Originally Posted by ratebeer
But I noticed that people with heavy bikes, like the guy who set the land HPV record, will spend some time getting their bike up to top speed.
Here is some comment on building up speed in a HPV:
http://www.speed101.com/now/fastest_0725_2.htm
Originally Posted by ratebeer
I'm not a 1000 watts kind of guy but want to work on my max both in terms of strength and technique. I'm not sure if stronger guys can just jump into top speed or not.
You need to be a 2200 watts kinda guy apparently:
http://www.wisil.recumbents.com/wisi...onder_Team.htm
Al