Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
Originally posted by mark e smith:
Do you think Lance would still have won the tour if his bike weighed 2 or 3 pounds more?
I think he would.
questionable. Have you ever carried 3 pounds an average of about 100 miles a day for 20 days? [/b]
I was thinking about this whilst doing real work.....
Lance made 1 minute at Alp d'Huez over Ullrich in 40 minutes.
If being 1% heavier made him one percent slower (worst case scenario, there are rolling/momentum advantages to having more weight) then bike and rider must weigh around 170 pounds.... So a pound and a half would have been OK.
My gut weighs much more than 3 pounds.