Originally Posted by
*****3nin.vend3t
Where not talking technology, where talking training. Greg LeMond in '89 put his bike in a huge 55 x 12 gear and rode it 54.545 km/h (34.52 mph), one of the fastest time trials ever in the Tour de France & trained long intense hours, I think Merckx, Hinault & alot of others went by the same means.
I'm not seeing much difference in times nor speeds, from todays guys over the guys of yesteryear???... And with "todays" guys we can associate them with performance enhancing drugs & fancy programs.
Thoughts?.
Firstly, it would help your credibility marginally if you made a little effort to use proper grammar and spelling.
Performance in all sports has improved significantly over the years. It's more difficult to compare cycling performance from one era to the next because there are very few timed events under consistent, controlled conditions. You'd also need to look at all riders not just Lemond and Merckx who would be considered outliers.
Training on a bike without power is kind of like running without a watch. Without an ability to measure your performance it is difficult to determine whether a particular training regimen works for you.
Do yourself a favor and buy a power meter. Then you can show us how smart you are by posting your steadily improving power numbers as you ride harder and harder every day, every month, every year without a break. Who knows, with a little help on your spelling, you could even write a book about your revolutionary, old school, training methods
