Clydesdale Riding<-- What's that???

Snyperx thoughtfully penned:
I am just getting back into riding after a long hiatous and was wonder
what kind fo riding is Clydesdale Riding??? I have been shopping for
some new Rims and I saw a few that were suited for this kind fo
riding. Anyone care to explain? Thanks.


Snyperx

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"Snyperx" wrote in message
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I am just getting back into riding after a long hiatous and was wonder
what kind fo riding is Clydesdale Riding??? I have been shopping for
some new Rims and I saw a few that were suited for this kind fo riding.
Anyone care to explain? Thanks.


Snyperx


If you weigh in at 200 pounds or more, you are affectionately referred to as
being a 'Clydesdale' (And if by some chance you don't know what a Clydesdale
is, it is a very large solid breed of horse). Consequently it helps if,
amongst other things, your rims are built strong enough to handle 200 pounds
swinging around on top of it. Many of the 'lightweight' components and
frames that you find on bikes these days will have a very short lifespan if
you weigh a bit more than 200 pounds.
--
Westie
-He who can be a Clydesdale one day, a thoroughbred the next-

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 16:42:18 +1200, "Westie"
wrote:


If you weigh in at 200 pounds or more, you are affectionately referred to as
being a 'Clydesdale' (And if by some chance you don't know what a Clydesdale
is, it is a very large solid breed of horse). Consequently it helps if,
amongst other things, your rims are built strong enough to handle 200 pounds
swinging around on top of it. Many of the 'lightweight' components and
frames that you find on bikes these days will have a very short lifespan if
you weigh a bit more than 200 pounds.

It also helps if you can ride. G

A Clydesdale is a 200+ pound person who can hold his own on the trail
or road. A 200+ pound person who can't ride well is simply a "fat guy
on a bike".

Barry (6'1" 230)

"B a r r y B u r k e J r ." wrote:


[snip]

It also helps if you can ride. G

A Clydesdale is a 200+ pound person who can hold his own on the trail

Sounds a bit risky to me however much you weigh. Good trick though :-)

Phil
(225 lb 6'1)

"B a r r y B u r k e J r ." Keep it in the kyou wrote
in message ...
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 16:42:18 +1200, "Westie"
wrote:


If you weigh in at 200 pounds or more, you are affectionately referred to
as
being a 'Clydesdale' (And if by some chance you don't know what a
Clydesdale
is, it is a very large solid breed of horse). Consequently it helps if,
amongst other things, your rims are built strong enough to handle 200
pounds
swinging around on top of it. Many of the 'lightweight' components and
frames that you find on bikes these days will have a very short lifespan
if
you weigh a bit more than 200 pounds.

It also helps if you can ride. G

A Clydesdale is a 200+ pound person who can hold his own on the trail
or road. A 200+ pound person who can't ride well is simply a "fat guy
on a bike".



Being able to ride not withstanding, there's plenty of fat regular ol'
horses misappropriating the Clydesdale name.

"Technician" wrote in message
. ..
Sure, for somebody that is 5', 200 lbs would be on the fat side. but for
6'3", 200 lbs is on the underweight side.
--
~Travis

He's done it again.

--
Craig (6'2" and 175 lbs) Brossman, Durango Colorado
(remove .nospam. if replying)

"Technician" wrote in message
...
Sure, for somebody that is 5', 200 lbs would be on the fat side. but for
6'3", 200 lbs is on the underweight side.
--
~Travis

He's done it again.


He should check out:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/bmi_tbl.htm

Let's see: 6'3", 200# yields a BMI of 25, just over the line into "overweight".
To be "underweight" at that height would be 148 lbs or less.

Cheers,

-Andrew "needs to drop a few himself" Thorne

On 08 Jul 2003 16:58:43 GMT, Andrew Thorne
wrote:


"Technician" wrote in message
. ..
Sure, for somebody that is 5', 200 lbs would be on the fat side. but
for
6'3", 200 lbs is on the underweight side.
--
~Travis

He's done it again.


He should check out:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/bmi_tbl.htm

Let's see: 6'3", 200# yields a BMI of 25, just over the line into
"overweight".
To be "underweight" at that height would be 148 lbs or less.

Cheers,

-Andrew "needs to drop a few himself" Thorne


But BMI is BS. It's based on a mythical person. I've ALWAYS been
overweight as per BMI. The lowest I've weighed since high school is about
165, which is about 25 and overweight as per BMI. Buy my thighs are 22+
inches in circumference, my chest about 50 inches in circumference, and my
arms about 13.5 inches (unflexed) in circumference. I was a bodybuilder
when I was younger, and I'm still built even though I don't lift weights
now due to injuries. BMI doesn't take muscle mass into account. How could
you be a male at 6'3" and be 148 pounds? That's freaking obscenely thin!
They need to put some data for normal, more muscular people in here.

--
Bob M in CT
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B a r r y B u r k e J r . Keep it in the kyou spake
thusly on or about Tue, 8 Jul 2003 10:56:29 UTC

- A Clydesdale is a 200+ pound person who can hold his own on the trail
- or road. A 200+ pound person who can't ride well is simply a "fat guy
- on a bike".
-
- Barry (6'1" 230)

having been 250 and 3% bodyfat I think you have confused weight/mass and
fat. a fat guy is a fat guy regardless of his mass or weight. If he is on
a bike at all good for him.

I have averaged 25Km a day winter and summer over the last year including a
couple trips with fresh snow up the axles and several days with the temps
below -35 C. these days I am 140 Kg and 2 M and carrying a fair bit of
extra lard but a lot less than I was three years back. once I get back
down to 120 Kg I would not even seem tubby.

given my own past of double centuries and cx riding I am a fat guy on a
bike enjoying the trails and single track using a down hill rim on the back
to handle an odd wheelie drop. good news is i am on the trails with my
bike and having a darn good time.



--
I hurt before the ride so fibro gives me a head
start on the rest of the pack. silver lining?

ospam (Andrew Thorne) spake thusly on or about Tue,
8 Jul 2003 16:58:43 UTC

- Let's see: 6'3", 200# yields a BMI of 25, just over the line into "overweight".
- To be "underweight" at that height would be 148 lbs or less.
-
-

bmi is mostly a crap measure based on couch potatos; it does not take lean
body mass into account. as long as you do not apply bmi to active
athletic folks it might be worth something.

--
I hurt before the ride so fibro gives me a head
start on the rest of the pack. silver lining?