Originally Posted by Hermes

I am 6 feet tall and 170 pounds or 2.36 #/in at age 62. I workout at the gym 5 times per week but focus on strength training that builds my core and back and those muscles that cycling does not or weakens. Knowing what I know about doing tours with lots of climbing, I would try to be as skinny as possible while listening to my body. I could get down to 165 but that is about as low as I want to go.

Here is a pic from a couple of weeks ago.