For the racers out there, how tall are you/how much do you weigh?
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For the racers out there, how tall are you/how much do you weigh?
I was just curious if the guys that race crits in here are the 200 pound tree truck variety, or the 130 stick figure men type. Where I live, all the crits are relatively flat so it works really well for the huge sprinters. Not so much for me since Im apart of the latter, stick figure, body type. I am 5'6" at 142 lbs. I am going to start racing for the first time this summer, but I'm pretty sure I'm just gonna get crushed since I'm not much of a sprinter. Perhaps I'll do some road races as well. Cheers.
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5'3", 322 pounds. Cat 2.
6'2, 200#. Cat 4 crit monkey.
6'2, 200#. Cat 4 crit monkey.
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189cm, 81kg at the moment. Should be 77-78kg during race season...maybe lighter, we'll see what happens.
Hence the tagline...I'm 20kg, 2 knees and 100 watts short of Euro-Pros
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6'2" and 160
You can win crits as a small guy -- look at McEwen. It's whether or not you have the fast-twitch muscle fibre that really counts. If you don't, then attack, attack, attack. And follow any jump that looks good.
You can win crits as a small guy -- look at McEwen. It's whether or not you have the fast-twitch muscle fibre that really counts. If you don't, then attack, attack, attack. And follow any jump that looks good.
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1.69m, 65kg. Cat3, hopefully a Cat2 by the end of the summer.
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Originally Posted by subcultro
I was just curious if the guys that race crits in here are the 200 pound tree truck variety, or the 130 stick figure men type. Where I live, all the crits are relatively flat so it works really well for the huge sprinters. Not so much for me since Im apart of the latter, stick figure, body type. I am 5'6" at 142 lbs. I am going to start racing for the first time this summer, but I'm pretty sure I'm just gonna get crushed since I'm not much of a sprinter. Perhaps I'll do some road races as well. Cheers.
what races are you planning to do?
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
why the crap are people in the US using the metric system?
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
why the crap are people in the US using the metric system?
Nobody measures wheel weight in barleycorns, drams or pennyweights
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Originally Posted by slim_77
6'2" 170
what races are you planning to do?
what races are you planning to do?
And yes, McEwen is an effin badass. God bless is 5'6 soul.
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A little copy/paste into open office calc for some averages and:
72.5avh 163.86avw
2.26lb/in
184 74.5
.4 kg/cm
Basically, everyone here is a ******. Especially me.
72.5avh 163.86avw
2.26lb/in
184 74.5
.4 kg/cm
Basically, everyone here is a ******. Especially me.
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im 6' 2", 185# and need to lose atleast 10-15..
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6'2", 205 lbs. Awesome, so far I'm the fattest racer. But, I could have told you that every weekend I race.