narra Posted June 6, 2007 Share Hi People I have read some of the thread's in this power forum Seen some people mentioning ftp test's Can somebody explain in to me or point me to a url that explains it. I have read some long course triathlon book's and they normally just do the CP30 test. By the way, ftp = file transfer protocol ? Cheers narra narra2007-06-06 09:31:14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunh Posted June 6, 2007 Share feet to pedal?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted June 6, 2007 Share Freekin' Terrible Pain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saint Posted June 6, 2007 Share MMMM I have another one but I cannot mention it on this family forum - it would end in meow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted June 6, 2007 Share Functional Threshold Power I think? I just do what the coach tell me to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted June 6, 2007 Share I think you get it by doing a 20km TT, But you use the results from the last 10km to work it out, eg. the av of the last 10km is you FTP, i'M JUST GUESSING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brakkies Sport Fotos Posted June 6, 2007 Share hoe sal jy weet, jy staan gedurig langs die pad met 'n papwiel, :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michelle Posted June 6, 2007 Share I do a 30 minute test then take the average of the last 20 to determine my FTP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narra Posted June 6, 2007 Share And what do you do with the FTP value then ? Save it for reference ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michelle Posted June 6, 2007 Share narra: You can then do those 20 minute intervals just below that zone to try & increase your power at threshold... Michelle2007-06-06 09:48:17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoLefty!! Posted June 6, 2007 Share you post it on forums and people either go WOW! or ag awrite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michelle Posted June 6, 2007 Share BTW, you can do this on an indoor trainer without a power meter, by using speed (if you have a sensor on your rear wheel) bruce mentioned it the other day & he was spot on... the speed & power move almost perfect in sync... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoLefty!! Posted June 6, 2007 Share they should since P = force x velocity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajay Posted June 6, 2007 Share OK Narra, this link might be the best one for a definition: http://www.cyclingforums.com/t395601.html lots of further discussion there as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windbreaker Posted June 6, 2007 Share they should since P = force x velocityNope ..... not quite as simple as that. You have to be sure that the trainer resistance is even across the speed band. Only having my own magnetic trainer to go by I can't confirm but I believe that with some (such as fluid trainers) the resistance is not linear. I'm not sure that I would do an FTP test using speed as the quality of your training will depend on how well this value is determined. Functional Threshold Power is the average power that you should be able to maintain for an hour. testing is usually done at shorter durations - typically 20k FTP is calculated as ave - 5%. I also believe that some people do the same thing with a 10k TT but subtract 10%. Sure that Bikemax will have an opinion on this. The only certainty with my FTP is that it is always too LOW!! Windbreaker2007-06-06 10:02:13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikeMax Posted June 6, 2007 Share FTP by definition is the power you can sustain for 60 mins. Some great articles here; http://www.bikemaxpower.com/training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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