Originally Posted by
caloso
I agree. I don't get it either. In fact one of the benefits of the old school FG winter training was that most of the time you are in the wrong gear. Got a headwind? Mash it. Got a tailwind? Spin it. And that is to get comfortable with a wider range of RPMs and essentially broaden your power band.
Horsepower is a function of rpms and torque and for some of us who have to get by with what we've got in the way of 'torque' we need more rpms because we 'jus ain't got the horses without the bees' knees. But, it turns out, increasing rpms is about as difficult as putting on more muscle.