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Originally Posted by
sreten
The funny part is Many medical sites disagree with you and so they use such calculators. And even in your country Harvard is a highly regarded source. And as for you statement
"Bigger wins everywhere except for endurance, you don't see
many sprinters running marathons." I have to disagree. It is power to weight. Climbing jerseys hardly ever go to the big guys. Having just finished books on the history of the TDF, Giro d'itaila and Vuelta bigger doesn't win in the high mountains very often except descending. So to most of the cycling world you are in the minority in your opinion that bigger wins everywhere. So like I said I need to see a study supporting your contention that is at least as creditable as Harvard. So I guess we just disagree.
Hi,
Disagree all you like, but don't imply I'm saying things I'm not. For sprinters in all sports
being bigger helps, (as does a high twitch muscle ratio), as power relates to body weight,
and the higher the body weight the less the drag to power ratio.
Maintainable power output to weight ratio is endurance, (a low twitch muscle ratio helps),
and for serious climbing at relatively low speeds there is little advantage in being big.
Being big is an advantage going downhill, your terminal
velocity freewheeling will be higher than a smaller person.
Endurance is the leveller, and you can't disagree with that,
though you state you do and then contradict yourself.
rgds, sreten.
If you don't know the mathematics a calculator is using,
you have no idea what the numbers it puts out mean.