Originally posted by Daff
And does mountain bikers average over 25mph over around 1600 miles, during some of the toughest climbs in Europe over 3 weeks?.
If you want air, you go on a BMX..if you want speed, you go road..anything inbetween is nonsense.![Smiley :)](http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Daff
Athletic trainers say that moto-cross riding used to be one of the most physical sports, using your whole body, every muscle, to control the bike. The most physical sport has now been replaced by professional mountain bike riders. You get 3 weeks and 1600 miles worth of physical activity packed into a 3-day cross country event, so it requireds twice the physical strength and 3 times the endurance.
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The sport is less glamourized frankly because there are less men and women that can handle such abuse on ones body, therefore, its not as well covered by media as flatlander bike riding is.
Either way, we can agree both tax the human body, mind to its limits!
This came out of a Fitness magazine, so it may be bias and doesn't agree with what I posted above mainly because the skill level isn't required for any biking event.
Deciding which sport is the world's toughest is difficult. We ranked different sports in seven categories on a scale and come up with our result. The seven categories are:
Fitness — The level of physical finess you must have to participate.
Skills — The complexity of the athletic skills necessary to compete.
Brains — The mental toughness and intelligence needed.
Pain — Injury rate and the potential for death.
Contact — The chances of getting injury by other
participants.
Venue — Where you play it, e.g. whether it is outdoor or indoor, etc.
Intangibles — Other minor variations in the condition.
After comparing more than 40 different sports, we come up with the following top ten toughest sports:
1.Gymnastics
Gymnatics scores very high in fitness, skills, pain and intangibles.
2.Ironman Triathlon
3.Rock Climbing
4.Ice Hockey
5.Bull riding
6.Boxing
7.Rugby
8.Decathlon
9.Mountain Bike riding
10.Football
No mention of bike riding other than Mountain bike riding
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Someday it will get the exposure it deserves.