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Body Weight and Climbing Speed
How fast could you climb if you dropped your body fat from 20% to 8%? A heck of a lot faster!
See my update to Faster Ascents By Reducing TOTAL Riding Weight.
It’s a challenge, but also exciting, to know just how much faster one can go by shedding excess body fat. You can figure your body fat and bone density and muscle very accurately with a DEXA scan— highly recommended for setting realistic goals.
Computing the effect of body weight on rate of ascent
