Originally Posted by Bikey Mikey (Post 15623190)

OMG! 140lbs at 5'9"!!! I waffle between 138~142 at 5'7" and I'm thin--the wife already says hugging me is like hugging an oven rack. I would think you would be really thin. Maybe you should eat an occasional piece of pie. There is such a thing as too thin. When I got down to 136 one time, I felt I was too thin for my height.

Originally Posted by Gonzo Bob (Post 15624148)

Nah, I'm not too thin...
1. I have a lot of legs for my height (i.e. short torso) My cycling inseam is 33.5" and I ride a 56cm frame and the seat is all the way up (granted it's only a 200mm seat post)
2. Swimming and curling (the sweeping can be very strenuous) keep my upper body toned
3. I haven't totally lost the "mid-section" cushioning yet
4. When I was in my 30's, I would get down to 135lbs during the racing season (triathlons/duathlons and some bike races)
5. And as I said, I do *not* skip the pie, or the cake, or the brownies, or the cookies

Originally Posted by Bikey Mikey (Post 15623190)

OMG! 140lbs at 5'9"!!!

Originally Posted by Biker395 (Post 15625613)

You know you're a cyclist when you read something like that and think ... cripes ... if I weighed that much, I could really climb!

No way I could though. 140# is not on the radar for this bloke.

Originally Posted by Doug64 (Post 15589031)

My guess is that you have the LS Blue Ridge Touring, hence the Mavic 719 rims. The Mavic 719 rim is a heavy duty rim used a lot on touring bikes. Also the narrowest tire you can use on the 719 rims is 28 mm, a relatively wide, heavy tire for a "road" bike. It will have rack and fender bosses on the dropouts, and a front fender boss on the middle of the fork blade.

I did not use the 719 rims when I was building up our touring bikes because of their weight. They weigh 565 gr. vs 460 for Velocity Dyad rims. The Dyad rims are considered heavy duty.

The basic Litespeed Blue Ridge Touring bike weighs about 22 lbs. without any add-ons, like seat bag, pump, water bottle cages etc. That is very light for a touring bike with most weighing in at 25-28 lbs. However, it is pretty heavy compared to most road bikes. It is almost 5 lbs heavier than my road bike.

A light weight wheelstset will help some. It could get you down to 20 lbs. However, getting titanium skewers, removing the valve stem nut, and the dust caps from your crank and expecting to see a difference in speed is like trying to make a Toyota Corolla perform like a Porsche by putting a spoiler on the Toyota's trunk lid.

Originally Posted by big john (Post 15627634)

If I got down to 190, I could kick some ass.