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How do I know if I am SPRINTER or CLIMBER or something else?

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Old 04-06-16 | 04:03 PM
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How do I know if I am SPRINTER or CLIMBER or something else?

Can I know it without compare others?
I am 183cm height 65kg weight. My legs are genetically really skinny but I think I have so much power in them.

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Old 04-06-16 | 04:05 PM
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Old 04-06-16 | 04:09 PM
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are you better at sprinting or climbing? maybe you do better on long distances.
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Definitely something else. No further information required to draw this conclusion.
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Old 04-06-16 | 04:13 PM
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I reedit my post to give more information
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Old 04-06-16 | 04:23 PM
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I think it can be determined to some degree by your power profile, but I am not sure.
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Old 04-06-16 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by duele
I reedit my post to give more information
Geez, I'd hate to have seen the original post.

Can you ride at 60+ kmh for a short section (maybe 200 metres) on flat terrain? If so, you may be sprinter.

Can you ride up hills really fast? You may be a climber.

You can't always just go off height and weight as these pro numbers show:

Caleb Ewan is a damn good sprinter and he's only 1.65m and 61kg.

Mark Cavendish is a damn good sprinter and he's 1.75m and 70kg.

Nairo Quintana is a damn good climber and he's 1.67m and 58kg.

Chris Froome is a damn good climber and he's 1.85m and 71kg.

Really, you need to be able to compare yourself against other riders to know where your strengths and weaknesses are (or see a good coach who could tell you). This is why god invented Strava.
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Old 04-06-16 | 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by duele
Can I know it without compare others?
I am 183cm height 65kg weight. My legs are genetically really skinny but I think I have so much power in them.
Are you better at one aspect, than you are at others?

I'm 189cm 82kg, and best at long TTs and long climbs. I also sprint like a climber.

a few years ago I was good at sprinting if I was smarter than my opponents, but after a huge wreck/hospitalization, I'm molasses slow in sprints. It took decades for me to gain that skill, and it was stripped from me in a blink of the eye.

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At the tdf, they can all climb pretty well. there are really very minor differences that lead to sprint specialization or rouleur status at the pro level. you OP, on the other hand suck like an electrolux. you can't climb or sprint or time trial. but you can ride to the coffee shop and look stylish. let that be your goal.
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If you're not on a team, you're really not any title whatsoever, and if you spend too much time sitting on your duff posting on bikeforums instead of riding, you'll be the caboose
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So much power in them!
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Old 04-06-16 | 05:24 PM
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you are pack fodder in a Cat 9 race...
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Old 04-06-16 | 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Raiden
If you're not on a team, you're really not any title whatsoever, and if you spend too much time sitting on your duff posting on bikeforums instead of riding, you'll be the caboose
while that may sound a bit harsh to some, much of that is true.

From the decades of experience I've found that I suck at crits for the most part, and sprint like a snail, but longer sustained events suit me well. I lost what little sprint I had(that was accumulated over decades) in a wreck, but the endurance came back in less than a year.
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Old 04-06-16 | 05:28 PM
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You are "lanterne rouge"
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Old 04-06-16 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by smarkinson

Caleb Ewan is a damn good sprinter and he's only 1.65m and 61kg.

Nairo Quintana is a damn good climber and he's 1.67m and 58kg.
their posture are almost identical but such a difference in style
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Originally Posted by Raiden
If you're not on a team, you're really not any title whatsoever, and if you spend too much time sitting on your duff posting on bikeforums instead of riding, you'll be the caboose
Lantern rouge if you're classy. Otherwise, just DFL.

So this is that AOAL dude, or whatever his handle was---ASFOS on RBR?
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