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2012-05-15 10:47 PM

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Subject: Watts per Kg question

I just got my Quarq installed and my copy of "Training and Racing with a Power Meter" hasn't arrived yet. I'm trying to get a basic understanding of what the numbers mean as I go along.

When y'all talk about watts per kilogram, do you mean average wattage, FTP, or something else?

2012-05-15 10:55 PM
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Subject: RE: Watts per Kg question
RBesecke - 2012-05-15 11:47 PM

I just got my Quarq installed and my copy of "Training and Racing with a Power Meter" hasn't arrived yet. I'm trying to get a basic understanding of what the numbers mean as I go along.

When y'all talk about watts per kilogram, do you mean average wattage, FTP, or something else?

It's generally watts per kilo at FTP, i.e., sustainable for about an hour.

2012-05-15 10:58 PM
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thanks.

Functional Threshold Pain, right? Tongue out

2012-05-16 4:01 AM
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RBesecke - 2012-05-16 12:58 AM

thanks.

Functional Threshold Pain, right? Tongue out

or Puke....

2012-05-16 6:54 AM
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axteraa - 2012-05-16 5:01 AM
RBesecke - 2012-05-16 12:58 AM

thanks.

Functional Threshold Pain, right? Tongue out

or Puke....

It's all about the Pleasure!Foot in mouth

2012-05-16 7:20 AM
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Subject: RE: Watts per Kg question

This chart gives you a pretty good idea. Generally, most professional male bike riders have a W/KG @ FTP of over 5.5, with TDF winners well over 6.0.

http://www.flammerouge.je/content/3_factsheets/constant/wattkilobench.htm

To give you an idea, a pro rider weighing around 150 pounds would have an FTP of 400+ watts! Top riders - Evans, Schleck brothers, etc. - are higher.

2012-05-16 7:45 AM
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natethomas2000 - 2012-05-16 8:20 AM

This chart gives you a pretty good idea. Generally, most professional male bike riders have a W/KG @ FTP of over 5.5, with TDF winners well over 6.0.

Yeah, but they don't have to run 31 off the bike.

 

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