Benefits of being a "larger" cyclist.

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Slick

Guru
Not sure Chris Hoy would agree...

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Globalti

Legendary Member
Not sure Chris Hoy would agree...

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Chris Hoy is a sprinter not a climber.
 

Gravity Aided

Legendary Member
Location
Land of Lincoln
That is very, very true.

We're also very happy when we are bike shopping and Evans, Wiggle etc have one example of last years bike in stock at half price and its an XL.
Just like the used bikes, as on Craigslist. If it's a 63 or 65cm, I can wait days, weeks, yea,even months for the price to go down. Meanwhile, the weightlifter type guys are trying to push those Firmstrong bikes up and down the trail, so they seem to be at a disadvantage riding single speed cruisers around.
 

cyberknight

As long as I breathe, I attack.
I was speculating with another cyclist being bigger in crosswinds. You've more ballast, so that would make you more stable, but you also have a bigger surface area, so that would make you a spinnaker. Suspect the whippets have an advantage there.

On the flat and a still day, you'll probably have a little more rolling resistance, but the weight wouldn't make much if any difference. Again, though, the whippets can get down further on the drops, so their is still the spinnaker affect.

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problem is the bigger chaps can generally put more power out , look at the likes of cancellara to froome , on a club run into the wind i was being dropped by the bigger riders but as soon as we got to a hill i was overtaking .
 
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