Good Place for a CP30 Test around LA?
12-30-09 | 05:41 PM
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Good Place for a CP30 Test around LA?
I have no good reason for a Power Meter ... I'm not fast and I don't really train all that much. But I'm a bike geek at heart and love the data.
Anyway, I've been reading a book on power meter training and want to do a CP30 test to establish a baseline. CP30 is the power you can put out sustained for 30 min. The book suggests that you go to a place with fairly low traffic and a long, slight incline.
I live next to the Santa Monica mountains and all my normal routes have quite a few hills and some stoplights. Any suggestions on a good place to go all out for 30 min around the LA area?
And I don't mind driving a little either. Thanks!
Anyway, I've been reading a book on power meter training and want to do a CP30 test to establish a baseline. CP30 is the power you can put out sustained for 30 min. The book suggests that you go to a place with fairly low traffic and a long, slight incline.
I live next to the Santa Monica mountains and all my normal routes have quite a few hills and some stoplights. Any suggestions on a good place to go all out for 30 min around the LA area?
And I don't mind driving a little either. Thanks!
12-30-09 | 08:08 PM
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pch out near point mugu, pretty flat there, ride west into the wind* and you'll have a a good non-stop 30 minute test and a good tail wind for your cooldown ride back.
*occasionally the wind will be blowing the other direction
laps at the rose bowl is another choice.
*occasionally the wind will be blowing the other direction
laps at the rose bowl is another choice.
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12-30-09 | 10:00 PM
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Next to the Santa Monicas where? There are several good climbs you can do that are fairly consistent and uninterrupted, like Latigo.
12-31-09 | 08:18 AM
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Mandeville Cyn.?
La Grange does/did a time trial there every year. It's a nice steady climb, with only a few stop signs, and one less homicidal doctor on the road.
La Grange does/did a time trial there every year. It's a nice steady climb, with only a few stop signs, and one less homicidal doctor on the road.
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