I would think that the opposite of WW would be the guy who chooses to ride old cheap beater bike and be snobby about it. Or not necessarily being snobby, but making concious choices to downgrade their gear.

As Prendrefeu noted, it is psychological. Years ago when I used a bike trailer, I had the same effect. You tend to want to go the same speed as you would without the extra load. You push it harder due to psychology. Plus, you get used to tne load and when you do not have it, you feel like you are having a no chain day.

The effects are all psychological.
Power outputs would be the same.

I think we call that 'Sensible'

Horse.
You really need better things to do than attempt to target me on Weight Weenies. Besides, while one of my degrees in Psych is not a doctorate, I do have a better understanding of human psychology than most people. Run some numbers over at analytic cycling and you'll find that the gains are minimal for 'endurance'. For pure strength, it will be minor. There are better ways to train.

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Besides, if this method/approach of training were effective, do you think that professional athletes whose very career depends on performance would train in this method? They don't. The training bike is not much different from the race bike, maybe add a saddlebag for tools and a pump if going without a coach, switch tubulars to clinchers, but overall it's nearly the same set up as the race bike.

I stand by my statement. I'm not Arky.

This discussion is not the standard content of Psychology nomenclature. There are psychological aspects to sport. But this is not one of them. You're posting to every post on the forum regurgitating what you're read in other posts and manage to melange different things together producing a constant stream of worthless commentary. We don't want to read this. We don't need a self-qualified WW poster with trumped up credentials going back however long.

Back on topic. I said there is a training effect. How you put that training to use and to what extent is altogether another story.

38lb my old DH bike was 20kg+ (44-45lb) and could be ridden off houses (proven), sure your tourer isn't a motorbike with a missing engine?
I rode it to work everyday for 2 years with a 3" rear tyre... it was a slow ride.