[simonmb]

A few years ago, in a different life when I lived alone and all I did was work and ride, I developed an extreme weight-weeny fascination with my bike and my body. Getting my titanium bike down to 6.8kg was easy enough – but it cost money. 

I was intrigued to see how light I could get myself whilst remaining bike-fit and riding well. At the beginning of this period I had peaked at 85kg. I’m 175cm. I was porky. Over the period of a year I slipped down to 75kg, still riding well but still carrying a couple of unnecessary kilos. 

Throughout I ate super healthily, if through much reduced portions.

From 73 and under, I began to look ‘undernourished’, my fingers got boney, and it began to be difficult to sit on unpadded chairs for long.

Ultimately I got down to 68kg. I looked positively ill, but have never felt healthier nor ridden stronger. It just wasn’t a good weight to live in the real world.

What’s your lowest?

 

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[Htc]

177cm, in the last 10 years I

177cm, in the last 10 years I’ve been up at 76kg and down at 68kg. In October I was 70kg, put some effort on increasing leg muscles over the winter and I’m now at 73kg, looking to drop a kg or so for the road season in the next six weeks. On the plus side, 1-5min power is up a decent amount.

[henryb]

madcarew wrote:

Nick T wrote:

You wear the same clothes you did 25 years ago?

Literally. Some of my cycling jerseys are those I raced in 25 years ago, and still fit me. I have a couple of pairs of Levi jeans that I bought in the early ’90’s which haven’t worn out yet. I used to have to get them a couple waist sizes large to fit over my quads (sprinter) and now the belt is out a couple of notches from where it was, (34 waist now, was 32), but yeah. Some of my clothes are the same as I wore 25 years ago. One is a woollen jersey which was the points jersey from our national tour in 1988. It may have stretched a little….

 

Likewise – and I’m sure this isn’t uncommon – I still have clothes I wore in the 1980’s which I still wear

HB

[Canyon48]

madcarew wrote:

madcarew wrote:

Nick T wrote:

You wear the same clothes you did 25 years ago?

Literally. Some of my cycling jerseys are those I raced in 25 years ago, and still fit me. I have a couple of pairs of Levi jeans that I bought in the early ’90’s which haven’t worn out yet. I used to have to get them a couple waist sizes large to fit over my quads (sprinter) and now the belt is out a couple of notches from where it was, (34 waist now, was 32), but yeah. Some of my clothes are the same as I wore 25 years ago. One is a woollen jersey which was the points jersey from our national tour in 1988. It may have stretched a little….

You have clothes that are older than me!

[Canyon48]

madcarew wrote:

madcarew wrote:

Nick T wrote:

You wear the same clothes you did 25 years ago?

Literally. Some of my cycling jerseys are those I raced in 25 years ago, and still fit me. I have a couple of pairs of Levi jeans that I bought in the early ’90’s which haven’t worn out yet. I used to have to get them a couple waist sizes large to fit over my quads (sprinter) and now the belt is out a couple of notches from where it was, (34 waist now, was 32), but yeah. Some of my clothes are the same as I wore 25 years ago. One is a woollen jersey which was the points jersey from our national tour in 1988. It may have stretched a little….

You have clothes that are older than me!

[simonmb]

Pushing50 wrote:

49 years of age, 176cm tall and never been over 74kg. Lowest I got was last year prior to doing a 300mile ride over three days. I did all the pre-ride training which reduced my weight and then suffered food poisoning one week prior to the ride. Started the ride at a weight of 64kg and felt lousy on the first day. I finished the ride on day three feeling really strong and after eating a lot of pizza, chicken and cake had regained the weight to about 67kg. I feel that 67kg is my best weight for the hills.

64kg. Impressive, notwithstanding the illness. Good on you for starting the ride. Kudos to the pros for keeping the weight off though eh?

[Anonymous]

49 years of age, 176cm tall

49 years of age, 176cm tall and never been over 74kg. Lowest I got was last year prior to doing a 300mile ride over three days. I did all the pre-ride training which reduced my weight and then suffered food poisoning one week prior to the ride. Started the ride at a weight of 64kg and felt lousy on the first day. I finished the ride on day three feeling really strong and after eating a lot of pizza, chicken and cake had regained the weight to about 67kg. I feel that 67kg is my best weight for the hills.

[Richard1982]

My lightest was about 72kg
My lightest was about 72kg back in about 2014/15. Since 2016 I’ve been concentrating on the track sprinting so weight isn’t really a major concern, today I’m about 80kg (6’2″).

[madcarew]

ConcordeCX wrote:

Nick T wrote:

You wear the same clothes you did 25 years ago?

still the same dress size, he means

Nope, literally….

And I thought my predeliction for dresses was going to be our little secret, Concorde, baby 😉

[madcarew]

Nick T wrote:

You wear the same clothes you did 25 years ago?

Literally. Some of my cycling jerseys are those I raced in 25 years ago, and still fit me. I have a couple of pairs of Levi jeans that I bought in the early ’90’s which haven’t worn out yet. I used to have to get them a couple waist sizes large to fit over my quads (sprinter) and now the belt is out a couple of notches from where it was, (34 waist now, was 32), but yeah. Some of my clothes are the same as I wore 25 years ago. One is a woollen jersey which was the points jersey from our national tour in 1988. It may have stretched a little….

[Eli]

5″11 64.5kg. Lean and
5″11 64.5kg. Lean and healthy. Find it hard to put on weight really something I inherited from Mum. If I hadn’t found cycling, i’d probably weight 20kg more. One of my best friends was in the same boat. Found it hard to put on weight at 5’9 and 58kg. We both agreed on a strict gym regime. I found cycling whilst He continued on the Gym work. He now weighs 82kg pure muscle. That would have been me had cycling not existed.

[Anonymous]

Nick T wrote:

You wear the same clothes you did 25 years ago?

still the same dress size, he means

[simonmb]

don simon wrote:

183cms and about 72kg, I climbed like a demon, ate well, felt good and still had flabby bits so I figure that I could have lost more and still been healthy.

Currently at 88kg after a high of 98kg at the beginning of the year, jnust looking to see where this 50yr old can go.

Impressive weight loss so far this year fella. Good work.

[don simon fbpe]

183cms and about 72kg, I

183cms and about 72kg, I climbed like a demon, ate well, felt good and still had flabby bits so I figure that I could have lost more and still been healthy.

Currently at 88kg after a high of 98kg at the beginning of the year, jnust looking to see where this 50yr old can go.

[Nick T]

You wear the same clothes you

You wear the same clothes you did 25 years ago?

[madcarew]

Opposite route. I raced at 67

Opposite route. I raced at 67 – 68 kg 25 years ago. Currently 85 kg, but still fit the same clothes as I did at 68 kg. I really can’t work that out. I’ve largely sat at 80 kg +/- 2 kg. I did ironman 6 yrs ago and got down to 76 kg, separated 18 months ago and got down to 74 kg. I can’t imagine being 68 kg again, at 74 kg I was quite gaunt. As regards the OP, once you’re below 7-8% BF it starts to become unhealthy, and generally it has health implications to sit below 10% for extended periods of time. Of course there are those who inhabit these areas without any effort, and it is unlikely it has long term health effects for them. No-one does elite sport for their health!

[Author]

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