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@jim1985
I am very glad to see that i have provoked a healthy discussion / mild argument here.
From my experience, I have found that cutting back on leg work at the gym has definitely made me feel less comfortable pushing bigger gears on my bike, and i do think that the stabilising effects mentioned above of free weight squats etc does me good for core and back etc.
So whilst I'm not sure that it has had a hugely noticable positive effect from gym, I have sort of noticed the impact of not doing it. And i feel like my overall body composition and definition was better when making gym trips more frequent.
Note that my legs and ass are about the size of a 14 year old boy's.
But I do agree with the bigger gear /low cadence work to build strength. i did quite a lot of it before trips to the mountains last summer, and although it may not necessarily have made me more powerful, I certainly felt more comfortable grinding away in the saddle at a low cadence.
And @dan, i've been going to the gym for years on and off, but focussed more on legs from autumn. And yes, lots of protein after gym. Always some whey powder asap after and then a decent meal within an hour or so.