Yes, it would be the same. Weight is weight and physics is physics. The chief thing about losing rider weight is that for most of us this is good for our health, Americans tending towards overweight and obesity. Even maintaining a 5 lb weight loss shows measurable improvements in long term health risks.
The other thing about losing weight versus taking it off your bike is that it's usually cheaper to eat differently and exercise more than new lightweight bike parts. Perhaps not as much fun. On May 12, 2014, at 8:54 AM, Eric Peterson <peterson.er...@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems that everyone agrees that losing 25 lbs would be better than > lightening the bike by 4 lbs. > > A different question: If the rider lost 4 lbs would that be equivalent to > riding a bike that was 4 lbs lighter? > For example, last weekend I rode out 20 miles to pick up two 2-lb jars of > honey. > Just that weight difference of 4 lbs seemed very noticeable to me on the > return trip. > So would I feel a corresponding difference if I lost 4 lbs of my own weight? > I don't see why not. > > --Eric > > > On Sunday, May 11, 2014 1:31:59 PM UTC-5, Michael wrote: > Assuming the 1-manpower engine stays the same. > > From time to time I think of shaving weight off bikes and I wonder if it > really matters for a non-racer person like me who could stand to lose 25 lbs. > I think if I lost the weight it would be much easier to turn the cranks than > if I shaved 4 lbs. off the bike. > > But I am not sure how these mechanical things work, so I was wondering. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
