Is cycling a sport?

[jonny jeez]

Sure, its an activity.

But is it a sport?

It is, on the whole, a non competitive activity (baring a few exceptions), requires little or no skill and can be undertaken by even the least physically fit or mentally gifted ( as evident on many of my commutes)

When we see the old chap riding to the allotment with his front basket full of cabbage and wearing his sunday best...is he engaging in a sport?

When the kids ride to the park for a kick around, when did the sporting activity begin for them, on the bike or on the grass?

I have my own opinion and a reason for asking (before you accuse me of trolling)

 

[hoopdriver]

Yes. It's a sport. It is an activity. It is transprtation. It is a way of life. It is all of these things.

 

[TheDoctor]

If you need to ask, you won't ever know

 

[Gary E]

Way to demotivate dude think I'll just shoot myself

 

[Sittingduck]

Yes...
and no

 

[TVC]

If they call darts a sport, then cycling definitely is.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

It's what you make it

 

[Deleted member 23692]

If there is a competitive element to your cycling then it's a sport. To me it's a hobby/pastime and to others it's a lifestyle choice.

It is what it is

 

[accountantpete]

On occasion ( like TOT today) it's more like Rugby

 

[vernon]

Your are thinking too deeply jonny jeez.

Here's some other activities that are/are not sports

Walking
Running
Swimming

Ruminate over these too until your insomnia is cured.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

On occasion ( like TOT today) it's more like Rugby

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That crash was the most brutal I've ever seen. A racing peloton turned into a landfill site in a fraction of a second.

 

[Radchenister]

No, it's a religion !

 

[Sara_H]

Its a sport in the same way that formla one racing is. Its mildly related to driving a nissan micra to the supermarket (they both involve a car of sorts).

 

[threebikesmcginty]

If they call darts a sport, then cycling definitely is.

Any old fat sweaty beer gutted oaf could take up cycling but darts...

 

[kerndog]

I'd say it depends on your own approach. There's plenty of lycra clad road worriers around here who view it as a sport, as do I when im out for a long ride. But when im popping to the shops it's transport (better than a car eh Adrian ), when im riding with friends its a hobby and when im thinking about it all day everyday and hankering for my next ride I'd say its an obsession.