Do I care? No.

Michael Warner said:

eddiec said:

The findings are due to be published this week in the International
Journal of Obesity.

WTF does the world need a magazine about obesity? Is there
anyone on the planet who doesn't know why people get fat, and
what they should do about it?

--
Home page: http://members.westnet.com.au/mvw

I must admit, most of the funniest people I know are overweight.

Some skinny people can be so vindictive & [censored].

neuroinf said:

Rich people get fat, die. Do I care? No.

Don't you worry that you might win Lotto one day and become rich?

At least you won't need to worry about your friends sponging off you.

Theo

neuroinf said:

I think something along the lines of the "African women don't get fat:
the refugee diet" is appropriate here.

Or as a colleague of mine put it, `you don't see fat people in concentration camps, do you?'

Quoted post said:

Rich people get fat, die. Do I care? No.

What about poor people?

Fact: the lower the socio-economic group the higher the likelihood of obesity. The higher the socio-economic group the lower the liklihood of obestity.

EuanB said:

Or as a colleague of mine put it, `you don't see fat people in concentration camps, do you?'

What about poor people?

Fact: the lower the socio-economic group the higher the likelihood of obesity. The higher the socio-economic group the lower the liklihood of obestity.

Now this is something i have never quite figured out.. The lower socio- economic groups in theory should have less money to bandy about. In order to be overweight they must be consuming more sugary drinks and junk food. This of course requires a lot more money then buying fresh fruit/veg and drinking water etc.
So, why are they more likely to be overweight?

coowoowoo said:

Now this is something i have never quite figured out.. The lower socio- economic groups in theory should have less money to bandy about. In order to be overweight they must be consuming more sugary drinks and junk food. This of course requires a lot more money then buying fresh fruit/veg and drinking water etc.
So, why are they more likely to be overweight?

think it might have something to do with, buying cheap, highly processed, pre-packaged food, no nutrition, no good for you what so ever, and probably not very motivated to do much exercise... I guess are a couple of things... lets face it, it gets more and more expensive to buy truely fresh healthy food, I buy the food from the market every weekend, meat, chicken etc... and goddam it, it never gets cheaper!

MikeyOz said:

I thought this was going to be a thread about big fat bicycle commuters, with paniered commuting bikes, fully loaded to hilt with laptops, lunches, clothes, work, kitchen sink, weetbix, booties!

I thought it was going to be about me :o .

In aus.bicycle on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:17:45 +1100

MikeyOz said:

coowoowoo said:

Now this is something i have never quite figured out.. The lower socio-
economic groups in theory should have less money to bandy about. In
order to be overweight they must be consuming more sugary drinks and
junk food. This of course requires a lot more money then buying fresh
fruit/veg and drinking water etc.
So, why are they more likely to be overweight?

think it might have something to do with, buying cheap, highly
processed, pre-packaged food, no nutrition, no good for you what so
ever, and probably not very motivated to do much exercise... I guess

Or not have the chance.

A shop assistant on her feet for a 12 hour shift isn't going to then
go jogging, can't afford a gym membershitp or have the time to go, and
probably doesn't live that close to work.

A cleaner might work a 12 hour shift too, and is also not likely to
live close to work, plus might be moving more but not aerobically
useful movement.

Both will be doing hard but not fat-burning work and be too tired to
spend another hour tiring themselves more.

Also, fresh fruit and veg is not as available in poor neighbourhoods
as you might believe. Depends on where - most ethnic areas are
relatively well supplied, but when I tried to get decent stuff in
Blacktown I scurried back to (very asian) campsie where processed is
the exception not the norm. Big shopping centres have fruit and veg,
but often quite restricted and looking good but not tasting good.

If you work long hours in a [censored] job then more hours shopping and
cooking and exercising's not high on the list.

Zebee

Michael Warner said:

eddiec said:

The findings are due to be published this week in the International
Journal of Obesity.

WTF does the world need a magazine about obesity?

Simple, then you can claim to be a legitimate researcher, register a
charity and get peeps to send you tax deductable donations to fund your
research and never have to work again, other than a few journal articles
that are noticable light on amount of data. Well, that is the way they
do it in other medical fields.

Quoted message said:

Is there anyone on the planet who doesn't know why people get fat,
and what they should do about it?

Surprisingly, the answer is probably yes. aka when you start to look for
real data to support a lot of medical beliefs, it can be rather scarce,
plus TT, ACA, etc really need more "medical researchers" to add weight
to their fluffing.