zedzded wrote:
TulkasTri wrote:
burnthesheep wrote:
TulkasTri wrote:
burnthesheep wrote:
synthetic wrote:
my weight right now is 158. the person who told me to do this post says to add in another data tid bit.
2 years ago I did a 29min 20k TT , 70rpm @ 355 watts. body weight 169. he says that is ridiculous. low end felt tri bike stock set up
Geez, how much elevation that ride have?! Or was it one-direction into a headwind? 29min in 20k is only like 26mph. I can do (and many others) close to 26mph on a boat load fewer watts.
355w on a TT course that isn't crazy elevation, or one-direction into a headwind on a tri bike ought to be a LOT faster than 26mph. Not even 26mph. It's 25.7 mph. Even on an elevation intense 20k course, 169 isn't that big.
Something sounds off about that.
Fiesta Island TT in San Diego. So pretty much pancake flat.
Then, assuming a number isn't a typo in there or error in math to get 26mph from 29min 20k...........yeah, it's ridiculous per the topic title.
I'm not an anybody in TT, but dabble and chase KOM's and PR's. When doing pursuit 5min intervals at around 320w in road kit on my TT bike I'm well well faster than 26mph.
Not sure that was the original question here, but certainly worth looking into even if the question was something different.
I think his question is "Is my virtual effort close to reality based on my real world efforts".
Real world: 20K TT: 29' @ 355W (25.7mph)
Virtual Workd: 90K TT: 2:14 @ 282W (25mph)
Yeah, something is way off.
I reckon if you can hold 282 for 90km you can hold 355w for 20km, but those watts seem pretty high, especially for those times. On a flat course, decent tarmac, no wind, for the OPs 20km/29min I would be holding 220 - 240w. Unless the course was hilly, windy, crappy tarmac, I would have expected a quicker time for both real and virtual. Not calling you out OP, but perhaps your PM is out?
I agree. I'm also not calling out OP, but I think his power meter is off.