I dialed it up to 500 Watt
09-14-11, 12:02 PM
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I dialed it up to 500 Watt
I was reluctant to even post this since I know that this will get flamed and heaps of bull**** will be spilled ... but I decided to post it anyway.
I was testing out my new disc wheel on my TT bike for the first time today and so I was cruising around the surrounding villages at a speed of about 37km/h.
At some point, after a pretty steep hill called "De Beerendries" I overtook a pretty muscular looking roadie and rode out of town.
The sun was setting behind me and so the shadows were becoming long in front of me.
Just a few hundred meters out of town I noticed by his shadow that this roadie I just passed had upped his speed and was drafting me.
A bit further there is a slight turn and after that a 2% long straight hilly part ... just when we entered the turn I suddenly noticed by his shadow that the guy was trying to overtake me ... being me I felt I couldn't let that happen and so I suddenly hammered it while we started on the hill.
A few seconds later I suddenly found myself riding up a 2% hill at 47km/h!
I kept this speed up for a little less than a minute till the top of the hill.
I was amazed myself ... the disc wheel probably has something to do with it too
There was a slight tailwind btw.
Man that was fun.
I was testing out my new disc wheel on my TT bike for the first time today and so I was cruising around the surrounding villages at a speed of about 37km/h.
At some point, after a pretty steep hill called "De Beerendries" I overtook a pretty muscular looking roadie and rode out of town.
The sun was setting behind me and so the shadows were becoming long in front of me.
Just a few hundred meters out of town I noticed by his shadow that this roadie I just passed had upped his speed and was drafting me.
A bit further there is a slight turn and after that a 2% long straight hilly part ... just when we entered the turn I suddenly noticed by his shadow that the guy was trying to overtake me ... being me I felt I couldn't let that happen and so I suddenly hammered it while we started on the hill.
A few seconds later I suddenly found myself riding up a 2% hill at 47km/h!
I kept this speed up for a little less than a minute till the top of the hill.
I was amazed myself ... the disc wheel probably has something to do with it too
There was a slight tailwind btw.
Man that was fun.
09-14-11, 12:04 PM
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Cool story, bro! 
You know it had to be done
You know it had to be done
09-14-11, 12:11 PM
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Bicycle Repair Man !!!
If you were racing up a grade at 47kmh you were probably putting out more than 500 watts... if only for a short period of time.
Good job.
Good job.
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Power data or it didn't happen.
Hey, now all you need to do is put out about 450 watts for 1hr while going up a mountain and you will be a top level pro!!!
Hey, now all you need to do is put out about 450 watts for 1hr while going up a mountain and you will be a top level pro!!!
09-14-11, 12:53 PM
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Throw the stick!!!!
Good job.
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09-14-11, 12:55 PM
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Calm down Hans.
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09-14-11, 12:57 PM
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Throw the stick!!!!
I dialed it up to 1,220 watts last night. Didn't last long though. 
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09-14-11, 12:58 PM
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Always go with your first gut feeling. Just kidding, you rode your bike, had fun and posted.. sounds like something that belongs on BF.
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I always feel so left out of these contests since I have no power meter.
09-14-11, 01:10 PM
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Throw the stick!!!!
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I simply estimated the incline to be about 2% (using map data) and the tailwind to be about 10km/h (using weather data).
Then I used an online bike power calculator to come at somewhere around 525W ... which kind of corresponds with my perceived excersion effort and my other data.
A bit of hassle but it's accurate enough for me
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09-14-11, 01:15 PM
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nothing else matters. later.
nothing else matters. later.
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Haha ... Always good to leave a little mistery in a story
I was amazed at how fast he got dropped actually (he probably was too) ... just after that slight hill was my favourite slowly descending bit of road where I like to really go fast to train for TT's ... and so I kept a pace of 50km/h there for about 2 miles ... you can imagine that I didn't even see him anymore after that.
I was amazed at how fast he got dropped actually (he probably was too) ... just after that slight hill was my favourite slowly descending bit of road where I like to really go fast to train for TT's ... and so I kept a pace of 50km/h there for about 2 miles ... you can imagine that I didn't even see him anymore after that.
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Yesterday's humiliation: Being passed on a 9% climb by a dumb kid with 6" of his underwear hanging out the top of his waistband, and his pants falling down over the top tube of his bmx bike.