Originally Posted by
63rickert
Try figuring out a kilo rider doing a standing start, 0Kph to 60kph in 3 seconds.
0 to 60kph in 3 seconds would require the rider to do about 50W/kg to overcome inertia alone, and while badly overgeared. If you look at video of world-class kilo efforts, the riders are usually still grinding a fairly low cadence at the 3-second mark, and acceleration continues to some degree through most of the first lap.