Quote Originally Posted by maillotpois View Post
There will always be someone faster than you.
And someone who descends better than you, and rides further and has better bike handling skills and .... has what they think is a better bike

The competition must be with yourself. Am I riding better today?

A very wise TE member, I believe it was Velogirl told me when it comes to cycling performance I could:
lose weight
gain muscle strength
or both

I'll admit I'm not training as I could now but when I am really in a mode I drop inches (I've gone down 6 pants sizes cycling and probably will do more soon) and not weight. I just keep getting a bigger engine. I'd love to drop 30 lbs and should and could and will. But I know my body and the inches will come off first in any regime.

Ride your ride, enjoy it and most important have fun.