Commuting and fertility...

cjcp
cjcp Posts: 13,345
edited July 2009 in Commuting chat
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/ ... article.do

See the comment. I don't think 300km is "excessive" for an amateur cyclist.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    edited June 2009
    Paging BJUK, BJUK to the courtesy phone please...

    Furthermore, hasn't this been brought up before?

    *goes to google*

    EDIT:

    Old news... 10 years old to be precise...

    http://www.usrf.org/news/bikeriding.html

    http://www.usrf.org/breakingnews/bn_010 ... eseat.html
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Bloody doesn't - another one on the way....!
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    edited June 2009
    Hmm. A load of old b0llocks
    Chris Boardman: 4 kids
    Jens Voight: 5 kids
    Even LA has 4 now

    Edit: ah, yes. Was forgetting our very own BJUK
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Very scientific that article:
    This stress on the body results in an abnormal increase in special molecules which in turn alter sperm quality.

    Riiiight, "Special Molecules" eh?

    :roll:
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    :lol:
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    "It stays down, Daddy."
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  • bluesacs
    bluesacs Posts: 95
    All I'm saying is Lance Armstrong has four kids.









    Oh just a minute, let me think this out.
  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    fantastic. 186 miles = 300km (what a coincidental round number hmmm)

    At the fertility doctor:
    Doc: so you cycle right
    Commuter: yeah about 186 miles a week
    Doc: oh dear, do you mean 186 exactly, or 185.5, it makes a big difference you know.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Dr+Nick+Simpsons.png
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    edited June 2009
    [fizzycist]Testicles are kept outside the body as the bodies natural heat would be bad for sperm.

    So could it be that the heat generated from cycling, what with the friction and all, could be damaging the sperm.

    However, the sperm used is the sperm produced six months ago. So what you did six months ago is reflected in the sperm you use today. :D SO stop cycling for six months, have rampant sex until you can't. Start Cycling again. Simples[/fizzycist]

    As to the whole cycling damages sperm. So let me get this straight, I give up beer, smoking, kebab and whole load of unhealthy psychadelic things to get healthy have a healthy life/future and now they're telling me the very thing that is making me healthy is now hindering my ability to procreate and ensure a future through children.

    I know! How about I just stuff myself in a box and my girlfriend can take me out when she 'needs' and put me back in when she's done.

    Can't do anything these days without someone telling you its bad...
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    [fizzycist]Testicles are kept outside the body as the bodies natural heat would be bad for sperm.

    So could it be that the heat generated from cycling, what with the friction and all, could be damaging the sperm.

    However, the sperm used is the sperm produced six months ago. So what you did six months ago is reflected in the sperm you use today. :D SO stop cycling for six months, have rampant sex, until you can't. Start Cycling again. Simples[/fizzycist]

    As to the whole cycling damages sperm. So let me get this straight, I give up beer, smoking, kebab and whole load of unhealthy psychadelic things to get healthy have a healthy life and future and now they're telling me the very thing that is making me healthy is now hindering my ability to procreate and ensure a future through children.

    I know! How about I just stuff myself in a box and my girlfriend can take me out when she 'needs' and put me back in when I'm done.

    Can't do anything these days without someone telling you its bad...
    Buy good bibshorts that regulate heat well and don't wear anything under them. Simples :D
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  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    Although large amounts of cycling reduce the chance of having a child, it only reduces not exludes the chances of fathering children. As cyclists tend to be fitter and have healthier diets and lifestyles than non cyclists, it is still very possible to father children.

    There are far worse things that can stop you (apart from vasectomies :) ) becoming a dad.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    "Saddle friction"? What on earth are these guys doing when they ride?

    Does Arsos cream count as a fertitlity treatment?
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  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    blu3cat wrote:
    There are far worse things that can stop you (apart from vasectomies :) ) becoming a dad.

    NotGettingAny is working well for me :(
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    It's on the bbc sport page now, too. Loved this:
    "In the latest study, 15 triathletes with an average age of 33...". So, not cyclists at all :P
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Having pedalled 108 miles last weekend to get away from the blighters only to find they were already at my destination when I rolled up, I'd contend that the cycling 186.1 miles a week is better for the nation, the environment and the self. I take it that cycling 500 miles a month and having the old snippy snip job is a belt & braces approach?
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    maybe it's just that after cycling 186 miles you're too shagged out to shag?
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Never.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    ChrisInBicester wrote:
    Never.

    +1. :lol:
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    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Well, she'd have to go on top and clean up afterwards if it was me.
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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    A two year old and another that was due on Friday (*checks phone is still on*) say otherwise. Perhaps commuting makes you extra specially fertile....?
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    biondino wrote:

    Does Arsos cream count as a fertitlity treatment?

    I thought it counted as "foreplay"?
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    The beeb leap belatedly onto the bandwagon:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8124458.stm
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  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    Its the Beeb, talking bollox as usual. :lol:
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,395
    The twins have just been put to bed, the other two are fighting over the playstation..

    I hope cycling does reduce fertility (maybe I should have started years ago)
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  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    The Commander on reading that story decided that just 100 miles on his bike would do for the week.

    I did tell him that at 40 he need not worry because he's past it anyway :lol:

    I got a 'humph' reply :lol:
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  • The Chingford Skinhead
    The Chingford Skinhead Posts: 718
    Does this mean that men who choose to hold World Naked Bike Ride day every day now have a medical defence "I was keeping them cool officer" :D
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  • ex-pat scot
    ex-pat scot Posts: 939
    My 4 xps-lets attest to the anecdotal evidence that it's all b)llocks.
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    Did someone call :lol:

    Being level with Jens and just ahead of Lance and Chris (sounds good when put that way!) I don't think we have anything to worry about.

    Still the article is good for the comical way it covers the subject, I'd be interested to see how long it takes Assos to release a pair of cycle shorts with "cooling" gel inserts to protect our little chaps!
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Sorry BJUK you've slipped behind mr Boardman. Must try harder ;)
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    STOP PRESS NEWS!

    - eating too much saturated fat causes heart disease.

    and

    - smoking causes cancer.

    Holy crap. Who knew?

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