Subject: Power and RPMs I had a 2 hr trainer ride yesterday with the instructions "1. WU, 2. Spend as much time around 200w (80% FTP) as I can, 3. CD" I figured that gave me some freedom to monkey around with RPMs, HR, gears, etc. Here is what I noticed. Gear A: RPM = 95 to reach 200w, HR was around 133 to maintain this. Found myself most of the time slightly below FTP if I wasn't paying attention. Gear B: RPM = 86 to reach 200w, HR was around 128 to maintain this. Found myself most of the time slightly above FTP if I wasn't paying attention. Did I find my sweet spot? I always assuming I was a more "higher cadence" guy...the data doesn't really support this. Thoughts? |