Originally Posted by
lowlife1975
i just started training with power and noticed that there is a huge difference between my output in watts on climbs vs flats. for a 10min effort on a steady climb, i'm at about 295W vs about 220W on the flats for the same time frame. for a 1hr effort the disparity is about the same... 250ish vs 200ish. at 66kg, i'm definitely better suited to climb, and i do enjoy climbing much more than hammering the flats, but is such a huge difference normal?
That doesn't sound normal. It may be common to have a small improvement in hill climb power but 75W is way too much. What kind of power meter are you using?