Rider Weight!?!
Theomerchant
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Been looking around on the forum and seen people mentioning their weight being around 80-85kg's saying that they are a bit over weight!?!? wtf?.
I know that top level riders such as the TdF class riders get down to silly weight like 60-65kg's but surley 80-85kg's is a reasonalbe weight for us mere mortals!?!.
The reason I am saying this I am just shy of 6'3" and teeter around 90Kg's but am in no means fat...granted im not skin and bone but im definatley not fat, I can keep a reasonable pace over a lone hilly 60 mile ride at around 16-17mph avg (so no over exageration here like iv seen all over the forum).
I was just writing to ask that am I considered overweight in the cycling world because believe me im not overweight compared to some of the slobs that I work with!!!.
Ooh Im all confused! :oops:
I know that top level riders such as the TdF class riders get down to silly weight like 60-65kg's but surley 80-85kg's is a reasonalbe weight for us mere mortals!?!.
The reason I am saying this I am just shy of 6'3" and teeter around 90Kg's but am in no means fat...granted im not skin and bone but im definatley not fat, I can keep a reasonable pace over a lone hilly 60 mile ride at around 16-17mph avg (so no over exageration here like iv seen all over the forum).
I was just writing to ask that am I considered overweight in the cycling world because believe me im not overweight compared to some of the slobs that I work with!!!.
Ooh Im all confused! :oops:
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Everyone is different? (Different builds, different standards, different.....)0
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I s'pose, its just everyone on here bragging that 85kg's is too heavy not giving me the best vote of confidence...or is is just these people are knocking off a few kg's on here to make themselves feel better??0
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This topic has a lot of peoples weights in, mine included (which is in your words, a silly weight :P but that's just my build!)
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... t=12747871
The reason people worry about their weight is probably due to power to weight ratio, which is simple really, the lighter you are and more power you have, the quicker you can get up the hills!0 -
Cool! thanks for the link!, Yeah being quite 'heavy' myself I find I get dropped easily on the hills but can put the power down on the flat...momentum helps with a bit of that
just about getting my endurance up this year to keep the power on for longer 
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I'm only 58kg but am 5'5" tall. Nice on the hills but it's a struggle keeping up with you bigger guys on the flat.0
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it depends where the weight is , if you have legs like a pidgeon and its all around your gut then you could well weigh the same as a power house that has built awasome legs and has a waist like a gymnast ,
strip off an have a look ,
its an issue that i need to address as i lost too much an the power reduced in my legs in my experiment , i'v since added 2 kilo in body weight and now the power ratio in the gym has improved a lot , by over a 100 kilo to be exact and getting stronger ,
correction , 100 kilo equates to around 18 % loss in power0 -
Obviously bodyweight makes a huge difference uphill, at five feet eight and a lean(ish) 80kg, I have plenty of leg power as a result of 30 years weight training and can maintain a fairly healthy speed on the flat but get dropped like a stone on the climbs. My priority this year is hills, hills and more hills
The problem is we are not eating food anymore, we are eating food-like products.0 -
Obviously bodyweight makes a huge difference uphill, at five feet eight and a lean(ish) 80kg, I have plenty of leg power as a result of 30 years weight training and can maintain a fairly healthy speed on the flat but get dropped like a stone on the climbs. My priority this year is hills, hills and more hills The problem is we are not eating food anymore, we are eating food-like products.0
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Being 80 - 85kg is likely to make it hard in the hills but on the flat it won't make much difference as aerodynamics and power output play a much bigger part. In my case I'm around 85kg but with poor power output so I struggle everywhere! If you look at riders like Cancellara or Magnus Backstedt they aren't great in the hills (although still better than pretty much any lightweight amateur) but they could get their own back on the flat where not many people can stay with them.0
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I'm 6'4" and weigh <70kg, and i can drop most on the hills, but dont expect me to be winning any time trials any time soon. Or sprints.It's not the will to win that matters...everyone has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters.0
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If you can't see your abs then you're fat. Simples 0
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I am fairly hefty in build, 6ft 3in and, at best, I am about 85-90kgs, I can stay with the "racing whippets" quite easily on the flat, but I get absoloutely annihilated on hills!!!!!, and its obviously the weight, but realistically, I am never going to be a light as those waif life racer types . 0
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If I was 85kg, I'd be massively fat, given I'm 171cm.
Tom Boonen's fighting weight is around 80kg, but he's 192cm.0 -
6ft and 66kg and i'm fat?! Cheers!
Its an xmas thing, you'll be fine by summer 0 -
I am carrying a couple of kg's of loose skin, from where I lost 10 stone a while back, keep toying with the idea of getting it chopped off.......0
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I'm around 6'5'' and currently weigh in just under the 100kg mark. A little over weight post christmas, probably need to loose 6kg or so, but used to weight train quite heavily and still make it to the weights gym a ouple times a week, so will never be that light. At 14s 2lb (90kg ish) I could see my stomach muscles clearly and looked a bit skinny for my liking
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just wondering how much difference height to weight makes on hills, ie is a 5'10" - 90kg guy going to do better / worse than a 6'5" 90kg guy. Guess it depends on a lot of factors such as muscle to fat ratio?EdB999 wrote:I'm around 6'5'' and currently weigh in just under the 100kg mark. A little over weight post christmas, probably need to loose 6kg or so, but used to weight train quite heavily and still make it to the weights gym a ouple times a week, so will never be that light. At 14s 2lb (90kg ish) I could see my stomach muscles clearly and looked a bit skinny for my likingAll lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....0 -
I think that at our level it's better to concentrate on fitness than losing the last kilo. I see all sizes and all abilities and thet don't always relate. Though I'm 170 and 58k and climb quite well I'm not always better than bigger guys I ride/race against. Funnily enough I'm pretty good in a sprint so work that out!0
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We've been talking about weight at work today and I've said I want to get down to 84kg which I managed last July. I am 6'2" and currently 89kg.
At 84kg I had many people, including my own mother crying on the doorstep, asking if I had cancer... People here are aghast that I want to get back down to 84kg (or less) as they have all admitted I looked very ill!!!
That said I was awesome (for me) on the hills last summer. Still breathing.....0 -
I'm 5'2 and weigh in at 82 KG like have been said suffer on the hills but no problem on the flat. can maintain around 24mph on the flat. Yes i know i could do with losing a few KG but not easy when your over the 40 mark. I myself tend to put on weight so very easily. Now i have my Garmin 800 will be able to see if i'm getting any quicker up the hills over set routes0
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1_reaper wrote:I'm 5'2 and weigh in at 82 KG like have been said suffer on the hills but no problem on the flat. can maintain around 24mph on the flat. Yes i know i could do with losing a few KG but not easy when your over the 40 mark. I myself tend to put on weight so very easily. Now i have my Garmin 800 will be able to see if i'm getting any quicker up the hills over set routes
Eat less. Then you won't put on weight.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:1_reaper wrote:I'm 5'2 and weigh in at 82 KG like have been said suffer on the hills but no problem on the flat. can maintain around 24mph on the flat. Yes i know i could do with losing a few KG but not easy when your over the 40 mark. I myself tend to put on weight so very easily. Now i have my Garmin 800 will be able to see if i'm getting any quicker up the hills over set routes
Eat less. Then you won't put on weight.
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1_reaper wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:1_reaper wrote:I'm 5'2 and weigh in at 82 KG like have been said suffer on the hills but no problem on the flat. can maintain around 24mph on the flat. Yes i know i could do with losing a few KG but not easy when your over the 40 mark. I myself tend to put on weight so very easily. Now i have my Garmin 800 will be able to see if i'm getting any quicker up the hills over set routes
Eat less. Then you won't put on weight.
Now why did i not think of that
Easier said than done right?
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60-65kg isn't necessarily "silly weight".
I'm 68kg at 5'11" and I don't consider that "silly weight", thanks.Ben
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Fascinated by the mix of metric and imperial being used here. FWIW I'm 174cm and 13 1/2 stone at present, looking to get down to 12 stone for the Etape C in May - without much hope of any significant cycling time being available between now and then...0
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well im 6ft 4" and 20st 10lbs, i think there no hope for me , strange as i can see my abs :shock: 0
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I'm 5'4" and 10st 9lbs (67KG). Usually a couple of KGs lighter but Christmas etc screwed that up. At 49 years old I don't worry nor care as long as I can still get up pretty much any hill - albeit slowly - without killing myself. FWIW I can easily maintain 40kph on the flat (according to my speedo).Visit Ireland - all of it! Cycle in Dublin and know fear!!
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