Originally Posted by
rosefarts
I'm skinny, always have been, and haven't changed weight much when totally lazy and when doing things like crazy. For me that is 140lbs. I'm 5'9".
When I was fast, I was jealous of my friends who would show up at the March crits with a little chunk on their cheeks and some adipose in the abdomen.
As the season wore on, they returned to their lean self and got fast. In reality noone was ever more than 10lbs above the ideal but oh man, losing that weight made such a huge difference. It's not just the weight, it's the journey of getting there.
Don't even try to tell me that 10lbs won't make a difference. I've seen too many examples to the contrary.
How are you able to discern whether the difference was 10lbs, or whether they just got strongrr on the bike?
Find one of these people after they've lost weight and gotten faster. I'd bet anything if you filled their bottles with 10lbs of ball bearings, they'd still be much faster than when starting the season out of shape.
That's not to say weight doesnt matter. But I think a lot of people are misinterpreting what racing into shape for the season actually does...