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

A powermeter isn't very good at registering the sheer pain of smashing a fixie around lumpy terrain is it? High watts mashing up, no watts spinning down but your still spinning, desperately sucking in air and pulling a face like Voeckler...

Powermeters care not for your gearing, your pain, the weather, the route.

They simply are....

TOAST!?

https://youtu.be/S4O5voOCqAQ

The relationship between 'work' and 'recovery' may be subtly different riding fixed vs a freewheel, but isn't this what NP is supposed to measure?

Toast is interesting and depressing. You'd probably be better off leaving your slice of bread out near the radiator, than asking me to toast it. Next up Hoy Vs Cup of tea...

I could do one side of one slice at a time.

Looks like he keeps up ~700W for 1 minute 2 seconds.

That beats my record of 15s (according to Golden Cheetah).

If I do 300w up a hill on gears then coast down, NP will be the same as if I ride up a hill at 300w on fixed and then ride back down without putting any power out, but my legs will still be moving so the aerobic load on my body will be greater.

This is why everyone should stick massive gears on, so you can always put some power out.

Toaster would be better off set to run off 250w and take longer to toast. That way most reasonably trained people should have a chance of making themselves breakfast.

... by lunchtime

He actually dries up just as it pops...

At first glance he does not appear to be laying that much down.

Then the legs start to go and the drops start to contort.

Pop!

I think the video tries to claim that the toaster will pop automatically when he dips below 700W, not just when it's done.

The question is whether he can hold it for long enough to toast the bread.

Shit I can do that. B-)

'1 Robert to toast a slice of bread,

180 Roberts to power a car.

43,000 to power an airplane.'

Fossil Fuel FTW!?

Fossil Fuel FTW!?

1 robert to power a bicycle

Forstemann fuel

Covered with Forstemann butter?

#mindbleach

Really? I find that rides on my fixed come in at about 1.05 to 1.075 IF when compared to the same ride smashing it on the geared bike. Times are much of a muchness for some rolling loops, I think the higher IF reflects the extra pain involved

I was suitably unimpressed too, I did not expect him to pop so badly after a minute. It's not a huge figure for a minute just hard.

waits for Slack powering toaster AND kettle video

Might as well do a blender and a desk fan at the same time :)

dibs milkshake

He should just drop 2,500+w for 5s and burn the crap out of it

He must have hated those bars

I was surprised at the slow cadence...

I prefer slightly less toasted toast anyway.

Astonishing how useless this thread has become, just when I needed you....

#bstrds