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Bill Sornson wrote: Oh, poop-poop-ee-doop. I've known more than one "bantam rooster"-type guys who kick ass on bikes. Translation: I've known a couple of small, fast guys; therefore, all small guys must be fast. Math, watts, VO2s be damned; fit is fit and strong is strong. Actually, strong = watts. OP: tell your friend he'll do fine on group rides. And maybe he will. But you have no way in the world of knowing that, since you don't know anything about the group, the rider in question, or human physiology. All we know, based on the information we have, is that ON AVERAGE, ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL, a smaller rider will be at a disadvantage on flat rides. Based on that the OP should be able to figure out a reasonable approach to bringing his friend on rides to see how he does. For all we know, he may be one of those people who doesn't mind getting hammered on a fast flat ride and will just wait for the moment where he can hammer back on a climb. Or the rides may be slow enough that the difference isn't significant. OR, maybe he's more fit than _some_ of the people on the ride who are already the "least common denominator" of the group's pace. Or the rides may be short enough that it doesn't matter. |
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"Christopher Horner and Laurent Lefevre shared the lowest resting heart
rate, of 35 beats per minute." Is this really the lowest HR in the Tour? I thought Lance and folks were down into the high twenties? |
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Bill Sornson wrote: wrote: Bill Sornson wrote: Oh, poop-poop-ee-doop. I've known more than one "bantam rooster"-type guys who kick ass on bikes. Translation: I've known a couple of small, fast guys; therefore, all small guys must be fast. Check your logic at the door...AGAIN?!? It's YOUR logic, not mine. Or perhaps you just pointed out that you knew a couple of small fast guys as a fascinating bit of autobiography, merely coincidental and unrelated to the discussion that composes the rest of this thread or your argument in particular. |
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On 7 Nov 2005 01:11:35 -0800, "Bruce W.1" wrote:
Does a person's height affect their ability to ride a road/touring bicycle? I know a short guy (about 5' tall) that would enjoy riding with our group, but he's concerned about his height being a disadvantage. Disadvantage to what? Is he competing against other people. If not, he should just get on the bike and ride. JT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 19:08:00 +0000 (UTC), (C) wrote:
There's big difference between height (the original question) and weight. For example certain tall skinny Tour de France racers are fantastic climbers, but terrible on the flats and downhills. No racer in the Tour de France is *terrible* at any sort of road riding -- climbing, descending, flats, whatever. Almost surely better at all these things than 99% of the public or perhaps even people in this group. JT **************************** Remove "remove" to reply Visit http://www.jt10000.com **************************** |
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The problem with a small light rider is that their bicycle weight is
a much higher percentage of the overall weight of rider and bike.. About the only way you can reduce the weight of the bike for a smaller rider is the frame and wheels, as everything else is the same. I weigh 185lbs, and we can only get her bike less than a pound lighter than mine. You can obviously use the lightest frame and wheels you can find as small light rider can't hurt them no matter how they ride. Yes, yes, yes!!! Finally somebody understands how difficult it is to ride my 32-lb MTB up a hill, whereas the 18-lber MTB is a rocket uphill! A bike that is 25 percent of your own body weight, versus ~13%, makes a huge, huge difference. The aluminum beercan MTB frame I had welded back together is holding okay, but it has begun to generate a crack on one small portion. Gonna get it welded again and ride it another couple hundred miles! Not bad for two races and a couple of training rides... -- Phil, Squid-in-Training |
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