Pantani Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Basically I went on a loooong ride and at the end of the ride I had an intensity factor > 1 (greater than 1) . One cause could be that I have incorrectly measured my FTP, or the Powertap that I was using is faulty. I am still waiting for Bruce to give me his expert opinion on the file...
bruce Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Torque seems to be fine. There are no points in the file when torque is non zero while cadence is zero. You can usually see the problem because the power never goes down to zero during periods when you aren't pedalling. The one thing you don't mention is that you have changed powertap units since you did your previous ftp test.
Windbreaker Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 What does your distribution graph for the last 24 days look like? It should look a little like a single saw tooth with the concave side on the right. Where it drops off significantly is the value that you should use as an FTP value if you're not sure of it.
Pantani Posted June 17, 2008 Author Posted June 17, 2008 Hey dude' date=' I thought I had your PowerTap?[/quote'] You do have my Powertap...
Pantani Posted June 17, 2008 Author Posted June 17, 2008 What does your distribution graph for the last 24 days look like?It should look a little like a single saw tooth with the concave side on the right. Where it drops off significantly is the value that you should use as an FTP value if you're not sure of it. Interesting... not a bad guestimate... Only problem with mine is that I have this one bar that shoots up to the sky, says I spent 14 hours pushing 0-20w...
Edition 507 Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 Hey dude' date=' I thought I had your PowerTap? [/quote']You do have my Powertap... And it is the worst bloody thing I have ever bought from someone on the hubIt just depresses me, everytime I plug it in to my computer to analyze the data it tells me that someone with my capabilities should rather be playing darts or tiddlywinks
Windbreaker Posted June 17, 2008 Posted June 17, 2008 What does your distribution graph for the last 24 days look like?It should look a little like a single saw tooth with the concave side on the right. Where it drops off significantly is the value that you should use as an FTP value if you're not sure of it. Interesting... not a bad guestimate... Only problem with mine is that I have this one bar that shoots up to the sky' date=' says I spent 14 hours pushing 0-20w... [/quote'] Ja, we all have those. They tell me that for training that is not good but in racing the bigger that bin the the better!!. Seriously, make the bins smaller (use the big graph) and exclude zero's
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