Originally Posted by fstshrk

I got 189W normalized power over three hours this Sunday (using powertap g3). 40 miles and 2500 ft of climbing and I was noodling along without much power output during the descents as it was a hot day (93 degree average temp, 102.3 max). On one of the climbs (category 2), I averaged around 280W over 45 minutes basically just enjoying the scenery and not pushing hard.

I am on the heavy side so it takes a lot of power to move me up the hill compared some of my friends that weigh around 140lbs.

But why are you stuck on power output? It is not p*ss*ng contest, just go out there and ride and enjoy yourself. Keep the cadence up and have fun.