Power Meters are great.
Bhima
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And.....please go on.
In what exact way are they great and how did you come to this conclusion.
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I would have though a cadence meter was your thing Bhima
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volvicspar wrote:I would have though a cadence meter was your thing Bhima
Don't think they're able to make a reading at his cadences! 0 -
Bhima do you even have one?0
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Borrowing one from a mate while he's on holliday in France - it's the top-end SRM one too!
Getting a Power Tap in a couple of weeks though.0 -
Have you entered a race yet?"A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"
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Keeps us entertained though. I'm surprised nobody suggested a bananameter yet.0
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I heard it was true that, if we put bhima on his bike, let him go at his naturally ferocious cadence and we somehow coupled this up to a turbine, he would be able to power half of Britain. I'd much rather have my tax money spent on that than more wind turbines anyway :P0
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Actually I think you'd generate more eco power if you could somehow harnass the hot air 0
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I hear they can make electricity from methane these days.0
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I'd love to try power cranks just out of interest, but having never got on even with the simplest of HRMs, hating the annoying bleeping, tearing the thing off in annoyance and thowing it to the ground, I doubt I could justify the expense of a vastly more technological peice of kit. Still they're obviously a hugley useful training tool, particularly when coupled with a HRM, for those who take these things seriously (or have too much money for their own good).. Maybe a HAM (hot air monitor) would be a useful tool also....0
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Blonde wrote:I'd love to try power cranks just out of interest, but having never got on even with the simplest of HRMs, hating the annoying bleeping, tearing the thing off in annoyance and thowing it to the ground, I doubt I could justify the expense of a vastly more technological peice of kit. Still they're obviously a hugley useful training tool, particularly when coupled with a HRM, for those who take these things seriously (or have too much money for their own good).. Maybe a HAM (hot air monitor) would be a useful tool also....
Are you having trouble reading or are you intentionally taking the thread in another direction?
He did say he was getting a powerTAP not POWERCRANKS :?:
By the way I was under the impression that you'd just bought a powertap and found it a revelation?
I've just bought one and I've just got to say wow!0 -
Blonde wrote:I'd love to try power cranks just out of interest, but having never got on even with the simplest of HRMs, hating the annoying bleeping, tearing the thing off in annoyance and thowing it to the ground, I doubt I could justify the expense of a vastly more technological peice of kit. Still they're obviously a hugley useful training tool, particularly when coupled with a HRM, for those who take these things seriously (or have too much money for their own good).. Maybe a HAM (hot air monitor) would be a useful tool also....
You can turn the bleeping off 0 -
It'll be interesting to see the screenshots of bhima's workouts.0
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Blonde wrote:Maybe a HAM (hot air monitor) would be a useful tool also....
There's certainly plenty of cycles who would probably overload theirs within seconds."A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"
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Especially on Run 20
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NapoleonD wrote:
280w on a 10 mile TT. Nice. Or is that, cough, a slightly older workout file there Nap?--
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No no, that's my last one from the 1st July avec broken leg.0
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blimey. impressive.--
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max rpm 163 :shock: that'd be fun to watch 0
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I just did a short 15-miler today as there's a load of closed dual-carriageway roads in Manchester today for some reason. (?)
It said my max power from the ride was 1229 watts. :shock: Is this normal? What do professional sprinters get up to? Can someone put this figure into perspective please? I remember sprinting into an uphill headwind at one point, followed promptly by a total lung blowout/leg failure/brain blackout/heart explosion/etc. It was probably the power output from that. There was no way I could have gone harder.
Don't have any software for analysis yet, but I have to return the cranks and stuff back to my mate on Saturday so it'll be a while before I can see graphs as my slowly increasing powertap fund is behind it's expected schedule by 3 weeks now.
Doing a TT tomorrow (10 miles). Should I try and pace my effort using it? Or should I just pace it on feeling (as usual) and use the power measurements to stop me going overboard at the start/on climbs/etc?
Oh, and this powermeter does come with a proper cadence meter. Maximum registered cadence so far was 276 RPM. 8) Although, my average is going down every week, probably because i'm starting to use lower cadences a bit more.0 -
ShockedSoShocked wrote:Have you entered a race yet?
Loads. Although, none near where I live. Stayed daaahn saaahf for a bit with a mate and did 10 races in 14 days the other month.
There don't seem to be many races up here. :? Maybe i'm not looking hard enough. Not really that interested in racing yet though, as i've mentioned before many times. I just don't seem to have that competitive passion yet. :? I'm just enjoying riding at the moment and challening myself, hence me doing more TTs.0 -
Bhima wrote:I just did a short 15-miler today as there's a load of closed dual-carriageway roads in Manchester today for some reason. (?)
It said my max power from the ride was 1229 watts. :shock: Is this normal? What do professional sprinters get up to? Can someone put this figure into perspective please? I remember sprinting into an uphill headwind at one point, followed promptly by a total lung blowout/leg failure/brain blackout/heart explosion/etc. It was probably the power output from that. There was no way I could have gone harder.
Don't have any software for analysis yet, but I have to return the cranks and stuff back to my mate on Saturday so it'll be a while before I can see graphs as my slowly increasing powertap fund is behind it's expected schedule by 3 weeks now.
Doing a TT tomorrow (10 miles). Should I try and pace my effort using it? Or should I just pace it on feeling (as usual) and use the power measurements to stop me going overboard at the start/on climbs/etc?
Oh, and this powermeter does come with a proper cadence meter. Maximum registered cadence so far was 276 RPM. 8) Although, my average is going down every week, probably because i'm starting to use lower cadences a bit more.
Sir Hoy does double that, 2.5k Watts.
My max 5 second is about 1200W, my absolute max is 1450ish.
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Bhima wrote:ShockedSoShocked wrote:Have you entered a race yet?
Loads. Although, none near where I live. Stayed daaahn saaahf for a bit with a mate and did 10 races in 14 days the other month.
I call B. S.
Let's see some results/start sheets/proof.0
