Originally Posted by
furiousferret
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carpediemracing how much do you weigh? 140s? The numbers don't mean much until we know what that wattage has to drag around the course.
I've been steady 175 since mid April, up to 178, down to 173. 170-ish March-April. I raced 2009 going from about 195 down to about 185, and I was doing a lot of riding, typically 3 days of racing a week (Sun crit, Tue crit, Wed track - that was the longest day, 3 hours for a typical night and much higher efforts than any other day). Over the 2009-2010 winter I got down into the mid 150s but steadily gained weight from end of 2010 until pretty much 2013. I raced 2013 starting at 180-185 and finishing at about 175.
*Edit I wish I was 140s
I haven't seen that weight since the mid 1990s. I broke 160 around 2000, winter 2009 was the first time I'd been back into the 150s. To be even more complete I started racing when I was less than 100 lbs. At 17 I was 103 lbs, at 21 I was 112 lbs (according to my physicals). I still couldn't climb or TT but I could sprint.
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Last edited by carpediemracing; 06-28-14 at 01:06 PM.