"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - danielson at 130 lbs!!!

he wrote that he lost some weight for the giro and is currently 59 kilos! how tall is he?

i always assumed he was around 5'9"ish. that's feather weight if he's that tall. :eek:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2006/diaries/tom/giro06.php?id=tom0601

From team.discovery.com

5'8"
129 lbs

Wow. That could make a huge difference on stage 17 with sections of 24% grade.

To compare, note that Salovdelli is 5' 11" and weighs 158.

Careful, lighter is not always better. Heavier riders also have higher muscle mass.

I'm 5'11'' and 135 lbs.

I should be on a pro team, shouldn't I? :D

I'm 5'11'' and 135 lbs.

I should be on a pro team, shouldn't I? :D

you should be in a sandwich shop.

I'm 5'11'' and 135 lbs.

I should be on a pro team, shouldn't I? :D

If you can put out 370 watts for an hour, 1400 for 10 seconds, 250 for 6 hours, handle a bike well, recover quickly and do this most every day for 300 days, yes.

Careful, lighter is not always better. Heavier riders also have higher muscle mass.

It's all about power to weight ratio on the climbs.

I'm 5'9" & 138. I could still lose a couple more pounds.:D

If you can put out 370 watts for an hour, 1400 for 10 seconds, 250 for 6 hours, handle a bike well, recover quickly and do this most every day for 300 days, yes.

I got the last three, but I don't know about the first three.

you should be in a sandwich shop.

I'm 5'10", 191lbs, maybe I need to keep away from them sandwhich shops!!!!!! :eek:

You 5 foot something - 130 pounders make me sick!!!!!! Arrgghh!!! :D

I'm 5'10", 191lbs, maybe I need to keep away from them sandwhich shops!!!!!! :eek:

You 5 foot something - 130 pounders make me sick!!!!!! Arrgghh!!! :D
I'm 6'2'' and 169lbs

suck it, trebek :D

I find it a lot easier to ride and run at 5'11" and 143 lbs than 5'11" and 235, this may just be my own findings though, not uci verified :D

Like previously posted... it is all about the power to weight ratio.

Im 5'10 146 pounds

I'm 5'10" 149, I climb better but can't sprint as well.

you should be in a sandwich shop.

I don't care who you are, that's funny!

I'm 6'2'' and at my all time high of 164 pounds right now. To have the same weight:height ratio as danielson I'd have to be at 140...

When I raced on my feet I was 135. I also had the weakest legs of any man not in a wheelchair.

POWER:weight. I bet I could climb a lot faster at 150 then if I got down to 135 again.

Nothing beats Rasmussen!

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f161/Itieknots7/scan00011.jpg

a slice of pie would double his weight :eek:

gross....

This turned into a post your weight thread... so here goes

5'11" and 160lbs @10% body fat

a slice of pie would double his weight :eek:

Did someone say pie?

3-4 c. fresh mulberries
1 c. sugar
3 tbsp. tapioca
1 1/2 tbsp. real lemon juice
2 c. cherries (opt.)

Place in a mixing bowl with 1 cup sugar and stir occasionally to make a juice. After juice has formed, add 3 tablespoons tapioca and let stand 20 minutes. Then add 1 1/2 tablespoons real lemon juice. Place in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Cool 10 minutes, then pour in pie shell. Serve with whipped cream.

To make cherry/mulberry pie follow above instructions using 1/2 cherries, 1/2 mulberries and more sugar.

CRUST (recipe makes one double crust):
2 1/2 cups white flour
2 tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 cup cold butter, broken into small pieces
5 tbsp. cold vegetable shortening
8 tbsp. ice water

Measure the flour, sugar and salt togetherl. Stir to combine.
Add the chilled butter pieces and shortening to the bowl. Cut them in with a pastry cutter or knife. Don't over mix them.
Add the ice water. Mix until the dough holds together (add a bit more water, if necessary).
Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface, knead it together, then divide in half.
Flatten each half into a disk, wrap in saran wrap and chill for at least half an hour.
Roll out one of the disks on a lightly floured surface until you have a circle that's about 12 inches in diameter.
Put the circle in a 9" pie plate, trimming any extra dough from the edges with a sharp knife (parents only). Return it to the refrigerator until you are ready to make the pie.
Add filling (see below)
Roll out the second ball of dough and cover top. Use a fork or your fingers to pinch the edges together. cut a couple slits in the top.

FILLING
1/3 to 2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch of salt
8 medium sized apples (a medium apple = about 1 cup)
2 tablespoons margarine

Heat oven to 425 degrees.
Peel, core and slice the apples. Try to keep the size of the slices even.
Mix sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt in large bowl.
Stir in apples.
Pour into pastry-lined pie plate.
Dot with margarine.
Cover with top crust and seal the edges. Cut slits in the top.
OPTIONAL: Cover edge with 3-inch strip of aluminum foil to prevent too much browning. Remove foil during last 15 minutes of baking.

Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble through slits in crust.

Nothing beats Rasmussen!

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f161/Itieknots7/scan00011.jpg

What's scary is that this guy makes me look chubby at 6'1 and 150 lbs even.

What's scary is that this guy makes me look chubby at 6'1 and 150 lbs even.


If you can see your food digesting and your organs moving around..... chances are you may have a problem.

What is really weird is seeing him Rasmussen next to his wife. She isn't a big girl, but looks huge compared to him....

Yeah, it's strange. I eat a lot and can't go anywhere above 155. I'm only 25 so I'm sure that will change in time.

6' 1" now 170 but will slim down over summer to about 162. But, I am 54 years old. It is harder for me to keep the wieght off as I get older even though I am putting in more miles.

King of Mountains dad + Track World Qualifier mom = really, really fast kids

Careful, lighter is not always better. Heavier riders also have higher muscle mass.

Careful? Careful of what, that they'll come try to beat me up when I drop them on the climbs?

Yeah, Jan's "higher muscle mass" seems to have worked REALLY well for him.

I am bockwurst, hear me roar.

I'm 5'11'' and 135 lbs.

I should be on a pro team, shouldn't I? :D


I'm 5'11" 168 lbs. While that's 'get sand kicked in your face at the beach' material in the rest of the world, here it makes you a Cycling Sumo Wrestler.

Oh well. I promise to get under 165lbs by June 1. I'm trying. No more food for May, that's IT.

Careful? Careful of what, that they'll come try to beat me up when I drop them on the climbs?

Yeah, Jan's "higher muscle mass" seems to have worked REALLY well for him.

I am bockwurst, hear me roar.


Really. Muscle Schmuscle. Let me lose those kilos baby!!

5'6.5" @ 135 pounds. Last year was 152 pounds. Same bike = climbing better!
NFields

I'm 5'11" 168 lbs. While that's 'get sand kicked in your face at the beach' material in the rest of the world, here it makes you a Cycling Sumo Wrestler.

Oh well. I promise to get under 165lbs by June 1. I'm trying. No more food for May, that's IT.

Chicks love guys who can climb, right?

Chicks love guys who can climb, right?
The legs more than make up for the lack of upper body ;)

The legs more than make up for the lack of upper body ;)

Lack?

What are you talking about?

I can do, like, one pull-up!

There are guys (girls) in my school who can't do any.

i'm 5'11 about 140. still suck at climbing though :(

When I was 25, I could eat anything I wanted and never worried about weight either. I weighed about 150 and I'm 6'1".

I hover just around the south side of 180 right now. I am, however, a lot stronger and a much better climber.

Az

Careful, lighter is not always better. Heavier riders also have higher muscle mass.
Of course power output matters too, but all the GC contenders, including TD, have that. On the flats, only sustained power output matters. But as soon as there is an incline, weight starts to matter. And the steeper it gets, the more weight matters. A 24% grade is as steep as it gets, so this is where weight is going to matter the most.

I bet there is some function f(t, w), where t is the rider's time in seconds in the stage 1 TT, and w is his weight in kg, that should be pretty good at predicting stage 17 results.

Long distance runners look just as emaciated as the climbers do, lucky for cyclist they get to wear more clothing to help hide it! There is definately a point of diminishing return when it comes to weight loss, and there are trade off involved. I can climb really well. I smoked a lot of guys at a recent stage race (this race had 2-6mile long climbs) who normally smoke me at most RR's. That's because I can't sprint like they can.

Michael Rasmussen (sp) isn't going to out sprint Pettacchi any sooner than Pettacchi is going to beat Rasmussen on a climb. You don't see pure climbers winning bunch sprints or TT's it's not what they are built for.

So probably none of the GC contenders will win Stage 17.
Never-the-less, among the pure climbers, my money is on the one who did best in the Stage 1 TT.
On the other hand, maybe that's not a good estimate of power output, since a pure climber not going for GC might not go all out in the TT.

So probably none of the GC contenders will win Stage 17.
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Well one big difference between the Giro and the Tour is that many of the GC contenders at the Giro are climbers. Cunego, Simonni, and Basso (allthough he's really improved his TTing abilities) are all very very good, albeit not pure, climbers. I wouldn't be surprised to see one of those three win stage 17.

El Diablo - would you be surprised if Tommy D wins stage 17?
On the other hand, since he couldn't shake off Floyd in the TdG maybe he's not that strong right now.

Careful? Careful of what, that they'll come try to beat me up when I drop them on the climbs?

Yeah, Jan's "higher muscle mass" seems to have worked REALLY well for him.

I am bockwurst, hear me roar.

That FAT, not muscle.

Careful, lighter is not always better. Heavier riders also have higher muscle mass.


That FAT, not muscle.

Make up your mind.:rolleyes:

There are some good climbers that are not ultrathin, they have high muscle mass.
Ullrich is a good example, in 1997, but since then...

There are some good climbers that are not ultrathin, they have high muscle mass.
Ullrich is a good example, in 1997, but since then...

I think we can all agree that is the exception not the norm.

There are some good climbers that are not ultrathin, they have high muscle mass.
Ullrich is a good example, in 1997, but since then...

Good be not great. Great dominates. Good hangs in there hoping no one attacks. Baha, Marco, the Hermit. Nuff said. Once the road shoots to double digits, the tweeners are done and the fleas have their way. Same when the attacks come. This is the law of the jungle, and will be in full view at the Giro.

Pray for my boy Paolo.

Pray for my boy Paolo.

Please use your best mob boss voice....He's dead!

By the end of stage 17 he'll be minutes back. This race is between Simonni, Basso and Cunego (if he's back to form). Praying won't help, Il Falco is grounded.

Nothing beats Rasmussen!

What about an ITT?

Could this be the year Rujano takes the Maglia Rosa?

Please use your best mob boss voice....He's dead!

By the end of stage 17 he'll be minutes back. This race is between Simonni, Basso and Cunego (if he's back to form). Praying won't help, Il Falco is grounded.

Ghisallo! Pilgrimage! Offerings! There's always hope!

Ahhh. You're probably right.

I think we can all agree that is the exception not the norm.

Pantani? the man that revolutionized the muscular climber, one of the best riders ever.

Did somebody say pie?

http://studentorganizations.missouristate.edu/anthroclub/images/Chicago/pizza.jpg

Yes, that pizza weighs more than Danielson.