Originally Posted by
terrymorse
Possibilities:
- you live near Ned Overend
- these are big boys with big Watts, but mediocre W/kg
- the climb is short enough to anaerobically blast it, and these old guys know how to suffer
One 50something y/o guy in the fast club I used to ride with was a top amateur track runner in his prime. Wouldn't know it now to look at him and he struggles on climbs. But on a flat or roller terrain it's hard to keep up with him. Or away from him. I remember a couple of times having him in my mirror after a climb and trying to maintain a break but I'd see him gradually catching up on the flatter terrain. My goal was to make it to the turnoff to my home before he caught and tapped me on the back, laughing. I never managed that. Some physical attributes remain even when we're overweight.