[kerkeslager]

> I ride my bike 20-50 miles for fun. At 50 calories per mile, that definitely adds up.

You're literally talking about exercising for 1-5 hours depending on pace.

Perhaps broad generalities are useless, but in the context of talking about weight loss, I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that the average person embarking on a weight loss journey is going to jump in and start doing 50 mile bike rides.

It's much more likely that they'll be doing something like a 10 mile bike ride, at a much slower pace, in which case the numbers are back into a range where diet is going to play a much larger role in their success or failure.

[JoeAltmaier]

Sure. But my whole family does this; my boys and their spouses; their cousins and so on. Its not as uncommon as all that. But yes, we are bicycle-obsessed people.

[kerkeslager]

And how many of these people are concerned about losing weight?

[JoeAltmaier]

Ha! None of them. All lean and strong.