Great strides in making my bikes lighter

[yoothgeye]

Ever since I got my first "high end" mountain bike in college I have secretly obsessed over the weight of my bikes. I'll swap a part for a few grams and even when building my rat rods I find myself worrying about weight, when it really doesn't matter! Haha

Well, over the past 2 1/2 months I've been adjusting my lifestyle and managed to drop nearly 20 pounds, now all my bikes are 20 pounds lighter! Can't wait for consistently warm weather so I can get on some bikes and feel the difference.

Worrying about grams and ounces when I know I can lose pounds now seems insignificant.

 

[Bicycle808]

Congrats. I know that's gotta feel good.

Now, what's the secret to a lighter rat bike?

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Hhhmm, so you could conceivably take a 20 pound bike and be riding a weightless bike!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

You are making the rest of us look bad Yooth!

Luke.

 

[mikeeebikey]

Hhhmm, so you could conceivably take a 20 pound bike and be riding a weightless bike!

Helium, not hydrogen!
Actually we tried both, no change in bike weight!

 

[mikeeebikey]

Youthguy great job! Michelle Obama is proud of us!
I also have an addiction, food! A year ago iI was at 227 lbs., normally I am 170-180 lbs. It took 16 miles a day for 8 months, I am going back up from 182! Seems as I get older losing it is harder.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

Right on. Lbs not ounces. I've been saying it for years. Congrats.


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[the_undecider]

Awesomeness!

I used to be 270, got down to 185 and does that ever make a difference! Funny thing is, it didn't get easier to ride. I just got faster!

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Before I even opened the thread I thought to myself, " Get my big butt off the bike, and it's be 225 lbs lighter..." I feel pretty good I'm almost 54 but my metabolism has slowed down and I am creeping up in weight. I'd be happier at 185 myself, but 200 lbs would be cool. I weighed that for over a decade...
WAIT A MINUTE! You mean I'm supposed to RIDE these bikes???

Carl.

 

[Bob Gray]

I've found that making my bikes heavier ultimately helps make them lighter. My neighborhood cruiser weighs somewhere around 50 lbs. I do a 300' climb on that every night and over the past 8 months or so I've dropped 20 lbs.

As a bonus, I've come to like heavy bikes. I feel at no disadvantage on them. So long as I've got the gears I can spin my way up a 25% grade.

 

[MplsCoaster]

Great to here you dropped some weight, Nice Job! I'm sure you'll feel a difference.
It took a lot of exercise but I didn't put on my normal 10 lbs over the winter, Yeah.

I'm still a "weight weenie", even with my old bikes.
It just helps me to gear them harder and ride faster