Originally Posted by
Campag4life
Depends on the rider. We are not all equal as you know. There was one young gun in the group who was an amateur racer. He was pulling at 25 mph for a couple of minutes. He was sending a message to the rest of the group.
I would say the average speed of the line was 23-24 mph. Average pulls were for 2-3 minutes.
So...would a typical pull...for say 2 minutes..by a "typical rider" (recognizing variability as you noted) be a watt output of say 250-270 watts? I ask this as I'm curious (not being a categoried rider) but I'd like some measure of watt effort. If you asked me to go pull 25 mph for 1 minute...well you'd get one pull out of me for maybe a minute (assuming I could even roll with a 25 mph paceline...thats a big assumption and likely I couldn't) then I'd be gassed, dropped. I'm 58 and would love to ride at that speed but it'll take me another year just to average 17+ solo and having no friends or partners locally who ride faster I'm destined to go it alone. BTW, I use Bike Calculator to get an approximate estimate of my watt output.
Thanks for the comments.