Originally Posted by
Phil_gretz
But, all sports are hard. The limit is how gifted and committed you are, and the costs and risks you're willing to bear to succeed.
Agreed. I don't mean to come across as saying, 'The reason I like biking is that you can be great at it in no time at all.'' In fact, to be elite, you've got to be an athlete athlete like any other sport. I just mean that if you're committed, you can gain quickly on people who are less committed, maybe moreso than some other sports. In sports such as tennis and golf, the development of muscle memory for a variety of strokes will carry you into the future with less effort.
Or maybe I should turn it around and insult tennis instead -- Tennis players can let their early days of skill development and muscle memory carry them into their lazy older years whereas cyclists have go earn it every year, every week, every day. How's that?
