Originally Posted by hammy56

why are you trying to lose weight? Why not focus on the riding (and eating a finer quality of food), and after youve raced for a period of time, you can evaluate whether your weight is truly an issue...where do you feel your excess weight is? If youve got a belly thats one thing, but if you turn out to be a "sprinter type" with bulky, muscular legs, thats another story.

A fine example would be rkwaki- hes a fatso but has had some success in crits.