Originally Posted by
southernfox
Most of my long power PRs are during standing starts, and I'm really consistently applying power the whole time until I hit my max cadence, then power drops to 500-600w for the rest of the effort.
Also: holy sh**.
Long power PRs that have the standing start are simply skewed by the power spike. You wouldn't see the same avg over time if you did a rolling or flying start, which is a better metric.
Cadence is the best metric.
Cadence is king. ALL HAIL CADENCE!!