Originally Posted by
therhodeo
I'm not even as lean as I could be. And for all the "bigger guys put down more power" talk just remember that any amount of body fat doesn't generate power.
Not sure if you're mentioning my line specifically, but that's why I mentioned that larger frames "can" put down more power with the right training. Johnny Thunderthighs might struggle to hold 100 watts for 5 minutes, but a taller, heavier rider will put out more power than an equally trained smaller rider. Think Froome vs. Quintana.
Froome is skin and bones but still outweights Nairo by something like 30 lbs. Froome can sustain higher power at threshold by probably a fairly large margin (maybe 50 watts?) but probably still has almost the same w/Kg which is why they climb at about the same level but Froome can crush Nairo in time trials.
But yea, not really relevant here.