Originally Posted by
Sy Reene
Your only explanation tried to bring in some variable about how people's efforts vary on different days, or how intensity varies by the distance someone rides. That's a given but it's not what's being discussed.
Then you don't know what's being discussed.
Originally Posted by
Sy Reene
Take the example in front of you and answer the question.. if Riveting had grabbed his lighter bike instead on that day and done that solo ride he referenced, are you saying it would have been the exact same effort? It's a yes/no question.
It's not a yes/no question - it's a matter or putting in what you want to put in or are capable of putting in. If I'm absolutely gassed when I get to the top of a hill on a 17lb bike, putting in the same power on a 20lb bike is going to leave me short of the summit... so what happens in that moment? Do I bang my head against that wall and fall over? Do I magically tap in to energy reserves that I didn't know I had and power on? Or does my predicament dawn on me before that, at which point I lower my effort so that I can still limp to the top?