If My Bike is 15lbs but I am 210lbs does it really matter??
04-09-12, 06:59 PM
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Nice, I'll remember that quote for sure. 
Though to be fair, the only people I know my age that can afford a ~$7-10k bike tend to be sponsored, or have a father that owns a bike shop!
edit: "According to Bicycling mag (p57) this month, every pound over your ideal weight costs you 15 to 20 seconds per mile on a climb. You might as well buy that time back."
lolwut? What do you define as "ideal"? That's a pretty subjective word right there. For example, my ideal weight is "more than I weigh now". Yes, I'm trying to gain, as I've been stuck at 145 forever.
Though to be fair, the only people I know my age that can afford a ~$7-10k bike tend to be sponsored, or have a father that owns a bike shop!
edit: "According to Bicycling mag (p57) this month, every pound over your ideal weight costs you 15 to 20 seconds per mile on a climb. You might as well buy that time back."
lolwut? What do you define as "ideal"? That's a pretty subjective word right there. For example, my ideal weight is "more than I weigh now". Yes, I'm trying to gain, as I've been stuck at 145 forever.
04-09-12, 08:16 PM
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Nice, I'll remember that quote for sure.
Though to be fair, the only people I know my age that can afford a ~$7-10k bike tend to be sponsored, or have a father that owns a bike shop!
edit: "According to Bicycling mag (p57) this month, every pound over your ideal weight costs you 15 to 20 seconds per mile on a climb. You might as well buy that time back."
lolwut? What do you define as "ideal"? That's a pretty subjective word right there. For example, my ideal weight is "more than I weigh now". Yes, I'm trying to gain, as I've been stuck at 145 forever.
Though to be fair, the only people I know my age that can afford a ~$7-10k bike tend to be sponsored, or have a father that owns a bike shop!
edit: "According to Bicycling mag (p57) this month, every pound over your ideal weight costs you 15 to 20 seconds per mile on a climb. You might as well buy that time back."
lolwut? What do you define as "ideal"? That's a pretty subjective word right there. For example, my ideal weight is "more than I weigh now". Yes, I'm trying to gain, as I've been stuck at 145 forever.
04-10-12, 01:15 AM
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Nice, I'll remember that quote for sure.
Though to be fair, the only people I know my age that can afford a ~$7-10k bike tend to be sponsored, or have a father that owns a bike shop!
edit: "According to Bicycling mag (p57) this month, every pound over your ideal weight costs you 15 to 20 seconds per mile on a climb. You might as well buy that time back."
lolwut? What do you define as "ideal"? That's a pretty subjective word right there. For example, my ideal weight is "more than I weigh now". Yes, I'm trying to gain, as I've been stuck at 145 forever.
Though to be fair, the only people I know my age that can afford a ~$7-10k bike tend to be sponsored, or have a father that owns a bike shop!
edit: "According to Bicycling mag (p57) this month, every pound over your ideal weight costs you 15 to 20 seconds per mile on a climb. You might as well buy that time back."
lolwut? What do you define as "ideal"? That's a pretty subjective word right there. For example, my ideal weight is "more than I weigh now". Yes, I'm trying to gain, as I've been stuck at 145 forever.
04-10-12, 03:18 AM
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The lowest amount you can weigh without having your power drop. Weight loss has diminishing returns when you have to eat 1k calories a day to maintain it and have no energy for riding.
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