Originally Posted by
Roarau
Why not?
Would saying something like it depends on your goals be better? That seems a bit high level. My advice is high level, but at least gives a metric and method to follow that many top cyclists already subscribe to.
Well I guess I have no idea how one would accomplish your advice. My power descending a 6% grade is about 15% of what it is going up the same hill. My cadence is way faster. My speed going down hill is typically maxed out for conditions- road surface, technical-ness of descent, traffic, etc, so it's not as if it's even an option to have my power output going downhill the same as uphill.
Why would you want to attempt to ride the same power and cadence at all times in all gears? What would be the advantage of that?