Winter bike wear for roundlings

I am 5'5" and was almost 190 last year


That's exactly where am at now (dang it!).


Keep up the riding and cut your food by 1/4. You'll loose the weight.=


o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o


Damn, the battle of the fork & spoon. Time to hop back on the xc machine=
..

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Slacker

geemike wrote:
A buddy tells me I'm risking tendonitis of the knees if I ride
below 60(f) without some type of biking pants.

I've built myself into relatively nice riding condition this
summer/fall and don't want to stop riding with the onset of cold
weather. Are there any bike wear companies that make stuff that
might fit me? I'm 5'5", 225 lbs.

I can fit the extra large roadie jackets, but finding something to
cover my legs has been impossible.

BTW, I'm a roadie on a MTB, riding in Salt Lake City.


Mike G

You can be more susceptible to injury if your legs are getting chilled,
and the muscles tighten up as a result. Not sure about cycling, but I've
had muscle strains jogging in cold temperatures - the secret is probably
to warm up sufficiently first (which I'm often too lazy to do) and/or
wrap up well.

For cycling in the cold I wear a track suit or thermals under jeans or
cargo's, maybe even extra pairs of underwear too. That's for above the
snowline in Scotland. The worst pain i've possibly ever felt was after a
long descent in winter, then realising a delicate part of my anatomy had
almost frozen due to the cold air blasting through only a couple of thin
layers. The defrosting experience was excruciating

Slacker wrote:
I am 5'5" and was almost 190 last year



That's exactly where am at now (dang it!).


Keep up the riding and cut your food by 1/4. You'll loose the weight.

o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o


Damn, the battle of the fork & spoon. Time to hop back on the xc machine.


Confidence, man! Confidence! I hate to say this, too. Another secret
to my weight loss was giving up alcohol for good. I know that's
blasphemy in the MTB world, but I just thought it was wasted calories,
made me feel like crap in the morning, and I like pasta more than beer.
I don't miss it. OK, I miss Guiness but I can deal with the pain. In
the recent camping trip we all sat around the fire drinking beer, and I
had my Coca-Cola.

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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws

Slacker wrote:
I am 5'5" and was almost 190 last year
That's exactly where am at now (dang it!).

I'm 5'7" and just under 200 at the moment. Even when I'm in great shape and
riding the bike until I'm senseless, I'm still no less than 185.
Big bones, I tell you. Big bones and a few extra pounds and blam! You're
over 200 just like that.

--
Westie
(Replace 'invalid' with 'yahoo' when replying.)

geemike wrote:
A buddy tells me I'm risking tendonitis of the knees if I ride
below 60(f) without some type of biking pants.

I've built myself into relatively nice riding condition this
summer/fall and don't want to stop riding with the onset of cold
weather. Are there any bike wear companies that make stuff that
might fit me? I'm 5'5", 225 lbs.

I can fit the extra large roadie jackets, but finding something to
cover my legs has been impossible.

BTW, I'm a roadie on a MTB, riding in Salt Lake City.

I've been known to shop in the women's department of The Warehouse (I guess
that'd be something like KMart or Target for you guys) for leggings.
They're very cheap (like $5USD) and are fine unless it's really, really
cold. For those days I splashed the cash for some proper leggings at
www.groundeffect.co.nz I emailed them first to see if they had sizes that
fit my short round legs properly and sure enough they did. Good, helpful
customer service.
--
Westie
(Replace 'invalid' with 'yahoo' when replying.)

Westie wrote:
Slacker wrote:
I am 5'5" and was almost 190 last year
That's exactly where am at now (dang it!).

I'm 5'7" and just under 200 at the moment. Even when I'm in great
shape and riding the bike until I'm senseless, I'm still no less than
185. Big bones, I tell you. Big bones and a few extra pounds and blam!
You're over 200 just like that.

5'9", 195. Genetics suck! Like you, in my best race shape I still tipped
the scale at 185 and then couldn't fit into the jeans I wore at 195 (thunder
thighs). Stopped drinking for a year and nothing, notta, zilch weight loss
so I started drinking again....no weight gain or loss. Now I need to cut
out the bread and see if that helps with the weight loss......

Atkins, you suck! I need the carbs, man!

Gary

"geemike" wrote in message
...
A buddy tells me I'm risking tendonitis of the knees if I ride
below 60(f) without some type of biking pants.

I've built myself into relatively nice riding condition this
summer/fall and don't want to stop riding with the onset of cold
weather. Are there any bike wear companies that make stuff that
might fit me? I'm 5'5", 225 lbs.

I can fit the extra large roadie jackets, but finding something to
cover my legs has been impossible.

BTW, I'm a roadie on a MTB, riding in Salt Lake City.


Mike G




http://www.coldlizard.com


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DTW .../\.../\.../\...

I've spent most of my money on mountain biking and windsurfing.
The rest I've just wasted.

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:54:26 -0400, Ride-A-Lot =

wrote:

Slacker wrote:
I am 5'5" and was almost 190 last year
That's exactly where am at now (dang it!).

Keep up the riding and cut your food by 1/4. You'll loose the weigh=
t.

o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
Damn, the battle of the fork & spoon. Time to hop back on the xc =

machine.


Confidence, man! Confidence! I hate to say this, too. Another secre=
t =

to my weight loss was giving up alcohol for good. I know that's =

blasphemy in the MTB world, but I just thought it was wasted calories,=
=

made me feel like crap in the morning, and I like pasta more than bee=
r. =

I don't miss it. OK, I miss Guiness but I can deal with the pain. =
In =

the recent camping trip we all sat around the fire drinking beer, and =
I =

had my Coca-Cola.


Well, that's one positive thing for me, I don't drink either. My body ju=
st =

can't seem to tolerate it. Now, if I can just train it not to tolerate, =
=

pizza, pasta, Mexican food, Bryers Mint-n-Chip, cheese burgers.fries, =

crackers, cheese, steak.... well, I guess just about any food in general=
=

:-p

-- =

Slacker

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:33:37 -0700, GeeDubb wrote:

Westie wrote:
Slacker wrote:
I am 5'5" and was almost 190 last year
That's exactly where am at now (dang it!).

I'm 5'7" and just under 200 at the moment. Even when I'm in great
shape and riding the bike until I'm senseless, I'm still no less than=

185. Big bones, I tell you. Big bones and a few extra pounds and bla=
m!
You're over 200 just like that.

5'9", 195. Genetics suck! Like you, in my best race shape I still =

tipped
the scale at 185 and then couldn't fit into the jeans I wore at 195 =

(thunder
thighs). Stopped drinking for a year and nothing, notta, zilch weight=
=

loss
so I started drinking again....no weight gain or loss. Now I need to =
cut
out the bread and see if that helps with the weight loss......

Atkins, you suck! I need the carbs, man!

Gary


hehehe... I did Atkins for a couple years, but I need those carbs too. =

Atkins wasn't't long term sustainable for me.

-- =

Slacker

geemike says...

A buddy tells me I'm risking tendonitis of the knees if I ride
below 60(f) without some type of biking pants.

I've built myself into relatively nice riding condition this
summer/fall and don't want to stop riding with the onset of cold
weather. Are there any bike wear companies that make stuff that
might fit me? I'm 5'5", 225 lbs.

I can fit the extra large roadie jackets, but finding something to
cover my legs has been impossible.

BTW, I'm a roadie on a MTB, riding in Salt Lake City.


Mike G

I'm 5' 9" and 170. For anything that is designed to be skin tight, I
have to go large, which I consider to be strange since I am barely
average in height and weight. I would think that you would find it very
difficult to get anything that fits in cycling clothes. You do risk
minor hypothermia riding at road speeds at less than 60F in shorts and a
sleeveless jersey, but it would need to be a lot colder than that to be
a serious health risk. Never heard of a connection between hypothermia
and tendonitis, but, who knows, maybe there is something to it.
Exercising generates its own heat, so I find it to actually be more of a
problem over dressing and sweating like a pig. With a BMI like yours,
hypothermia for you will be much less of a problem than for a skinny
person. I've been hitting sporting goods departments for cold weather
riding clothes. You can get excellent close fitting running pants from
Nike and others that aren't quite tights that will fit over cycling
shorts.