Ferrari on Dell' Emilia

iainf72

http://53x12.com/do/show?page=indepth.view&id=108

Unusual for him to take an interest....

andyp

It's local to him is it not?

VAM is such a pointless measure on climbs like that. It's short and steep so the VAM will be way higher than on a proper mountain ascent.

Kléber

Vino is also a client.

As you say, the VAM's and wattages are not comparable to other climbs, only really to the same climb and that's assuming the same conditions, eg wind direction/strength. But either way, Evans is on form.

frenchfighter

Guess who has the highest VAM ever recorded?

Bahamontes



So much for Contador having it.

Reuters

Jeff Jones

andyp wrote:

It's local to him is it not?

VAM is such a pointless measure on climbs like that. It's short and steep so the VAM will be way higher than on a proper mountain ascent.

VAM is a pointless measure full stop.

Keeping power constant, as the gradient steepens, VAM goes up. There's no magical gradient range where it's valid. You can only compare identical climbs using VAM.

Edit: That's what Kleber said

DaveyL

Jeff Jones wrote:

andyp wrote:

It's local to him is it not?

VAM is such a pointless measure on climbs like that. It's short and steep so the VAM will be way higher than on a proper mountain ascent.

VAM is a pointless measure full stop.

Keeping power constant, as the gradient steepens, VAM goes up. There's no magical gradient range where it's valid. You can only compare identical climbs using VAM.

Edit: That's what Kleber said

And in that case, you have the slightly simpler metric of time up the climb!

timoid.

frenchfighter wrote:

Guess who has the highest VAM ever recorded?

Bahamontes

Why is he being chased by the village people?

Moontrane

Timoid. wrote:

frenchfighter wrote:

Guess who has the highest VAM ever recorded?

Bahamontes

Why is he being chased by the village people?

If you had your cycling shorts hiked up that high, they’d be after you, too!

frenchfighter

Check out the quadriceps!!