Originally Posted by
ScottCommutes
Perhaps, but lots of other sports training adds weight or resistance to improve results. A weighted volleyball to train setters comes to mind. Train hard, and the competition is easy.
Different sports, different scenarios. On a bike, you work as hard as you want to, regardless of the weight of the bike; i.e. a 300 W interval is still a 300 W interval, no matter how much the bike weighs.