Thanks. Your blog is very interesting.
Focusing on leg specific exercises, the obvious ones seem like leg press (quad, glute), leg extension (quad), leg curl (hamstring), toe lift (calf). Any others?
I'm hoping to spend the winter developing more power, for pushing bigger gears and for accelerating/sprinting. This is just for recreational riding, I don't need to win races, unless you count muni buses. So I started going to spin class where I push seated against high resistance. I'm noticing a difference from that, in my daily riding. Now I will start adding weights, every other day.
Leg extension, leg curl contraindicated - wrong range of motion, knee injuries. Other good things: barbell squats, deadlifts, horizontal row, back machine, pushups, roman chair.