View Poll Results: Watts or Miles (km, etc.)

Watts will replace miles (km, etc.).

16.13%

Average speed threads will never die.

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01-20-11 | 05:40 PM

#26

patentcad

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Originally Posted by znomit

You guys really should look at shifting to kilometers.
I can ride 160km in the time it takes you to ride 100 miles.

But you're barely 2/3 the man I am.

01-20-11 | 05:40 PM

#27

patentcad

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Originally Posted by banerjek

Move to the MTB Forum. Then you'd just be stoned.

Fixed.

01-20-11 | 05:41 PM

#28

TrekDen

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I'm a rec-rider! Watts are for lightbulbs, and stereo systems as far as I'm concerned!

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01-20-11 | 06:17 PM

#29

veloboy971

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perceived effort FTW!!!

01-20-11 | 06:31 PM

#30

TMonk

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From: San Diego, CA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SalsaPodio

You can't really compare watts and miles because a watt is a unit of energy per time. It would be like comparing horsepower to miles. It doesn't make any sense.

The units we really need are W h/kg.

Thats just a joule/kg. That is certainly a useful metric and I don't know the proper terminology wrt to power training but I suspect that one of the commonly used metrics (perhaps TSS or ATL?) is closely related to J/kg.

1W = 1J/S
1 h = 60s

01-20-11 | 06:32 PM

#31

TMonk

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From: San Diego, CA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by veloboy971

perceived effort FTW!!!

Incorrect. Perceived effort + Power and/or Hr ftw

01-20-11 | 06:45 PM

#32

revchuck

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Originally Posted by calamarichris

Watts have already taken hold in places with hills and wind, but I predict average mph will remain the UOM in gym shower contests in Florida and the flyover states where the closest they have to hills are bridges on freeway overpasses.

Flyover states like Colorado and Utah?

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01-20-11 | 06:47 PM

#33

jaredcasper

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TMonk

1 h = 60s

Man, no wonder time has been flying lately...

01-20-11 | 08:30 PM

#34

SalsaPodio

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TMonk

I'm fully aware of the units. A kWh is just 3.6E6 J but you always see kWh on your electric bill. The magnitude of the value with those units would just make more sense probably. Either way, average speed will always prevail