frenchyge
i see you're from kansas city.
you get a chance to race against steve tilford much? guys amazing isnt he?
steve
i see you're from kansas city.
you get a chance to race against steve tilford much? guys amazing isnt he?
steve
steve kaspar said:you get a chance to race against steve tilford much? guys amazing isnt he?
frost said:Felt, out of curiosity, dare I ask what kind of peak torque figures you see in standing starts vs. in full speed sprints. And what kind of 5s wattage?
Felt_Rider said:I have not intentionally tried either since getting a power meter
frost said:Well it only takes about 5 seconds so go ahead and give it a try!
Just remember that this is seriously one part of cycling that requires a descent warm-up
Felt_Rider said:I gave it a practice run following a warm up 55 mile group ride and I did learn one thing. I need new cleats. Only 750 watts before the left cleat broke loose during the effort.
Plus I was using my climbing bike that has a compact chain ring, but it does have a 11-28 cassette. (thank goodness because we were surprised by a hill in the route that was over 20% incline earlier in the ride.)
As I stated above in this thread I have not been able to transfer my gym strength to the bike. I don't think I am going to hit big sprinting wattage numbers of true cyclists.
Maybe I will give it try with my Felt which has a 53 and a 11 on the cassette and get some new cleats for my shoes.
Felt_Rider said:I gave it a practice run following a warm up 55 mile group ride and I did learn one thing. I need new cleats. Only 750 watts before the left cleat broke loose during the effort.
Plus I was using my climbing bike that has a compact chain ring, but it does have a 11-28 cassette. (thank goodness because we were surprised by a hill in the route that was over 20% incline earlier in the ride.)
As I stated above in this thread I have not been able to transfer my gym strength to the bike. I don't think I am going to hit big sprinting wattage numbers of true cyclists.
Maybe I will give it try with my Felt which has a 53 and a 11 on the cassette and get some new cleats for my shoes.
Felt_Rider said:I gave it a practice run following a warm up 55 mile group ride and I did learn one thing. I need new cleats. Only 750 watts before the left cleat broke loose during the effort.
frost said:I agree with Meek that you probably get much better numbers using small gears....
frenchyge said:For power yes, but I thought you were more interested in seeing his massive bodybuilder's torque?
frenchyge said:For power yes, but I thought you were more interested in seeing his massive bodybuilder's torque?
Actually, if you're looking at hub torque (ala powertap), you'll see the highest numbers in the smallest gears, but for the best comparison you'd want to convert everything back to crank torque.
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