Comments on: Tuesday Worlds power map / Golden Cheetah question

By: kartoone

kartoone — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:09:55 +0000

Thanks James – it’s going to be a packed field at River Gorge. Pat and I are both on really good form, though, so I’m thinking we are both going to do really well.

By: bamaearl

bamaearl — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:20:19 +0000

I was glad to see you at the Tuesday Werld’s. You did good to get them on pump house!
I cant wait to see how you and Pat and Stuart do at River Gorge. I am expecting for the best… 1,2,3.

By: kartoone

kartoone — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:26:59 +0000

Yeah, I think drafting plays a big role – sometimes you are at the front with no draft and sometimes you are drafting and that would lead to different force being applied for same wattage. Makes sense! Also, I wonder if attacking explains some of the wildly different cadences. If I am attacking, then I’ll usually do it at a lower cadence, but if I’m following somebody else’s attack then I will spin whatever gear I am currently in up to a really high cadence and then downshift to something more comfortable once we are off the front.

By: Travis L

Travis L — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:21:56 +0000

Really interesting. Maybe it’s due to drafting/attacks. In a pack, cadence can stay the same as the speed is fairly constant, but attacks mean more and less power at same RPM. In training, effort more closely matches RPM since you’re in the wind. As you noted, the TT data seems to match the expected slope better since no drafting, more constant power.