Leisesturm

Did you not read any of the previous posts? Biking is not a good way to drop weight. Biking is a great method of transportation, and it can be a great social or fitness activity, but there is a difference between getting fit and having good cardiovascular health and losing weight. When a person has any significant weight to lose (>25lb) they have a surplus of 10's of thousands of calories. Cycling, the way most of us do it is a 400C/hr activity. Racer types get to 600C/hr. Neither one is much good for touching the 80,000C surplus of a 25lbs overweight person. Most people do not: ride in rain, ride at night, ride during the week, or ride on the street with cars. This makes cycling unreliable as a daily, sustainable and easily accessed method of calorie consumption. I get it, we like to bike. All problems look like a bike. Wrong. The poster who mentioned healthy eating was on the right track. Without any cardio at all but a draconian and intense dieting ethic, weight can be lost and the loss maintained. Cardio is cardio. It's good for you. Running is a 600C/hr activity but it is high impact. Elliptical machine? Rowing machine? Those use your arms and are even better for calorie control. I know they aren't done outdoors and therefore not as 'fun' as cycling but few of us can cycle everyday and fewer have all day Saturday and Sunday to make up for the lost days in between.