Originally Posted by
rkwaki
I don't quite understand what you are saying please clarify. I can tell you if I am sprinting pushing a 53x11 at 40+ mph that there is more than 80 pounds of force going into my pedals.
How are you measuring how much force is going onto your pedals? It's easy to calculate the force required to produce a certain power at a certain rpm (after all power is just force times velocity) and this has been done numerous times. The results show that for sprint powers around 1500W and cadences of around 110 rpm (because I don't know the exact values), the resultant force is around 80 lbs.
O.K. I'll do it again. 1500 W; 110 rpm = 2 m/s; => 750 N = 168 lbf for 2 legs = 84 lbf/leg