Originally Posted by
ElJamoquio
OK; a hillclimb of 1150 feet, with almost six miles traveled, works out to ~3.7% grade. FTP of ~5.1 W/kg, 20 Min Power of ~5.35 W/kg... works out to about 20 minutes of climbing, or 3500 ft/hour. Unfortunately this requires 17-18 MPH so aero is still a big factor, limiting climb rate.
Does this sound about right to everyone?
Yep. Given a Crr of 0.006, a CdA of 0.4 (on the hoods), average altitude of 1500m (may be high), rider weight of 70kg and gear weight of 10kg, analyticcycling.com gives 17.8 mph. 28% to overcome wind, 10% to overcome rolling resistance, and 62% to overcome slope.
waterrockets: I wouldn't recommend the kreuzotter site. Too many assumptions, and his "on the hoods" estimate of CdA is generally much higher than anything I've ever tested.