British Cycling launches “Sofa to saddle”

[Jameshow]

Isn't that a couch to Marathon training programme?
Sorry wrong sport! 🤣

Sorry I corrupted the thread!🤣🤣🤣

 

[a.twiddler]

I wonder how many takers this scheme will attract? An awful lot of people might think a couch is just another variety of potato. Leading to a cry of "who wants some chips?" (Mmm chips) rather than "who wants to go for a bike ride?". A bit counter productive.

What's in a name? I've always called it a settee myself. Mind you, when it comes to choc bars, the very same bar when called a Marathon was a lot more appealing to me than something called a Snickers, which feels like some sort of Americanism.

 

[Drago]

Couch to Coronary.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Couch to Coronary.

To Coroners

 

[Tenkaykev]

No that would be couch to 42.195K😏

-0/+1%

 

[Tenkaykev]

Brought up in Brum it was " Settee ". Not sure what they called it in Solihull...?

 

[ktmbiker58]

It's called a settee and it was the only safe place to hide behind when the cybermen appeared on Dr Who - you can't hide behind a couch!!

 

[Webbo2]

It's called a settee and it was the only safe place to hide behind when the cybermen appeared on Dr Who - you can't hide behind a couch!!

This.

 

[Alex321]

It's called a settee and it was the only safe place to hide behind when the cybermen appeared on Dr Who - you can't hide behind a couch!!

I did (I was 10 at the time, and the cybermen were the most scary of the Dr Who baddies then)

 

[Dogtrousers]

Brought up in Brum it was " Settee ". Not sure what they called it in Solihull...?

West Midlands for me which may explain my pref for settee.

 

[annedonnelly]

It's called a settee and it was the only safe place to hide behind when the cybermen appeared on Dr Who - you can't hide behind a couch!!

Absolutely, and the daleks or maybe I was just a wimp!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Absolutely, and the daleks

Daleks could not get up stairs. So hid up there

 

[annedonnelly]

Daleks could not get up stairs. So hid up there

That's probably the only reason we didn't have nightmares after watching.

 

[Sharky]

Not clear to me what the objective is.

The running version, is clearly aimed at health and getting fit, leading to entering competitive events. Park runs, half, full marathons.

With cycling, there could be two objectives. One being to increase the number of utility rides done. That is short journeys, riding to shops, school. All better than car driving, but will only marginally attack the health issues.

The second being to address the health issues by getting fitter, going further and faster, leading to sportives, even joining a club! This route, will require decent bikes, not just a pair of trainers. And the time needed to devote to cycling can be much greater than running. 30 mins running three times a week would get you fit running, but on a bike, you need much longer on each ride.

Hope the scheme will work, any way,
Sofa so good

 

[Dogtrousers]

Not clear to me what the objective is.

It's not clear from that video. So I had a little read: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/a...rits-Spend-Over-18-Hours-A-Week-On-The-Sofa-0

From all the waffle I think the key points are

• supporting the average Briton to trade their weekly sofa hours for a casual bike ride
• offering a plan designed to tackle the most common barriers that prevent people from getting on a bike

So I think the aim is just to convince people that riding a bike is possible.

Once people are convinced that riding a bike is a thing they can do then it's up to them where they take it from there, whether it's utility, competitive or for no reason other than to get a bit of physical and mental benefit.