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li10up
12-08-2008, 10:01 AM
Within the last 6 months to a year I read an article on how pro cyclists lose weight. The article said something to the effect that they didn't recommend their methods but they were just providing it for information. I may have read it in Bicycling magazine but I can't recall. Does anyone remember such and article and what issue of which magazine it was in? Thanks.
PscyclePath
12-08-2008, 11:15 AM
Within the last 6 months to a year I read an article on how pro cyclists lose weight. The article said something to the effect that they didn't recommend their methods but they were just providing it for information. I may have read it in Bicycling magazine but I can't recall. Does anyone remember such and article and what issue of which magazine it was in? Thanks.

Jonathan Vaughters wrote such an article for Bicycling magazine in 2006, I think it was. You can look it up in the archived articles at http://www.bicycling.com, searching for "Vaughters" as the author...

Tom
li10up
12-08-2008, 02:15 PM
Thanks PscyclePath but that gives me 50 pages of articles to search through. Anyone else have an idea?
michelem
12-08-2008, 03:03 PM
A quickie Yahoo! search for "pro cyclists" & "weight loss" brought up these results:

http://www.bicycling.com/article/1,6610,s1-4-21-15969-1,00.html

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/8514206/page/2/

But, I think you're thinking of RoadBikeRider.com's 29 Pro Cycling Secrets for Roadies, bonus feature entitled, "How Not to Lose Weight." Unfortunately, I am unable to cut and paste from the pdf. You'll have to go to www.RoadBikeRider.com and subscribe to their newsletter in order to read the e-book.
jobob
12-08-2008, 03:28 PM
Yikes!

I glanced a the bicycling link that mm provided and saw this:

I LOST 20 POUNDS
The Racer: Tom Danielson
The Body: 5-foot-10, 130 lb.

Good grief - 130 lbs on a 5'10" frame. That's nearly emaciated!
kjay
12-08-2008, 03:45 PM
Thanks, Michelem. Am printing it out right this minute!
Grog
12-08-2008, 03:48 PM
Good grief - 130 lbs on a 5'10" frame. That's nearly emaciated!

Give this guy a cookie!! And a cheeseburger.
jobob
12-08-2008, 04:16 PM
Huh. I plugged 5'10" and 130 lbs into a BMI calculator and it came up with 18.7 -- 18.5 or less is considered underweight.

So I guess he's not as emaciated as I thought. Still ...
Aggie_Ama
12-08-2008, 05:32 PM
My brother is 5'9" or 5'10" and weighs about 140, maybe up to 150 since finding the beer and hitting 30. He doesn't look too emaciated but he is one thin boy. My husband is 6'2" and 175-180, his family thinks his Crohn's is causing him to be malnourised. :rolleyes: They don't see his love handles (he would kick me for saying that!

I couldn't handle the way those pros eat I love Mexican food and good cheeseburger plus a nice glass of wine or a beer. I am on the Vaughters retirement diet. :D
Zen
12-08-2008, 08:42 PM
Just one reason why mountain bikers are more fun than racer boys - cheeseburgers and beer.
OK, that's two reasons.
Aggie_Ama
12-09-2008, 05:44 AM
Just one reason why mountain bikers are more fun than racer boys - cheeseburgers and beer.
OK, that's two reasons.

My DH is actually more of a mountain biker. He likes that post ride for the race is a burger and a beer. Probably why he isn't under 170. :)
li10up
12-09-2008, 07:38 AM
But, I think you're thinking of RoadBikeRider.com's 29 Pro Cycling Secrets for Roadies, bonus feature entitled, "How Not to Lose Weight." Unfortunately, I am unable to cut and paste from the pdf. You'll have to go to www.RoadBikeRider.com and subscribe to their newsletter in order to read the e-book.
You are exactly right! This was what I was looking for. Thank you.