Originally Posted by
gtrob
Good to know. I also see a big drop when I go from standing to seated, something I would like to 'smooth' out a little more perhaps. Looking at it closer it looks like its around 7s in that I hit 'peak' power and it holds roughly until I sit down (I may be sitting too early, my cadence standing isn't the best). Then slowly trails off as I get to the end.
Its an interesting thing to analyze anyway, as even with my garmin in front of me I have a hard time looking at it and grasp whats going on during an effort like that haha.
And to just agree, I also think highest peak number (1s) doesn't matter on its own, but ideally the highest number is probably pretty close to 5s anyway. This was more about power at cadence, as people with a road background's legs would not be used to pushing so hard at such a slow pedal speed.
Here is a screen shot of a 500 TT I did recently that was in the low 39's. The race effort ends at mile 10.25 or so. Keep in mind that I'm 61 yrs old and my watts are not what others here possess.
We have a 167 meter track in Cleveland and I have to go seated around 110 meters in order to navigate the banking and transition to aero. I have been working on racing the 500 TT using aero bars, at last summer's Nats most of the guys on the podium did likewise. On our track with 2.5 G's in the turns making absolute speed is a little more difficult than on the longer tracks. At Redmond's 400 meter track turns should feel like a straight to me, at least that's the way Northbrook's felt two weeks ago.
During the 500 there is no looking down at the computer head. In the 2K Pursuit I can look at the head while on the short straights but the data is a few seconds old and making adjustments are always after the fact and could be like chasing one's tail. The data is most beneficial to me after the race/workout while reviewing at home.