heart attacks?

Huw Lynes

So I was watching Top Gear last night (yes, I know, but it's entertaining in a
juvenile way) when Clarkson made an off-hand comment about something in the
news proving that cyclists are more likely to suffer heart attacks than
motorists.

A quick googling has left me none the wiser. Does anyone know to what he was
referring?

simon@simonproven.co.uk

Huw Lynes wrote:
> So I was watching Top Gear last night (yes, I know, but it's
entertaining in a
> juvenile way) when Clarkson made an off-hand comment about something
in the
> news proving that cyclists are more likely to suffer heart attacks
than
> motorists.
>
> A quick googling has left me none the wiser. Does anyone know to what
he was
> referring?

Probably, he was referring to this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3761012.stm

....and applying his usual level of logic. What the
study in question showed was that the level of risk
of a heart attack increased more for cyclists in a
traffic jam than it did for motorists.

Richard

Huw Lynes wrote:
> So I was watching Top Gear last night (yes, I know, but it's entertaining in a
> juvenile way) when Clarkson made an off-hand comment about something in the
> news proving that cyclists are more likely to suffer heart attacks than
> motorists.

Probably this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3761012.stm

R.

Pete Bentley

Huw Lynes <huw-l@moving-picture.com> wrote:
>A quick googling has left me none the wiser. Does anyone know to what he was
>referring?

Possibly a misrepresentation of these:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3991633.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1383645.stm

However if I recall correctly, other studies have shown that car
drivers inhale more pollution than cyclists so if Clarkson was
referring to these then he has his conclusions back to front.

Or maybe there is some other research I'm unaware of which shows
that a sedentary big-mac-munching commute by car is better for
the heart than some brisk exercise on a bike.

Pete.

nobody760

That set me thinking - at 61 I am about the only one of my local Pub pals
that is NOT on blood pressure tablets! I cycle everywhere, they drive
everywhere.

Significant?

Richard Goodman

<simon@simonproven.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1102334862.172294.304310@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

> Probably, he was referring to this:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3761012.stm
>

That must have been it. But what an odd result. How do german cyclists
manage to get themselves stuck in traffic jams?

Rich

Succorso

Huw Lynes wrote:
> So I was watching Top Gear last night (yes, I know, but it's entertaining in a
> juvenile way) when Clarkson made an off-hand comment about something in the
> news proving that cyclists are more likely to suffer heart attacks than
> motorists.
>
> A quick googling has left me none the wiser. Does anyone know to what he was
> referring?
>
>
>
>
>

He is a loud-mouthed, lard-arsed, smoking (ex smoking?) wazzok who, like
most playground ejits, can't ever say or do anything constructive.

I'd not pay him any heed if I were you...

--
Chris

Jack Ouzzi

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 12:18:18 -0000, "nobody760"
<nobody760@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

>That set me thinking - at 61 I am about the only one of my local Pub pals
>that is NOT on blood pressure tablets! I cycle everywhere, they drive
>everywhere.
>
>Significant?
>

VERY

Mark Tranchant

nobody760 wrote:
> That set me thinking - at 61 I am about the only one of my local Pub pals
> that is NOT on blood pressure tablets! I cycle everywhere, they drive
> everywhere.
>
> Significant?

Statistically? Depends how many pub pals you have, but probably not.

Circumstantially? Yes. Have you made them aware of this?

--
Mark.
http://tranchant.plus.com/

Huw Lynes

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 12:41:08 +0000
Succorso <chris@saynotospam.ivy-house.net> wrote:

> Huw Lynes wrote:
> > So I was watching Top Gear last night (yes, I know, but it's entertaining
> > in a juvenile way) when Clarkson made an off-hand comment about something
> > in the
> > news proving that cyclists are more likely to suffer heart attacks than
> > motorists.
> >
> > A quick googling has left me none the wiser. Does anyone know to what he
> > was referring?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> He is a loud-mouthed, lard-arsed, smoking (ex smoking?) wazzok who, like
> most playground ejits, can't ever say or do anything constructive.
>
> I'd not pay him any heed if I were you...

I don't and you are correct in your assessment of Mr Clarkson's character. I
just wondered what the original source was. As usual the collective memory of
u.r.c responded magnificently. Now, when I get into that argument with a
non-cyclist trying to tell me I'll get a heart attack, I shall know from where
the idiocy first rose.

hyweljenkins@hotmail.com

Succorso wrote:
> Huw Lynes wrote:
> > So I was watching Top Gear last night (yes, I know, but it's
entertaining in a
> > juvenile way) when Clarkson made an off-hand comment about
something in the
> > news proving that cyclists are more likely to suffer heart attacks
than
> > motorists.
> >
> > A quick googling has left me none the wiser. Does anyone know to
what he was
> > referring?
> >

> wazzok

Brilliant word - haven't heard that for ages, probably not since my
last "Texan" bar.

--
Hywel

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers

>A quick googling has left me none the wiser. Does anyone know to what he was
>referring?

Probably yet another fantasy about cycling that is a total twisting of reality.
Who knows what goes on in the retarded amoeba that is the woolly-haired w*nker.
Top Gear went downhill *totally* when that twit took over.

Cheers, helen s


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On 6 Dec 2004 04:07:42 -0800, simon@simonproven.co.uk wrote:

>Probably, he was referring to this:
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3761012.stm
>...and applying his usual level of logic.

Indeed. Because when there was a study of risk of coronary heart
disease in cyclists, it was found that they had lower levels of CHD
than people who took their exercise in gyms.

Guy
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Simon Mason

"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" <wafflycathcs@aol.compomcom> wrote in
message news:20041206100248.07586.00001817@mb-m01.aol.com...
> >A quick googling has left me none the wiser. Does anyone know to what he
> >was
>>referring?
>
> Probably yet another fantasy about cycling that is a total twisting of
> reality.
> Who knows what goes on in the retarded amoeba that is the woolly-haired
> w*nker.
> Top Gear went downhill *totally* when that twit took over.


I read him in The Sun and I think he's become genuinely worried about his
weight and smoking. His cycling "attacks" are probably borne out of envy
more than anything. Grasping at any story that might show car drivers are
healthier than cyclists will go some way to justify his unhealthy lifestyle
in his mind.

--
Simon M.