Originally Posted by
rubiksoval
The assertion was that speed is useless, not whether or not people train with power.
As for your fit and strong comment, how is it at any given time trial you can have some people going so much faster than others on significantly less watts? I mean, if you just need to be fit and strong and all?
This is for the same reason that I KOM'd a forty mile segment on Strava with a 24mph avg @ 225w: I was on a recumbent.
Do you really think I train on my bent based on speed? Come on, man.
There were slight uphills and downhills on that segment; did I pace myself over them based on speed? There was wind, too; did I adjust my effort by looking at my speed?
Ridiculous, inane.
This forum causes me to lose hope for cycling.