Originally Posted by
Dan333SP
Those w/Kg charts are funny to me. I apparently have a mid-Cat 3 level FTP, but my best 1 min power puts me almost at the amateur level. Having actually raced in 3/4 fields, I do tend to struggle with surges but do fine when the pace is high but steady, so maybe there is some truth to that.
I'm sure you know this, but individual performance potential can only be captured by looking at the entire power/duration curve. Time trial specialists have flat ones, sprinters steep ones. When I was "racing," before the advent of power measurement, mine would have been pretty flat and I would only post my current one without the y-axis.
