I do understand the difference between torque and power...
I do understand that power is ultimately how you go forward...
Equal power can be achieved with cadences from 40-120 with the variable of force (pedal pressure) and cadence (speed, or frequency of applied force ie RPM)...
Having looked at the data from the Palmer race my force #s were pretty low. Cadence was high, but i got into trouble/hit my limits at force... well and power... But i've got this feeling that, yes, intervals hills and the rest will make a HUGE difference, so will increasing the force component i can deliver... It is actually pretty hard to generate force at 100+ rpm at least for some stupid long legs like mine... hell the neurons prolly take that long to get the signal across these sticks i'm using to ride/walk with... Anyway...
Maybe someday it will make sense to actually get a real coach to tell me what to do and prolly cause i would have to pay money for said service maybe i'd actually follow said advice... till then... i gotta just "ride the damn bike" but also remember not to forget the rest days...
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It's easy.
Power comes from the electric company and torque is a knot cap.
You're welcome.
B
Okay fat ass - when we gonna get ta ride and chat together?
Do i need to bring a big Ham and cheese sammy ala Hineaut or something?
Bottle of brandy ala Tommy Simpson?
what we gotta do to entice il brucie out?
oh and BTW Il B!, if ya make it down the crowded EBBP this weekend - stop in at Casa GeWilli - i'll have a nice cold beer for ya (or glass of water)...
Toto lika ham.
I been riding. Feeling noso gooda.
But road racing is so easy, all you have to do is sit in the pack and draft. Not like that tough guy cyclocross stuff where you have to make your own way through the wind and mud.
That's the key Chumley, you have to go hard on demand, not just when you feel like it. There's not really any way to train for that except to do it.
And... only a select few don't have trouble on the climbs at first. I think I got dropped on every big hill my first half year of racing. You master the art of the chase back so that you live to get dropped on the next hill... and the next hill... all that fighting, kicking and biting eventually renders you fit to not get dropped.
At least in road races, you know where the hard part will be. In crits, who knows when it will go single file and some dufus in front of you will sit up? There's no chase back there. Just put your head down and wait for it to stop.
Bike racing is for silly skinny fella.
I lika ham.
I'm not sure if I want to know what is going on here.
So I'll bet Brucie knows where to get the best Italian sub in Providence?
power taps and heart rate monitors...
good for some
of no use to me
I just need to ride more
one of the better things you can do with the PT is to review your cadence data. There's certainly a cadence below which things go to shit and you can't push a power which you can do at higher cadence.
In other words, if your legs aren't up to the task yet, your gears may be too hard for the course.
In other news, a hard mid-week group ride or race will do wonders for ya, if you're not already doing that.
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