Originally Posted by
cthenn
OK, this dumbs it down enough to my level
. On a short steep hill I did 300w at over 40 "torque units" while out of the saddle mashing at probably 65-70rpm whereas on other 300w efforts it can be closer to 30 if I try to spin it more. I'll probably keep the metric for a while see if it ends up having any usefulness for me.
So, what are the "torque units" shown?
Probably foot-pounds, which is a pretty simple unit. It's the amount of force exerted on a bolt by a 1 foot long wrench with a pound of weight sitting on the end of it.