veloboy971

For how long though?!?


Indeed, I am working on it right now

kensuf

Good luck tomorrow. I've got to be at work around the time you'll be lining up with a number pinned to your kit.

waterrockets 

Road-bike with clip-on bars and training wheels: 325W for me.

Hermes

I hate you on every metric listed. Great race.

guadzilla

Whoah, that's the opposite of 200W. Seems a bit high, no?

@kensuf - I'd give a left nut to have those power numbers...

Nate552

That frame pump adds 25 watts, then you add in the hairy legs.....

guadzilla

Uh oh, I am in trouble then. Back to buying as much speed as possible, then.

Grumpy McTrumpy

I especially covet the 95 feet of elevation gain.

AdelaaR

Fixed that.

Hida Yanra

I'm in the low 200s.

similar to nate -
in the latest iteration I'm:
a small guy, wearing a bird-beak hat, wearing a singlet that takes 5' to get in, riding a big wheel up front, having spent time practicing the "bend over & hold it" technique.

kensuf

The OP did say "flat" course.. Todays 15k had 150' of elevation gain, I didn't go nearly as fast.

kensuf

No, he needed to be sleeping. He's doing the u23 nationals road race today, why as a matter of fact, right now as I'm typing. 160+ starters in his field, 104 miles, started at 1PM in the middle of Georgia.

RChung

CdA ~ 0.25ish.

waterrockets 

Yeah, I do what I can. Well, except for taking off the frame pump. For reference:

rpeterson

I can break the hour with 200 watts, but I weigh 120 and have done basically everything I can to make my position and equipment as slippery as possible. I'm actually trying to do it under 200, but I can't quite get that slippery.

Racer Ex 

I'd calc out at around 200 or less at 155lbs. I make thin on the bike though.

guadzilla

WR: that looks like a pretty decent position for a big guy, actually - how tall are you and how much do you weigh?

I finish my base in 2 weeks - plan to give it a go with my 240FTP and see what sort of numbers I come up with it, and then have a real crack in September.

tombailey

252W for 25.8mph. 215lbs/6'6" - so even though I think I have a pretty decent position (currently on a modified road bike), I probably have a relatively high cda.

waterrockets 

Thanks. 6'4" 180 lbs.

rruff

Knees outside of elbows seems like a really bad idea...

waterrockets 

? My knees stay behind my elbows. Granted, they're centered further apart than my elbows, but is that uncommon? Am I misunderstanding your suggestion?

Looking at some other tallish riders:

guadzilla

At a very flexible 6'0", 180 (can almost get my palms on the ground when standing with feet together), I am hoping to have a good Cda.

The limiting factor is going to be the fact that I need to have my elbows outside my knees. I have long legs/short torso - no way to avoid elbow/knee overlap unless I go for a Superman-style position, which I dont know that I can hold for an hour (I get cramps in that position after 4-5 min).

patentcad

I averaged 289 watts for an 18 minute TT effort 3 years ago and only averaged 22.3 mph. I'm not very aero. I wonder how much faster I would have gone had I weighed 10 lbs less? It was a flat as a pancake course, big headwind going out, big tailwind on the return.

I can get my position more aero, but I can't do anything about my wide upper body (shoulders).

rruff

Your first picture looks like your knees are outside your elbows to avoid hitting them.

rruff

I'd try moving the saddle back, which will reduce the pressure on your arms. Practice relaxing all the shoulder and arm muscles and it should be doable.