Heard him say this in an interview. At 5'8", 130 lbs is heavier than I would've expected for an elite cyclist. I thought you would need to be more like 118 lbs at that height in order to he competitive up the mountains.
I'm 5'7" / 145 lbs and feel like I should lose at least 10 lbs if not 15 just to be a sub-sub-sub-elite runner.
130 ibs seems about right for someone 5'8, about my height and weight.
5' 7"?! Now we understand the dating woes
there's elite, sub-elite, hobby joggers, college runners, and hs runners. nothing else.
Hey Jamin,
Good job last week. But what were those shoes?
Nice one wrote:
Hey Jamin,
Good job last week. But what were those shoes?
wut?
Cyclists seem to like to do the reverse of what most (Americans?) do when quoting their weight. Most of us quote our lowest weight of the day as our weight. Tyler must have weighed himself once after a big meal with a pair of jeans and boots on to get that 130 lbs. weight. Wikipedia lists him as 142 lbs. (basically my height and weight) and that's simply laughable from the pictures I've seen of him shirtless back when he was actively racing. My cousin is a 5'8" runner who weighs ~125 lbs. and he'd look fat next to Tyler in his prime. I'd have put Tyler at 115 lbs., maybe 120 lbs. tops back then.
jamin wrote:
Heard him say this in an interview. At 5'8", 130 lbs is heavier than I would've expected for an elite cyclist. I thought you would need to be more like 118 lbs at that height in order to he competitive up the mountains.
I'm 5'7" / 145 lbs and feel like I should lose at least 10 lbs if not 15 just to be a sub-sub-sub-elite runner.
Pure climbers are smaller. but alot of them are slightly larger because they are more muscular and have more power. in the amateur world, former 800 and 1500 guys are better all around cyclists that then 5k/10k guys.
Tyler wasn't a pure climber. He was a very proficient time trialer as well. His legs had more mass than a runners. Anyhow, 5' 8" 130 is almost the exact same as El G at 5'9 128 and that dude was thiiiiin.
On top of that, if you were carrying your twin within your own body you'd be heavier than expected too!
Cyclists need a lot of muscle. https://www.pezcyclingnews.com/photos/interviews/tyler-tdf.jpg
Height to weight ratio doesnt mean jack. All about the power to weight ratio and that golden number is right around 6.2 - 6.5 w/kg.
But if you want a list of good climbers of the current peloton look at:
Nario Quintana
Romain Bardet
Warren Barguil
Mikel Landa
Wout Poels (kinda)
Esteban Chaves
Sergio Henao
Chris Froome is NOT a good climber in his own right- he has the best team that is extremely good at riding his threshold tempo.
Best Climber the US has right now:
Ian Boswell
Joe Dombrowski
jamin wrote:
I'm 5'7" / 145 lbs
Not a surprise at all to find out you're fat.
VanHoutte wrote:
Height to weight ratio doesnt mean jack. All about the power to weight ratio and that golden number is right around 6.2 - 6.5 w/kg.
But if you want a list of good climbers of the current peloton look at:
Nario Quintana
Romain Bardet
Warren Barguil
Mikel Landa
Wout Poels (kinda)
Esteban Chaves
Sergio Henao
Chris Froome is NOT a good climber in his own right- he has the best team that is extremely good at riding his threshold tempo.
Best Climber the US has right now:
Ian Boswell
Joe Dombrowski
I'd put my money on McNulty among the US guys. Hard to forget about Dombrowski at Baldy, though. Still rooting for him.
And of course Froome is a good climber, don't be ridiculous. He's just stressed out way more than normal right now due to his proceedings and likely isn't on the same sauce as normal.
yeah Marco Pantani was about 10-15 lbs lighter at 5-8 and one of the greatest climbers ever.
Good docu on him but sad. Cocaine is a helluva drug.
runrincerepeat wrote:
yeah Marco Pantani was about 10-15 lbs lighter at 5-8 and one of the greatest climbers ever.
Good docu on him but sad. Cocaine is a helluva drug.
Most of the sources online say Marco Pantani is around 125-130 ibs at 5'8.
http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/feb98/feb6.htmlBlitzkrieg BLITZKRIEG wrote:
runrincerepeat wrote:
yeah Marco Pantani was about 10-15 lbs lighter at 5-8 and one of the greatest climbers ever.
Good docu on him but sad. Cocaine is a helluva drug.
Most of the sources online say Marco Pantani was around 125-130 ibs at 5'8.
This is the interview I'm talking about
ran sub 30 10k and 1:05 1/2 my weight at 5'9 was around 128 but also tested around 3.5% body fat so it all depends.
Cyclist are generally heavier than cyclist and this could be primarily due to the muscle mass through glutes, quads and hamstrings.
It all makes sense.. wrote:
5' 7"?! Now we understand the dating woes
Yes he needs to learn to lie on that one.
