ksryder

A couple years ago I dropped 30 pounds over the winter and when spring rolled around and I went on my first group ride I was absolutely astounded at the difference in my climbing.

As a somewhat larger rider I've always had to redline it on climbs just to have a passing chance of not completely losing the group, so I've just developed the habit of going max effort for climbs. Turns out when you weigh a lot less, that same amount of effort makes you climb like you're on an escalator.

Then I gained all that weight back during pandemic, so here we are again.