I was glad to see this thread revisited, but alas it has apparently gone off the reservation. If anyone else would like to tackle the original theme, I'm eager to hear from you. Where does power come from? Why do larger, untrained cyclists generally have larger power outputs? We've already established that longer (?) muscles and larger hearts may be responsible for offsetting the weight "handicap". What else?
Perhaps we can play a little game and try to create/describe an ideal cyclist. Obviously lots of things have to come together to create a cycling talent. What are they?
Competitive personality,
Large heart muscle,
Long/lean tigh muscles (with lots of little engines ),
Large lungs (not sure about this one),
...
Perhaps we can play a little game and try to create/describe an ideal cyclist. Obviously lots of things have to come together to create a cycling talent. What are they?
Competitive personality,
Large heart muscle,
Long/lean tigh muscles (with lots of little engines ),
Large lungs (not sure about this one),
...