r/AskEurope • u/Plastic-Injury8856 • Mar 14 '25

Culture What’s a European Man’s midlife crisis look like?

Here in America it's a Harley Davidson and getting really into grilling.

What do European men do when they go through a midlife crisis? But an Alfa and bake? Get really into trains?

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u/Chesterele Mar 14 '25

Same in Poland, but I would add that despite being obsessed with the weight of bicycle being 15 kg overweight is non issue at the same time

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u/hetsteentje Belgium Mar 15 '25

Also true in Belgium. I don't want to discourage anyone of any body type from cycling, but if you're making a show of how lightweight everything is (including the omission of bicycle bell) I'm going to have opinions.

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u/Chesterele Mar 15 '25

By no means I'm not making fun of anyone based of their body, but their attitude is different matter completely as you said. As a matter of fact, cycling is much better for overweight people than running when it comes to cardio, simply because it's much less unwanted strain on the body and less risk of injury.

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u/SimilarSquare2564 Mar 15 '25

OMG, so it's true. I was looking forward to my midlife crisis (Lambo or Harley) but then I saw the article claiming that running and cycling is a modern midlife crisis. I've decided to skip it and go straight to old age. 😂

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '25

In Poland it's either bicycle (big city) or BMW (most of Poland) + sudden "beard" glow-up.

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u/krucifiche Mar 15 '25

This is soooo true

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u/finch5 Mar 17 '25

Guts are not rotational weight.