Do you think Ebikes are contributing to our growing obesity problem?

[Threetrees]

Lots of fat posters itt

 

[666]

Well it's way easier than walking to McDonald's. When I was a kid I had to walk uphill 5 miles to get to the nearest McDonald's.

 

[IDGETKTFO]

What kinda ebike you got? I was thinking bout getting one I have a diamondback insight and use to do 20 miles a day on it but thought an ebike may help me a little. And you been on here a long time brotha you know not all white belts on here are first timers.

I have a Sun Electrolite. Most people don't even realize its an ebike.

 

[Dogshare]

Are there so many fat people on e-bikes? I have one and use it instead of a car. I also have a regular bike, but it is very hilly here and also warm, so it's not easy to use. But with the e-bike I can go to everything within 15 km range easily. I don't see fat people on e-bikes, but it also wouldn't really work here with all the hills.

 

[jeff7b9]

We need to bring back fat shaming

I never stopped.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Probably. I’m sure it’s one factor among many. But removing the manual part of riding a bike, the only thing that makes it exercise, isn’t going to make anyone thinner.

 

[HereticBD]

It's really not complex. We've gave these little shits handheld multimedia machines, and it's what they spend 80% of their time on. Remember when parents would have to pry their kids away from the TV, to go outside and play? Well, now they can take the TV with them. "Playing outside" is now sitting in a circle on the lawn and playing Fortnite on their tablets.

Ultimately though, it's weak parenting that caused this. When you think that telling your kid "no" is a form of abuse, it's over. The kids run the show these days, so it's no surprise we have a bunch of spoiled fat little emperors out there.

 

[Wetarmpits]

Because before they got their hands on eBikes they walked?

eBikes dont make you fat.
Try stopping eating junk food and drink gallons of soda filled with sugar.

Sherdog taught me about cream sodas.

What an atrocity of a “drink”.

 

[Renard]

The obesity epidemic is primarily a calories issue. There are graphs charting out the average number of calories eaten per day per each American and it's a line that has been progressively going up in the past decades. The big reason behind the increase in calories is people reaching for processed foods which are low in satiety but very high in calories. Inactivity doesn't help but it's a secondary issue. Someone that's not paying attention can easily eat 1000 calories (e.g. half a large bag of chips) as a snack without even thinking about it, but burning 1000 calories is not going to happen even if they went absolutely ballistic on the cardio. Which you shouldn't do anyway as hard cardio interferes with muscle building. The only plausible solution is not eating those easy calories in the first place.

 

[suprah]

I have a Sun Electrolite. Most people don't even realize its an ebike.

How long can you ride without your wrists hurting with that handlebar? Mine straight too and I always wondered if road bike handlebars would be better. I put the bar ends on and that helped. Use to ride a cheap walmart bike with fat tires till someone on here years ago told me to get 700c tires. Ive done 2 35 mile trips on it and have thousands of miles on it. Riding here you get shot at or run off the road now so eh.

 

[Beechwood]

Well, bike riding is a big sport around where I live. Great swarms of bikers can be seen and dodged on many weekends. I have noticed that most bikers are thin and in shape. Only a few are over weight and look awkward riding around.

I asked a local biker last month what he thought of e-bikes. He thought they were great. The older you get the weaker you become and his thinking was that instead of giving up biking altogether ebikes help some to still get outdoors and get some exercise. So it depends I'll so. If you have a condition hurting your ability to ride a bike then e-bikes are wonderful and likely helpful with the battle of the bulge. Some people on the other hand don't need an e-bike and are just out of shape.

 

[Michaelangelo]

I never stopped.

I think we take all the fatties and plug them in the hole in the ozone layer

Actually that might contribute to more greenhouse gas

 

[Phlog]

Diet makes people fat, not electronic bikes or the lack of them.

 

[Spounman]

Nah I think it's the food they eat and lack of exercise. I was lucky that I started wrestling in middle school so from then on through high school I was conscious of keeping my weight the same on a weekly basis. I also was obsessed with playing basketball and baseball so that helped. In my 20s I became way more hardcore at being fit than I ever was as a teen until I discovered alcohol in my late 20s.

 

[Wilmer Digreux]

so glad I live in a place where nobody does that dumb crap.

 

[ChessJitsu]

getting my ebike in 2 days. so excited.

I'm 34 years old and I'm still excited lol

 

[Volador]

Not really. If you want to make that argument, then cars are a better candidate. The thing is there is a huge economic incentive to engineer food that tastes as good as possible and is as addictive to eat as possible. The industry of snack, candy, soda, fast food, etc has gotten huge and the science behind engineering high palatability/low satiety food keeps improving. Also, physical labor is far less common in general. Those are the biggest things.

 

[Madmick]

If so, only on the same scale that motorcycles, escalators, and moving walkways contribute to obesity.

 

[AngryWeasel]

We're essentially turning into the people from wall-e

Shit SakurabasEar is banned now ? Wtf

 

[William Huggins]

If so, only on the same scale that motorcycles, escalators, and moving walkways contribute to obesity.

Sherdog contributes to obesity.......

Have you put on pounds being a Mod?