Yes, Obree used a home made trainer setup, which was effectively power meter. It was cheaper but a lot more work.
Riding the same circuit or weekly TT is too noisy, it can be weeks or months before you are sure performance has changed, and if you don't keep position and clothing and equipment constant, you won't know why it changed.
Yes cycling is a blend of power, weight, and aerodynamics, and without a power meter you never know which of those has caused the improvement. With a power meter you do know.
Do you not see the irony?
But there are many ways to measure performance other than a power meter.
Obree for example used a carefully set up traimer.
People riding the same circuit in training many times would be well aware of changes in performance.
An old school cyclist doing a regular time trial each week will be able to measure performance against regular opponents.
The object of cyclimg performance is a blend of power, weight and aerodynamics, - more to it than power in isolation.
Athletes and sportsmen have always measured performance.
Only cycling is obsessed by measuring performance in terms of power alone.
Cyclimg is as much about aerodynamics as it is power and weight.
The advantages of a power meter are more in the region of power and aerodynamics than in training.
Frankly, a power meter is wasted as a training aid.
A power meter should be used as a measuring device which enables power, weight and aerodynamics to be tested.
For training purposes in isolation, a power meter is not needed.
Kat Hunter reports on the San Dimas Stage Race from inside the GC winning team
Aeroweenie.com -Compendium of Aero Data and Knowledge
Freelance sports & outdoors writer Kathryn Hunter
Riding the same circuit or weekly TT is too noisy, it can be weeks or months before you are sure performance has changed, and if you don't keep position and clothing and equipment constant, you won't know why it changed.
Yes cycling is a blend of power, weight, and aerodynamics, and without a power meter you never know which of those has caused the improvement. With a power meter you do know.
Zen Minimalist wrote:
jackmott wrote:
Training with power led to great improvements for years, this is the first one of stagnation. I'm glad I know there is stagnation. Zen Minimalist wrote:
So you have used a power meter to prove that training with power has failed to improve performance despite doing more training. Do you not see the irony?
But there are many ways to measure performance other than a power meter.
Obree for example used a carefully set up traimer.
People riding the same circuit in training many times would be well aware of changes in performance.
An old school cyclist doing a regular time trial each week will be able to measure performance against regular opponents.
The object of cyclimg performance is a blend of power, weight and aerodynamics, - more to it than power in isolation.
Athletes and sportsmen have always measured performance.
Only cycling is obsessed by measuring performance in terms of power alone.
Cyclimg is as much about aerodynamics as it is power and weight.
The advantages of a power meter are more in the region of power and aerodynamics than in training.
Frankly, a power meter is wasted as a training aid.
A power meter should be used as a measuring device which enables power, weight and aerodynamics to be tested.
For training purposes in isolation, a power meter is not needed.
Kat Hunter reports on the San Dimas Stage Race from inside the GC winning team
Aeroweenie.com -Compendium of Aero Data and Knowledge
Freelance sports & outdoors writer Kathryn Hunter
