Height & Weight: You Vs the Pros

[Nesker]

1m 92
76/77 kg

 

[luckyboy]

Arrgggh, yes he can. My brothers is 19 next week. 5'10", 57-59 kilos. My other brother is the same height, maybe a bit taller and weighs a maximum of 51 kilos and is two years younger. Andy Schleck can certainly weigh 62 kg, he looks like he does when I see my brothers. Weight is not important, muscle and fat composition is more relevant and limb lengths and ratios. I'm 5'7", or 170cm. In 2005 and 2006 I weighed 63 kg, and last year in January I was 65kg. I was thinner, leaner and stronger at 65kg. My aerobic capacity was also much higher.

I know it's not about weight, but if I lost 6kg I'd be ill - I have barely any body fat. And his legs - everything - look bigger than mine

Just confuses me a bit.

 

[9000ft]

6'0" something like 183lb

I've never been a skinny little guy, too big in the leg and broad in the shoulder. Even when I was racing seriously and was well into single digit body fat I never got much under 175. Needless to say, I'm not known for my climbing which is not a good thing when you live and race in Colorado.

 

[Barracuda]

178 cm tall
hover around 80kg
need to lose 3-4 k's around mid section.

All my own doing though ... love chocolate and iced coffee.

 

[Kevin Rudd's Hairdryer]

6'0" and 347.62lbs, 6'8" with the afro.
I have been known to get down to 5'11" during heavy training.

 

[Bike Boy]

when I'm race fit:

Height:

1.82 or 1.83 (my pasport says 1.85 but that's with shoes on)

Weight:

68-69 kg

Unfortunately at the moment, I'm carrying a little bit of extra weight.
It's very embarrassing, but I wont lie about it. 79.2 kg this morning (after breakfast)
It will be 72 kg when we get to may (tried it before so I know what to do)

So sad to announce that I didn't accomplish my goal. Back in may I didn't get a long very well with my bathroom scale.
It told me I was around 78 kg Of course I didn't believe it, but I have to admit, my diet was a tad too fat (actually I had no disciplin whatsoever)

Now however I'm happy to announce that I'm down to 73.3 kg. Disciplin is back on

Probably got something to do with the amount of training I'm doing as well. 400+ km pr. week. it's literally impossible for me to eat enough.

 

[ak-zaaf]

I'm 1m94cm and weigh in at 75kg.

I have the climbers look =/

/edit: I don't exercise or anything.

 

[Thee_chisa]

1.79 m

weight when racing was about 75kgs

now about 90kgs

i need to do more riding

 

[montel]

1.67m - 5'6"
57kg - 127lbs

 

[Rob_Roy]

180 cm

65kg,after dinner...

 

[therhodeo]

1.82 meters, 85kg. Just a little to heavy. I'm getting there though. Was 101kg this winter.

 

[JayZee]

Krebs - you're a freak! I have a question for you - a friend is also 6'8" and he is looking for both a road and MTB. He really wants a '29er MTB. What do you ride and do you have any suggestions for him? Thanks.

I'll chime in on the MTB. Your friend should definitely look at a 29er. I am 6'4" and there is no way I would go back to a 26" MTB. Specialized makes a number of their 29er models in XXL size, which would probably work well for a 6'8" guy. I know Gary Fisher (now Trek Gary Fisher Collection) has some XXL 29ers as well. For Gary Fisher I ride a XL, which fits great. Hope that helps.

 

[Oldman]

I am 5'7" tall and 150 lbs; get down to 145 at mid-season weight. Guess I'm the midget of the board.

5'8"(-) at 138 lbs right now, maybe less after hills in the Wine Country next week. All rounder. Munchkin to BikeCentric's Midget. Still huge compared to ProTour climbers.

 

[mikeNphilly]

6'3" around 190-195lbs...mostly muscle, over the winter I gained 20lbs, but took it off rather quickly by eating right, lifting and I've rode about 2000 miles since April.

 

[Ryaguas]

At 23 years old I'm 1.80m and 77kg... not an Sprinter but an All-rounder... love climbing and the velocity of a good sprint =D wishing to have the oportunity that EBH has

 

[flicker]

I don't a 29'r but I ride a 21" Jamis Dakar Comp full suspension and a 62cm Mondonico Futura Leggero steel frame road bike with Ultegra 9sd triple.
If I was to look at another road frame it would be a Pegoretti Big Leg Emma or a custom by Zinn Cycles who specialize in tall/short riders even crankarms 130mm-220mm. also big boy wheels

I hear from friends who know physics you should ride a proportinately larger wheel with the humungous frame sizes. Works better that way.

 

[Mach Schnell]

All I know is that I could take Hushovd in an arm wrestle
29ers were the best thing thats ever come along for tall guys on MTBS. I'm 6'7" and until 29ers, it looked like I was on a clown bike. Its not so bad now with 26" MTBS, as the longer travel forks make up a certain amount on the short head tubes, but 29er is definately the way to go if you are say 6-2+. Road bikes need that shot in the arm, a larger dia. wheel. My frame looks dumb with a 700C wheel, never mind the physics of it.
Who was the Rabo rider LA was riding with through the cobbles the other day? That dude was TALL, and his bike looked dumb with the jacked seat post and l-o-w bars. Yes, proportions change as you get taller; longer back, longer arms etc, but only to a point. Even Ryder's frame set up looks "wrong" or at least compromised.
Maybe a new standard of a 32" dia. wheel for large road bikes?
I can only dream...

 

[flicker]

All I know is that I could take Hushovd in an arm wrestle
29ers were the best thing thats ever come along for tall guys on MTBS. I'm 6'7" and until 29ers, it looked like I was on a clown bike. Its not so bad now with 26" MTBS, as the longer travel forks make up a certain amount on the short head tubes, but 29er is definately the way to go if you are say 6-2+. Road bikes need that shot in the arm, a larger dia. wheel. My frame looks dumb with a 700C wheel, never mind the physics of it.
Who was the Rabo rider LA was riding with through the cobbles the other day? That dude was TALL, and his bike looked dumb with the jacked seat post and l-o-w bars. Yes, proportions change as you get taller; longer back, longer arms etc, but only to a point. Even Ryder's frame set up looks "wrong" or at least compromised.
Maybe a new standard of a 32" dia. wheel for large road bikes?
I can only dream...

Market it first and you will be a millionare!

 

[krebs303]

they just don't look right.

 

[ferryman]

5'7 and 130'ish

 

[hillytn]

I am 5'7" tall and 150 lbs; get down to 145 at mid-season weight. Guess I'm the midget of the board.

5'6" and about 60-61 kg depending on whether i just finished a ride or finished 2 plates of food. guess that makes me the hobbit of the bunch.

 

[M Sport]

79kg .... I'm a rider for rolling stages and sprint finishes only lol, when the road inclines upwards for too long I start going backwards.

 

[RedheadDane]

160 cm and 45-50 kg!
I'm kinda small...

I guess if I rode on a competition level I'd just be a good ol' fashioned domestique... I think I'm a little to light for sprints and ITTs... and I can't climb that well...

 

[python]

I'm 1m94cm and weigh in at 75kg.

I have the climbers look =/

/edit: I don't exercise or anything.

ditto except during winter x-ski racing i add 2 kilos.

 

[Notso Swift]

6'5 197lb
195cm 89kg

Was 244lb two years ago.
Trying to get down to 185-190lb.

Snap (though today I was 91kg)