THE BODY CENTRE Posted January 31, 2008 Share Hey... power gurus... how does 4.7w/kg translate? Do i need to spend more time on the hills and buy those Zipps? Do I sign up with barloworld tomorrow? Buy the Zipps! No question here! And I have it on good authority they just love pompstasie!https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=21713 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted January 31, 2008 Share Hey... power gurus... how does 4.7w/kg translate? Do i need to spend more time on the hills and buy those Zipps? Do I sign up with barloworld tomorrow? Top vets in the country do about 5w/kg for 60minutes . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandacious Posted January 31, 2008 Share Top vets in the country do about 5w/kg for 60minutes . euuugh... and elites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willehond Posted January 31, 2008 Share Top vets in the country do about 5w/kg for 60minutes . euuugh... and elites? OK, so my 3.1 won't get me anywhere then Damn, it sucks when you're fat and weak. Looks like I'll have to stretch my 5minute wattage to 60 minutes. EASY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted January 31, 2008 Share I don't have any data from elites, Peter can help out here, but I would assume in the region of 5.5w/kg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE BODY CENTRE Posted January 31, 2008 Share OK' date=' so my 3.1 won't get me anywhere then Damn, it sucks when you're fat and weak. Looks like I'll have to stretch my 5minute wattage to 60 minutes. EASY![/quote'] WH - you are not at 3.1 w/kg for 60mins ... (and its good news!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willehond Posted January 31, 2008 Share OK' date=' so my 3.1 won't get me anywhere then Damn, it sucks when you're fat and weak. Looks like I'll have to stretch my 5minute wattage to 60 minutes. EASY![/quote'] WH - you are not at 3.1 w/kg for 60mins ... (and its good news!) Ronelle, this power thing confuses me like nothing! I really, really like the richness of the data, but sometimes it just goes beyond a solid concept to something quite abstract. I am still trying to really understand what difference the w/kg makes, other than for comparisson's sake. Anyway, I'll let you explain this all later to me! But please, do it SLOOOOOWLY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willehond Posted January 31, 2008 Share OK, for instance, I am watching the Tour of Qatar at the moment and I am sure those big guys don't have the highest w/kg stats for 60 minutes, but I am sure the sprinters like Boonen are more interested in max power in the sprint (1 minute and 5 minute maybe?). That's where I struggle to see the relevance of w/kg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianni Posted January 31, 2008 Share OK' date=' for instance, I am watching the Tour of Qatar at the moment and I am sure those big guys don't have the highest w/kg stats for 60 minutes, but I am sure the sprinters like Boonen are more interested in max power in the sprint (1 minute and 5 minute maybe?). That's where I struggle to see the relevance of w/kg.[/quote'] they need to be able to get to the end of the race so w/kg is very relevant even for them. Tom Boones is around the 6w/kg mark...he weighs 80kg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeMax Posted January 31, 2008 Share OK' date=' for instance, I am watching the Tour of Qatar at the moment and I am sure those big guys don't have the highest w/kg stats for 60 minutes, but I am sure the sprinters like Boonen are more interested in max power in the sprint (1 minute and 5 minute maybe?). That's where I struggle to see the relevance of w/kg.[/quote'] On flatter terrain it is all about absolute power - so a big guy like Tom will have a much greater absolute power than a small climber - and only a little more frontal area (wider shoulders) so on this sort of terrain it is all about watts/frontal area. This is why the classics type races are dominated by the big guys. Add to that the ability to sprint and to have preserved enough energy for this and you see why it is a different race requirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 31, 2008 Share Found this calculator on the same web site. You can calculate your w/kg http://www.2peak.com/tools/map.php for say a given climb. Are there any other calculators out there that could calculate your w/kg? If so please share and paste the links here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeMax Posted January 31, 2008 Share Top vets in the country do about 5w/kg for 60minutes . euuugh... and elites? The numbers I have would give about 4.8 for top vets and about 5 for decent elites, with the better local pro's getting close to 5.5w/kg at threshold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 31, 2008 Share BikeMax, those figures, I'm guessing that's for a period of 60 minutes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeMax Posted January 31, 2008 Share BikeMax' date=' those figures, I'm guessing that's for a period of 60 minutes?[/quote'] Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABUBI Posted January 31, 2008 Share Top vets in the country do about 5w/kg for 60minutes . euuugh... and elites?The numbers I have would give about 4.8 for top vets and about 5 for decent elites' date=' with the better local pro's getting close to 5.5w/kg at threshold.[/quote'] Just my luck reading this the day before worlds view, we are in for a hard weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeMax Posted February 1, 2008 Share Top vets in the country do about 5w/kg for 60minutes . euuugh... and elites? The numbers I have would give about 4.8 for top vets and about 5 for decent elites' date=' with the better local pro's getting close to 5.5w/kg at threshold.[/quote'] Just my luck reading this the day before worlds view, we are in for a hard weekend. They would have to be on great form though - not just building, so don't worry too much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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