Power Meters / Powermeters (SRM, Powertap, Quarq, Ergomo, Vector, Stages, power2max, P2M, 4iii, InPower, Cinch)

Yeah I think so, think you had me on the flats and I was perhaps a bit quicker up some of the hills.

Race you to 300 watts

Based on my last TT, my FTP is also 256 watts.

Hah, 254 watts for one hour on this: http://tpks.ws/izPn

And conclusive proof that I've got more rubbish - 277 watts for one hour the year before: http://tpks.ws/5SeM

Fo real!?

If you did a 25mile TT in 54ish with an FTP of 256 then I feel seriously inadequate only doing 60 with an estimated FTP* of 271 watts (@70kg) and a CP60 of 278w!

#aeroiseverything

• estimated from a 10mile TT.
  

#aeroiseverything

Quite. Didn't have the powermeter for that 25, but I doubt it would be much more, could well have been less. I suspect that my position does hamper the watts a bit though, need to get one for the road bike to see the difference in power output.

IIRC all my estimated CdA values from TTs come out at about 0.27 which is appalling and I don't know why I'm so shit.

In the new year I'm hoping to book in for a bike fit with Mike Taylor (Lynn Taylor's brother??) and then to do some aero testing to refine that position a bit.

I'm not sure how reliable it is, but this model here suggests that if I drop my CdA from 0.27 to 0.2 then I would knock around 20minutes off my bike at IM wales next year. Even if the model is bunk, everything I've seen when comparing my data to other people is that I seem to be throwing minutes away... lots of minutes!

300w FTP has been my target for ages.

I was at 277 at the start of the season, and looked to have hit 290 while in France. I dont really have a mid section to my Power curve though. I either smash it for 5 Seconds then die, or ride at tea'n'cakes pace for 10 hours. Everything inbetween pretty poor.

I find using my fixed gear on the turbo for a 20 in test the best. Blatantly because I can turn on and off the Power without losing speed. Maybe all the climbing I've been doing has caused an improvement.

W/Kg isnt a metric I care to look at.

#heavyasfeck

Is this a willy waving contest?

If so I'll wait for @skinny to post.

If the point of waving ones Willy is to demonstrate how small it is then yes.

It was very cold.

Its not the size of the FTP. But what you do With it.

So yes. It is very much like willy waving.

If you had Stages you would know already :winkyface

Oh, they do a Campagnolo Ultratorque crank arm now?

Hah - not at all. Just trying to get a real world understanding of what the numbers actually mean to a power meter n00b.

According to TP my 5s and 1min power is shockingly low, although I haven't set out to test them yet. I am certainly no sprinter though.

Depends on the riding you do.

My curve for this year is better than last year's. But it's still a sprinters curve.

... Which is handy for 40 year old riding sportives, and mountains.

I've got one of these badboys.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000RPITLA/ref=pe_385721_37038051_pe_217191_31005151_3p_M3T1_dp_1
The amount of air it pushes is quite amazing.

of course it's a willy waving contest.

unzips...

Shtapppppp

Shtapppppp

(always wanted some Enve shiz, but perhaps I should just go on another holiday instead)

Lol I haven't 'trained' in 3 months. God knows what mine is.

On form is was just under 5.5.

I was still shit though.

I wish they did! Anyone want to buy two Carbon Campag Record cranksets, 52/39 and 53/39, both 170mm and both square taper?...

Shit on what scale? If you're winning races, or in contention to win races, then you're not shit compared to 99.9% of the population.

Could be, for one anyway. Condition and price?