Widebodies

[syntaxjunkie]

Clydesdales. Supersizers. Bumblebees on bikes. You know who you are.

You weigh in on the north side of 200 and probably top out over 6 feet. When shopping for a suspension fork, you have to make sure that you don't void the warranty the second you get on your bike. Your thighs are larger than the torsos of most Tour de France riders. If you were riding headlong into a 40 mph wind, no one riding behind you would feel so much as a slight breeze.

Yes my brothers (and sisters?!?), we are not the prototypical mountain bikers, but proudly we ride nonetheless. And while legions of shaven-legged pipsqueaks may smoke us on climbs, we'll dust them all on the downhills through sheer momentum. Of course, god help us if we have to brake.

Anyway, I know you're out there. Let me hear you...

[noise_is_life]

There's alot of us around here, I can think of at least 5 in the group of people that I ride with regularly. I am the worst climber I know, but take away that upward slope and WOOHOO!

[Brick]

Yes my brothers (and sisters?!?), we are not the prototypical mountain bikers, but proudly we ride nonetheless. And while legions of shaven-legged pipsqueaks may smoke us on climbs, we'll dust them all on the downhills through sheer momentum. Of course, god help us if we have to brake.

Anyway, I know you're out there. Let me hear you...
Clyde and proud!
:beer_yum:

http://www.morcmtb.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9957&highlight=Clydesdale

[yetirider]

I'm proudly in this group as well! I hear you on the wind effect... I would guess the "little" people riding behind me might actually need to brake to stop from getting sucked into my back wheel!!!

However, don't fret! Being "Clydesdales. Supersizers. Bumblebees on bikes" we can still go lightweight! I have been riding a superlight bike for two years now and it has been nearly flawless in its operation. (both frame and components!)

Enjoy your riding!!! I am not racing Buck this weekend, but will be "plodding" along at the Cable Classic and the Leb. Hills TT next weekend! Come on out and have fun! (we're certainly not there to win anything!)

[syntaxjunkie]

i do love the fact that there are relatively lightweight bikes out there built to support wide loads such as myself. but i have to laugh when i think about all of the gram-shaving components made out of this month's flavor of unobtanium (crank bolts, seat post clamps, bottle cage bolts, etc.). definitely wasted on the likes of me. if i want to shed 10 grams, i'll leave the half-eaten cliff bar on the front seat.

[yetirider]

i do love the fact that there are relatively lightweight bikes out there built to support wide loads such as myself. but i have to laugh when i think about all of the gram-shaving components made out of this month's flavor of unobtanium (crank bolts, seat post clamps, bottle cage bolts, etc.). definitely wasted on the likes of me. if i want to shed 10 grams, i'll leave the half-eaten cliff bar on the front seat.
You are right, it is interesting when you think about it. In the past 4 months or so, I have lost more weight than my bike weighs... Tough to accomplish that by shaving grams with Ti bolts and skewers! (still love my bike thought!) :)

[zerpy]

I hear you on the fork thing. Seems that everything I buy I'm checking the weight rating. Hell, I even had to be concerned about the motorcycle I just bought, I almost max out the usable load on the the thing.

It it entertaining watching sales guys at the LBS's glaze over when you are buying a component and I ask if it can take 350lbs :) Heck, when I replaced my cranks this past spring and was looking at the bottom bracket, I noticed that my spindle was even bent, it goes in a wobbling, eliptical pattern now!