zippy Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 My NY resolution is to lose 35-40 lbs and I expect this to help me a bunch this season. Good luck, hope you are able to lose the weight, but don't just leave it laying around for me to find. I have enough of my own that I need to lose.......... OK let's say equal skill level. we will go with same person, two versions. version one: healthy skinny 170 lbs. very flexible, nimble and able to move around the bike easily. version two: healthy, muscular 220 lbs. very strong, able to "make" bike go where they want it to. I guess you just need to ride according to you body style?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blocky Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) Which would be easier to push up hill or to stop going down hill.... ? i) a car with an empty fuel tank ii) a car with an full fuel tank simples Edited December 5, 2014 by blocky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivebrick Posted December 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Whats a lineman? Does this have any relevance to trials? You got me there Nigel, my feeble attempt at an example that failed miserably. Was just trying to point out that in almost all athletics the athlete with the better body composition is the better athlete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivebrick Posted December 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) Which would be easier to push up hill or to stop going down hill.... ? i) a car with an empty fuel tank ii) a car with an full fuel tank simples Yes! But if you were driving up a very slippery hill wouldn't you want a heavy load in the boot/trunk? Edited December 5, 2014 by fivebrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tahoebrian5 Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 There are exceptions, but it seems to me that most of the world champions in all the two wheeled sports are of a slender build. There's a reason it's called an athletic build. For your average riders, I would hazard a guess that skill and determination trump weight any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0007 Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Fat guys can bowl, play darts and shoot pool Fit is better at averything else, I'm never going to be convinced a beer belly is an advantage at anything 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mags Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 When we started trials back in January this year I was 210lbs... today I am 178lbs!!! Massive change losing 32lbs. Cant believe the difference it makes... sleeping better, mild snoring has gone completely according to my wife, much fitter with resting heart rate at 55 and BP normal. The general, much better feeling of well being has transferred to the bike with longer sessions before tiring. Another 10lbs to go and more weight training and I'm a happy chappy fanging around on my motorcycles. Mags 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Another 10lbs to go and more weight training and I'm a happy chappy fanging around on my motorcycles. Mags Don't forget, muscle is much heavier than fat, so your even further forward than you think ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tahoebrian5 Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 I believe it! I spent 30 mins on the bike today and im pretty sure i got a better workout than i would have on the treadmill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 There are exceptions, but it seems to me that most of the world champions in all the two wheeled sports are of a slender build. There's a reason it's called an athletic build. For your average riders, I would hazard a guess that skill and determination trump weight any day. Well I am totally screwed then...........got the weight, and no skill.............determination is dependent on how I feel about getting a 3 or a 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob214 Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Well I am totally screwed then...........got the weight, and no skill.............determination is dependent on how I feel about getting a 3 or a 5 lol, i got the mind of a 20 year old and the body of an 80 year old. i look at all sections like i can clean it and then wind up in a big old pile at some point and really sore the next day wishing i wouldn't have tried that! rob 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tahoebrian5 Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Probably more to do with racing being a whole lot of cardio rather than any advantage. Plenty of large riders have done well in mx that I can think of; smets, martens, bell, button, lawrence, dedycker, dessalle Thats funny, i was thinking of a football player as a lineman... Maybe thats a linebacker. Obviously not my sport.. Now motogp... That i can talk about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelly1 Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 i think this is a line man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blocky Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Yes! But if you were driving up a very slippery hill wouldn't you want a heavy load in the boot/trunk? No Fivebrick. The last thing I would want to do is add MORE weight. I would want to move some of the weight I already have over the driving wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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