Originally Posted by Olebiker
I am 5'8" and, as of this afternoon, weigh 201. I know, I know; I'm too damned fat. The good news is that I am 30 pounds lighter than I was this time last year and I can tell a big difference in my riding.
In April of 2004 I rode up Neel's Gap in Northern Georgia (part of the Tour de Georgia route) and got down to where I was working to stay up over 5 mph. I just got an E-mail asking me to go with some friends to do the 50 mile version of the Six Gap Century, Three Gap. That will be a good test to see how much the weight loss meant to my climbing.
Congrats on losing all the weight! I too am looking to drop a bunch (6'2", 265 trying to get back down to my boot camp weight of 200). Do you think your weight loss directly attributable to your bike riding? I'm trying to use cycling as my vehicle back to being in great shape. I've lost 10 lbs so far.