mperlberg said:

2) avoid at all costs the "I can eat 1 cliff bar and 12 ounces of water for a 5 hour ride" bullshit. Even when trying to loose weight, properly fuel yourself during training. Depending on your digestion abilities and then intensity of the workout, 200 calories per hour is a great target intake. 

Ryan J said:

mperlberg said:

2) avoid at all costs the "I can eat 1 cliff bar and 12 ounces of water for a 5 hour ride" bullshit. Even when trying to loose weight, properly fuel yourself during training. Depending on your digestion abilities and then intensity of the workout, 200 calories per hour is a great target intake. 

Good thing Keith doesn't use the message board or he'd go all Eastwood on you for disparaging his nutritional strategies.

David, I think that's going to be part of sequestration.

Dan Reiners said:

I thought the Brit diet was: five days a week of 200 calories in milky sweet tea, 2500 calories in lager, and 3000 calories in curry at 11:30pm after the pubs close.

Mark Clifford said:

 

Dan Reiners said:

I thought the Brit diet was: five days a week of 200 calories in milky sweet tea, 2500 calories in lager, and 3000 calories in curry at 11:30pm after the pubs close.

You're forgetting the bacon sandwiches.

@ Dan Reiners

Cocaine, mostly.

Have been experimenting somewhat with my diet in an effort to find a balance that works for me.  Interestingly (to me at least), I've discovered that I can get down into the 165-166 range; however, I generally feel weak here: long efforts, sprinting, in fact anything but climbing, feel slow and shitty.  So I pushed myself back to 170-171 and the difference is really marked: generally just feeling stronger and faster all round.  Not sure what it means climbing-wise, but at the end of the day I live in Brooklyn, not in the Alps, so its overall impact is minimal.  Maybe it's all in my head, but 5-6lbs really does seem to make a difference (and not in the direction I thought it would).