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Do any of the ST cyclists use power meters? I saw a quote from an older TDF rider that if you can't push 7 watts per kg then you don't have anything

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) Jul 5 '21, 19:14

to do in the tour. Something that I interpreted that one couldn't even be one of the support riders of a team if one couldn't do that

On foot, I have an idea of how outclassed I am by world class athletes. The per mile pace of marathoners is an example.

But while I know that it is possible to track power and I'm kind of fascinating by the various products that work toward making power stats more accessible, I've no feel for what the numbers mean / would feel like

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I bet I could keep up with them on some of those Alps downhill sections where they're just coasting. - mafic Jul 5, 20:49 1
- I wonder if my extra bulk would help - Beryllium Jul 5, 20:51
Tour riders do 21-25 mph. That's average over all stages. My best is 19 mph for about a block. I can do 12-13 mph a lot of the time. -- (link) - . Jul 5, 20:39
*does the math* nope, probably. -- nm - znufrii Jul 5, 19:37
I've never considered it, really. My bike is not built for street speed, it would be a meaningless metric in my case. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 19:31 5
- Road not street 😉 - JD Jul 5, 19:35 4
  - I come from the streets, not the road! ;-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 6, 05:14
  - It's relative, it's all streets around here. 😉 -- nm - . Jul 5, 20:47
  - It's a Brodie Holeshot mountain bike. Pretty hefty. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 19:58
  - well and if someone wanted to front me one of those 8k carbon fibre bikes, I'd be willing to see how far I could push it. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 19:38
I average (estimated) 100W on a ride and could peak at maybe 800, for like a minute. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 19:20 11
- Based on my Peloton output (which I think is watts) I can peak in the mid 500's pushing really hard for a short period of time (maybe 30 seconds). - pmb Jul 5, 19:36
- 'gets out calculator". Oh. Though for a minute is still longer than I would keep up with Kipchoge in a marathon -- nm - JD Jul 5, 19:26 9
  - Yeah, I don't think I could even instantaneously hit a marathoner's pace. -- nm - Reagen Jul 5, 19:33 8
    - I’ve said that I’d like to try to start up front and see how long I could keep up with the leaders. About 100 meters is my estimate. -- nm - Dano Jul 5, 19:56
    - I think I could do it for like 100m, but that would be like a full sprint. -- nm - mafic Jul 5, 19:43
    - You underestimate yourself. I think off the line you'd be there 🙂 -- nm - JD Jul 5, 19:38 5
      - Did you ever see that treadmill that they set up at marathon record pace to see how long you could keep up with it. -- (link) - pmb Jul 5, 19:53 [youtube] 1
        
        The last time I ran the California International Marathon, they had that setup for the expo. I had zero ego to embarrass myself on the belt -- (edited) - JD Jul 5, 19:58
      - I just looked at one of my downhill dead sprints. Translates to a 2.5 hr time - Reagen Jul 5, 19:42 2
        
        See! You and I could sprint all out. Watch the race pull away at 200 meters or so, 'run' a cool down to 400 meters or so and go find a bar to watch - JD Jul 5, 19:49 1
        
        The question for me is whether I'd make it as far as the bystander's sign. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 5, 20:00

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