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Old 05-29-10, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by JonnyHK
- Coasting/backing off power downhill is easy to do, even while picking up pace - but the reduced power output hurts your average!
You have just discovered one of the major benefits of doing TTs with a PM. It reminds you to keep the watts cranked on downgrades. As you noticed, they watts naturally drop off quite a bit unless you focus on sustaining them, and this can cost you quite a bit of speed in a TT.
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