Is cycling bad for your bones?

Issues about bone health & cycling have been covered a few times. Ive posted some good articles too.

The main two concerns are the lack of impact compared to other physical activity, your bones need stimulus/minor trauma to be stimulated to get stronger. But the cyclist will obviously be better off than some average couch potato in this regard.

The big reason for bone problems however is due to the fact proper cycling is an endurance sport where riders are on their bikes for hours or even days. This means you are sweating a lot over a long period and losing elements such as calcium resulting in bone weakness.

Drinking coca cola will aggrevate this. Running and having a calcium rich diet will prevent problems.

very useful info, cheers for posting dude.