Originally Posted by
Alias530
Should a given power output on flat ground be equally draining at the same power output on an incline? Like 200 watts on flat vs. 200 watts on a 10% grade? Obviously gearing comes in to play... eventually you'll drop into harder to maintain cadences as it gets steeper.
No difference if you don't run out of gears, where a somewhat lower cadence feels right on climbs due to the lower inertial load. If you do the climb can be much more fatiguing - Training and Racing with a Power Meter mentions a racer who got dropped every time he spent more than five minutes at his one-hour power but a cadence below 70 RPM.