Originally Posted by
choddo
And whether you can be arsed to shift chainring
e.g. on Sunday morning 80km of 85km in, with a hangover, soaking wet, covered in spray grime as well as blood from a 30km nosebleed that came from nowhere and wouldn’t stop, I picked the vertical (even up and 45° left) line for the last couple of short inclines to avoid changing into the small ring. The dotted lines in this example were about 300 and 450W and all I could think about was getting home to a hot shower 😆
The real joy is getting an unstoppable nose bleed and having to climb a long steep with your heart rate increasing dramatically along with the blood being pumped out of the nose. When I got home with lips, teeth, chin and jersey covered in blood my wife freaked.
I too jive between 82 and 92 outdoors and will shift often to maintain my preferred output. The two exception are when climbing 5%+ when I drop down and when ZWIFTing I can find myself at 105 at times.