Originally Posted by
WhatsYoCadence
See.. I still don't really understand watts. When I go on strava and I see a climb someone did who has a power meter. the KOM never has more than 500 watts. And then I hear all this track talk about 2000 watts. Can anyone give me some watt guidance?
Force in Newtons times velocity in m/s = power in Watts. Can be discussed in many ways.
Strava would be suggesting average Watts for the duration of the climb, the 2000 Watts discussed above would be more like peak watts or extremely short output. Bigger units should be able to produce more Watts in total, so you will often read about Watts / per Kg, shorter durations higher Watts...