After test riding bikes this weekend I'm incredibly shocked at the difference three pounds of weight can make. It's the difference between lugging something uphill and feeling one with the road.
It's got me thinking a lot about power to weight ratios. I was chatting with our buddy at Speedy Reedy about it, and Chris Carmichael is a big proponent of finding your ideal ratio.
Here's an article about Contador's ratio: http://www.bicycling.com/news/2009-tour-de-france/chris-carmichael-contador-has-power-burn
As well as a fancy calculator to estimate your own:
http://sportech.online.fr/sptc_idx.php?pge=spen_esy.html
I'm going to focus on this for a bit and see if it makes a difference for me. I'll report back in a few weeks, after I've given myself enough time to lose a few and build muscle. Time for a little experiment...
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