I'm 195#-Can I Join?

[mstrpete]

Hi folks,
After nearly a year of full-time bike commuting, my waist went from 36 to 35, but I'm still 195 lbs. Then, when I have my school books along, I'm probably putting 220-plus on that seatpost. So what do you say? Can I be a junior Clyde?

[Tom Stormcrowe]

Straight up, you're welcome here, no problem at all. ;) I bet you're 6 feet tall, right? That's the other aspect of Clydedom, and if nothing else, we can put you in lifts for the heels ;)

[v1k1ng1001]

Yes! We frequently discuss that kind of stuff. Glad to have you aboard.

[Velo Dog]

My opinion is that Clydesdaleism is actually a state of mind. Even when I get below 200 pounds, there's a 240 pounder in me fighting to get out. If he can post here, so can you.

[CastIron]

The number is 200.

[fc_]

My opinion is that Clydesdaleism is actually a state of mind. Even when I get below 200 pounds, there's a 240 pounder in me fighting to get out. If he can post here, so can you.

so that's 440 lbs in the saddle? What wheels to you ride on? ;)

[mstrpete]

The number is 200.

I'm sure that by the time I'm dressed and have all my essentials packed, I'll tip the scales at 200. That's on a 5'10" frame, btw, hope that doesn't DQ me.

[CastIron]

Close enough for government work.

[mstrpete]

Thanks! Now how do I keep my seatpost from sliding down while I ride?

[Tom Stormcrowe]

Carbon or metal frame? Carbon Seatpost? or aluminium?

Thanks! Now how do I keep my seatpost from sliding down while I ride?

[SHOwned]

the only way is to clamp the living s*** out of it. thats what i do anyway.

edit: oh yeah, what tom says makes a huge difference. only follow my advice if its a metal frame and a metal seat post. otherwise you may break your frame or seat post.

[mstrpete]

One is steel frame/alloy post; the other is steel/steel. More torque is better, it seems. We can do that.

[Trucker_JDub]

Thanks! Now how do I keep my seatpost from sliding down while I ride?

Weld it? Also if you are 195 just go eat a couple good burgers with large fries and get back to us.:D

[InTheRain]

Hey, just go eat a pizza... and eat one for me too! Then you'll be "legit."

[Rollfast]

Straight up, you're welcome here, no problem at all. ;) I bet you're 6 feet tall, right? That's the other aspect of Clydedom, and if nothing else, we can put you in lifts for the heels ;)

I'll need to stand on a box when I ride at 5' 8" !

[Rollfast]

Get one of those pop mugs that double as ABS nitrogen jars...the ones the size of your oil change?

[Rollfast]

Thanks! Now how do I keep my seatpost from sliding down while I ride?

I know! Then there are those jobs you twist tight and clamp? AAAAAUUUUGH!

I've got a Torker Tristar on loan during the paint work on Tempest and it goes back down.

I haven't been on a bike with handlebars like that since my brother and I would burn the slicks of our sisters' banana seat bikes!

[Ranger63]

Hey,you can have 10 lbs of mine. :o)

[East Hill]

mstrpete, on behalf of all the other PNW clydes/athenas here, I welcome you even if you don't fit the strict definition of Clyde.

Always happy to have another motivated person, you know?

East Hill

[b_young]

Hey,you can have 10 lbs of mine. :o)

I pitch in some to.

Welcome aboard.

[Indyv8a]

Hey, weight fluctuates, but the good people around here don't. I'm 5'9 and trying desperately to get below 190. I haven't been a clyde for a couple of years and I still hang around. (Though I have been told people on this forum would give up parts of their bodies to be as "light" as me.)

One thing I truly get from this forum is "real" training advice. The lovely boys and girls over at the Road or Race forums get WAY more intense than most of us with families and jobs.