Kurt Kinetic Road Machine - Accuracy of Power Curve Upper Limits?
01-02-11 | 02:20 AM
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Kurt Kinetic Road Machine - Accuracy of Power Curve Upper Limits?
BF loves anecdotal evidence, so I'm wondering what you guys with kurt kinetic road machines are able to hit in a sprint? I've been doing some low gear rollouts into full sprints (seated) and am wondering if I'm either amazing (most definitely not) or if the power curve is a little messed up nearing and above 40 mph. Thanks, happy holidays, blah blah blah.
P.S. For anyone else who has been on here tonight, I'm sad the Otto thread got deleted, I wanted some closure....
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01-02-11 | 04:07 AM
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From searching, 40'ish mph on the road with a powertap is about 1200-1500watts.
40mph on a KK road machine using the equation they provide comes out to 1469watts.
I wouldnt' ever want to compare KK estimated watts to actual watts, but it seems like its in the ballpark. Useful for comparing against yourself, and possibly others on road machines as well.
I'll have to see how fast I can get up to on mine. 40mph on it sounds pretty brutal.
40mph on a KK road machine using the equation they provide comes out to 1469watts.
I wouldnt' ever want to compare KK estimated watts to actual watts, but it seems like its in the ballpark. Useful for comparing against yourself, and possibly others on road machines as well.
I'll have to see how fast I can get up to on mine. 40mph on it sounds pretty brutal.
01-02-11 | 06:18 AM
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I found that the KK measures about 15% high on power....This is when doing longer intervals 10min, 20 min...
This is whilst comparing my Powertap numbers with the KK power curve...
Like the poster above states, the KK power curve is useful for you to set training goals/plans, but you really can't compare it to real world power numbers.
This is whilst comparing my Powertap numbers with the KK power curve...
Like the poster above states, the KK power curve is useful for you to set training goals/plans, but you really can't compare it to real world power numbers.
01-02-11 | 07:44 AM
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KK actual watts by my PT is always about 20 watts lower than predicted by the curve. This is for 150-300 watt efforts, I haven't tried to do higher wattage levels.
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From searching, 40'ish mph on the road with a powertap is about 1200-1500watts.
40mph on a KK road machine using the equation they provide comes out to 1469watts.
I wouldnt' ever want to compare KK estimated watts to actual watts, but it seems like its in the ballpark. Useful for comparing against yourself, and possibly others on road machines as well.
I'll have to see how fast I can get up to on mine. 40mph on it sounds pretty brutal.
40mph on a KK road machine using the equation they provide comes out to 1469watts.
I wouldnt' ever want to compare KK estimated watts to actual watts, but it seems like its in the ballpark. Useful for comparing against yourself, and possibly others on road machines as well.
I'll have to see how fast I can get up to on mine. 40mph on it sounds pretty brutal.
01-02-11 | 04:51 PM
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01-02-11 | 05:25 PM
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