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Old 07-22-21, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
Naw, man, there’s more to it. You have to be lithe and light on the bike, put out the power smoothly, and barely touch the brakes. Takes decades to learn and not everyone gets there.
So slamdancers like me need not apply?

I remember watching a video a few months ago from NorCal Racing (or whatever) and he talked about looking at the gap between average power and NP to get a good idea of how smoothly you're riding (smaller gap = smoother). Even on longer rides, I'm ******g horrible by that metric.
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