Comments on: Tour de Tuscaloosa Power Data

By: kartoone

kartoone — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:32:10 +0000

Yes, i believe so – http://www.cyclingforums.com/t/486713/xpower-in-golden-cheetah-v-s-normalized-power

By: John Karrasch

John Karrasch — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:28:53 +0000

I am guessing xPow is normalized power, yes?

By: Chad Williamson

Chad Williamson — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:55:14 +0000

ahhh i gotcha…that makes sense! i was thinking that you put all of your rides on there instead of just races. I’d be curious as to what you could do for a 30′ TT…mainly so i could compare it to mine

By: kartoone

kartoone — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:49:00 +0000

Yes, most of my power meter data the critical power curve is based upon is coming from road races and criteriums where I am trying to use as little power as possible. So you just get a bunch of bursts of power of various durations which explains the reverse exponential at the beginning of the CP curve. I’m pretty sure I could maintain at least 325 watts for 30 minutes under the right conditions.

By: Chad Williamson

Chad Williamson — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:39:20 +0000

I’m kind of surprised that your 25 minute power is 307 watts, is that just a function of the fact that you rarely ever do a long sustained effort?