Couldn't find this posted, so apologies if it's redundant.
This forum focuses on bike weight and every once in awhile someone talks about the losing a pound from the engine. I'm curious about the ratios of rider to bike weights on this forum.
Me- 180 lbs; 6' 1"
Bike- about 17.5
(yeah, we're pigs by some standards)
I don't think we need to qualify rider weight, but with the whole "do pedals count?" thing...
Dont you guys know that the lighter your bike is the cooler you are, no matter how fast you can pedal it or how heavy you may be?
ITS TRUE
It doesnt even matter if your "bike" is still functional. If you put it on a scale and it weighs 11 lbs because it has no cables left, or tubes in the tires and maybe it doesnt even have any bolts on it anymore because the bars and seat post are sticking to the frame with tiny, also very light, dabs of glue, but it LOOKS fast and the scale says that it is light, that is ALL THAT MATTERS.
I love your motivation
I was over 240# and my new bike (and diet) got me to 180# in less than 2 months.
What now?.......
Can't justify replacing a 2 month old bike even though it is a bit heavy
I believe you're referring to body fat, not body mass. If you had a BMI of 9 you'd be dead.
Here's a link to a BMI calculator. http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/BMI.html
Damn hybrid for the moment. But regardless, I'm not much of a climber thanks to asthma. :mad2: I would take even a 20lb bike with clipless pedals. It'd change my world.
Me: 169cm / 53 kg (5'6" / 116 lbs)
Bike 1 (Cervelo P3C): 7.5 kg (16.5 lbs) training wheels; 7 kg (15.4 lbs) race wheels
Bike 2 (Look 585): 6.0 kg (13.2 lbs) with the only wheelset it's got
Bike 3 (Bianchi San Jose): 9 kg (20 lbs)
All bikes were weighed with pedals, cages, and computers; just a bit too lazy to remove it before weighing.
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