Originally Posted by
Allegheny Jet
Sounds like you guys are having lots of fun. Too bad I'm just getting into the indoor winter training season and am not supposed to any thing harder than the two or three workouts our group does or I would be out attempting the same.
I've done big ring drills before and was surprised the time it took to go the distance of the drill was not much different than while using regular cadence.
That's because power at LT is pretty much the same in either gear. The low cadence big gear drills are supposed to help with muscle fiber recruitment which can then be used later at a higher cadence. It's like doing very specific weight training on the bike.