Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 First the WIMPS [video=youtube;LC-H2wXK4T4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzeKiEtp0m0&feature=related and now the MEN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOmx9J1jwAo&feature=fvwrel Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 Other way round There's no skill in cycling! OH so wrong you are at 14 you still have a lot to learn Quote
201bhoy Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Football requires more skill than cycling and I'm 16! Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 I can cycle Yes and I can kick a ball what's your point Quote
201bhoy Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Well, I've experienced both, and I think that cycling only requires good strength and stamina, whereas football also requires skill. Quote
enniscorthyman Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Could a footballer play non stop for 6 hours every day for 3 weeks?. Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 and I'm 16! Still a lot to learn =D=D Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 Well, I've experienced both, and I think that cycling only requires good strength and stamina, whereas football also requires skill. So taking a bike down some of the biggest Cols in Europe at over 60mph has no skill as I said still a lot to learn Quote
201bhoy Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Is a col a hill? And not really... just requires good stamina. Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 Yes! That's called training And you need a lot of it:p Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 Is a col a hill? And not really... just requires good stamina. As I said still a lot to learn/training and you need to brush up on geography Have a read you might learn something http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_pass Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 Could a footballer play non stop for 6 hours every day for 3 weeks?. and thats only one race mate what about the other 49 weeks in the year and no off season Quote
201bhoy Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 As I said still a lot to learn/training and you need to brush up on geography Have a read you might learn something http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_pass Not a good sign that anto I did my geog GCSE today! I guessed hill because of the French word for hill is Colline Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 Not a good sign that anto I did my geog GCSE today! I guessed hill because of the French word for hill is Colline You see mate at 16 you should listen to your elders as I have to do with Wrenn=)) take it from one who did both sports Cycling is for Men Quote
201bhoy Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 You see mate at 16 you should listen to your elders as I have to do with Wrenn=)) Well that's not fair because no-one looks up to me! Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 Well that's not fair because no-one looks up to me! At 6'3" I don't have that problem only when Wrenn calls for tea as he is the same height and older Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 Its great to have some banter besides trains Roll on TDF 2012 now who is next to call cyclist wimps:cool: Quote
201bhoy Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 lol, Wrenniere likes football, so you should listen to him! Quote
BabyGM Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 First the WIMPS [video=youtube;LC-H2wXK4T4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzeKiEtp0m0&feature=related and now the MEN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOmx9J1jwAo&feature=fvwrel I remember seeing a photo a while ago of a soccer player and a hurler The soccer player probably dived and was on the ground and was doing the normal screaming and holding his ankle The Hurler was covered in blood and appeared to be trying to persuade the physio/doctor to let him play on Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 I remember seeing a photo a while ago of a soccer player and a hurlerThe soccer player probably dived and was on the ground and was doing the normal screaming and holding his ankle The Hurler was covered in blood and appeared to be trying to persuade the physio/doctor to let him play on Usually the first words out of a cyclist mouth when they scrape him up of the tarmac are put me back on my bike if he doesn't say these words you know its time to put him in the back of the ambulance. Quote
Barl Posted June 14, 2012 Posted June 14, 2012 Cycling requires a 'machine' so is more based on the manufacturing and skill of the bike maker than solely the skills of the cyclist (which are still required), soccer requires a skill from the player, the ball (or the 'bag of air' as my Dad calls it) has little impact. Both are completely different really so it is difficult to compare them and besides; if all men were cyclists there may be a shortage of children in the near future:ROFL: Quote
RedRich Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 That kind of behavior has no place in football and FIFA should do everything they can to stamp it out. I don't want to get into the who's tougher footballers or cyclists, both sports can be tough at the highest level as with any sport. My brother in law plays junior league football and 3 years ago he had a horrific injury where he had an open fracture of the fibula and tibula. The bones were sticking out through his sock. The game was played in West Waterford and it took half an hour for the ambulance to arrive and Mark was in that agonizing pain without any pain relief. The medics couldn't give him anything only gas in the ambulance and it took another half an hour to get to Waterford Regional Hospital. As a consequence of that injury he now has steel bars in his leg. After nine months rehab and physio he went back training and played again. He fractured his other leg in January and was back playing again last month. He doesn't get a penny for playing and received little in insurance after the injury and he still has the guts to go out and train and play every week. There was a famous Kilkenny hurler that was without a doubt the greatest hurler of his generation (and he deserves to be spoken about in the same reverence as Christy Ring) who also played soccer and I have spoken to the man on a few occasions. One time we were discussing the merits of both games and he said that you are more highly at risk of having a career ending injury playing soccer than playing football or hurling. Cycling is a sport of endurance, willpower, and stamina and trying to compare it to soccer is a waste of time as both of them demand different things of the participant. Rich, Quote
RedRich Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 Well said Rich. Richie, Ayrton Senna payed the ultimate price for his sport and lost his life. There are cyclists that have died also when competing, does the fact that Senna was driving a car make him any less of a man. Rich, Quote
The Train Man Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 (edited) Road Rash-another reason why cyclists are REAL MEN!!! [ATTACH=CONFIG]1152 [/ATTACH] Col du Aspin July 2011 [ATTACH=CONFIG]1153 [/ATTACH] Tour of Munster 2012 [ATTACH=CONFIG]1154 [/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]1155 [/ATTACH] Alp de Huez 2010 ......and I do this for fun and relaxation!!!! Edited June 15, 2012 by The Train Man Quote
enniscorthyman Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 A average rider in the tour de France earns about 150k a year. Carlos Tevez got 230k a week for doing nothing. Darran Clark got 8 million for winning British open golf. Quote
Warbonnet Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 A average rider in the tour de France earns about 150k a year.Carlos Tevez got 230k a week for doing nothing. Darran Clark got 8 million for winning British open golf. And Mr. Armstrong has just been charged with doping... http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armstrong-charged-with-doping-by-usada Quote
enniscorthyman Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 And Mr. Armstrong has just been charged with doping... http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armstrong-charged-with-doping-by-usada[/quote Yes cycling does have a drug problem, are footballers, tennis,rugby,golf players tested for EPO?.No. Quote
The Train Man Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 (edited) And Mr. Armstrong has just been charged with doping... http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armstrong-charged-with-doping-by-usada "I have never doped, and, unlike many of my accusers, I have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance, passed more than 500 drug tests and never failed one. That USADA ignores this fundamental distinction and charges me instead of the admitted dopers says far more about USADA, its lack of fairness and this vendetta than it does about my guilt or innocence" Lance Armstrong 'nuff said!!!!! Edited June 15, 2012 by The Train Man Quote
Broithe Posted June 15, 2012 Posted June 15, 2012 Footballers do get testing for various drugs - if they can remember... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3333091.stm Quote
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