Re: Newbie query: why required weight?

[Susan Evans Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

I burst out laughing at the idea, it is so
> wildly impractical over the varied distances, terrain, elevation and
> weather that we ride.  Then I tried to apologize for laughing and only
> made it worse.  : ^ (

Embarassing, but I suspect I would have been rolling around on the
ground right alongside of you.  Totally aside from the impracticality,
the research doesn't support that lighter riders have an advantage, at
least until it comes down to a head-to-head sprint.

Susan G