Originally Posted by Abe_Froman

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...