Originally Posted by
tetonrider
also, who is to say (for you) whether subtracting weight off your bike is not worth it even if you are 40# heavier than you want to be? i mean, i'm sure you can lose the weight with time and discipline, but there's no reason you couldn't do the bike stuff if it was your desire.
After I lost all that weight in 2009-2010 I was on the Tsunami for the first time. It was at least a pound heavier than the Cannondale, bare frame was 1600g (Cannondale, in a larger size, was 1150g). I also used a 450g fork vs the 300-something gram Cannondale top of the line Slice fork. Yet I was using 200-300w less power to get up the hill at Bethel, I was dragging the brakes on the easy laps, and I felt like I could do anything on the bike. I realized then that a pound on the bike was nothing compared to 30 or 40 pounds off the rider.
Now I focus first on fit/ergonomics. If I have some deluxe stuff then I'll do weight. Except wheels. Wheels I look at rotating weight.
As far as discipline I am pretty low on that, so losing the weight is tough for me. I can get to about 167-168 but 160 is tough and 150 was virtually out of reach. I ought to be in the 150s, even 145. To be really cut I think I'd be close to 140.