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How light did YOU go?

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  • March 31, 2018 at 11:12 am #28309
    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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  • April 1, 2018 at 9:33 am #915855
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    Canyon48

    I’m 178 cm and currently hit

    I’m 178 cm and currently hit the scales at a shade under 66 kg, struggling to get my weight down much further now!

    I’ve only really been cycling 5 years (since I had open heart surgery when I was 17) and I’ve lost 15kg in that time.

    April 1, 2018 at 7:46 am #915853
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    Stef Marazzi

    Starting cycling age 33 , 110
    Starting cycling age 33 , 110 kilos. Now age 40, between 86 and 92 kilos, riding 120 road miles every week. I eat shitloads! Can’t really get any lighter, cos I love eating too much!

    April 1, 2018 at 6:25 am #915851
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    Anonymous

    5ft 11in, in the last 10

    5ft 11in, in the last 10 years lightest I’ve been is about 95kg, heaviest 107kg (oops!) but always a stocky kid and muscular legs/chest/shoulders stemming from my rugby/army days, put too much poundage on but back to 97kg, hoping to trim down closer to 90kg though and shift some of the puppy fat.hahaha

    April 1, 2018 at 1:48 am #915849
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    Boatsie

    I’m 6’3; 193 cm.
    I’m 6’3; 193 cm.
    Twenty years ago I struggled to get beyond 86kg. 86kg every day; wouldn’t budge. I couldn’t do without exercise hence at 1 stage I was eating 13 meat sandwiches as lunch. Eating lots. All you can eat pizza was often 30+ slices. (3 and 3/4 family size pizzas). Was lots of exercise though finding 20 km jogs easy. I wanted to exceed 100kg but more I ate, more I exercised.
    Nowadays I’m slow. Different friends and habits led to basically sitting around… Eventually achieved my goal of 100kg and attempting to reduce again. Seem to steady around 94 kg nowadays. Friggin knot hurts though. Loving cycling

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