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02-19-13 | 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by krobinson103

I think its more a power to weight ratio issue. If someone is small, strong and light the bigger guy needs to be stronger to make up for being bigger. I'd guess in a tt when bigger means more wind resistance smaller would be better. Still, outside of tacing it probably doesn't matter.

You missed the point of my post.

Climbing is a power to weight ratio issue. Time trialing on the flats is a power to surface area issue. Your surface area doesn't increase proportioantely with size. Hence bigger people tend to have better power to surface ratios

This is why Fabian Cancellera is an incredible time trialist, but can't climb well enough to be a TDF GC contender.

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