Originally Posted by
Radish_legs
Getting over 1400w, the front wheel is actually coming off the road. I don't know how these guys that do 1700w do it. To me that's an unfathomable kind of number.
If your wheel is popping, that's a form issue. Some ways to address it are to get lower and pull back on your bars instead of up, and to push back on the pedals instead of up/down (i.e. pedal like you are kicking back toward the RD.)
Originally Posted by
Radish_legs
One of our best local masters sprinters--really big guy, well over 220lb I think. He hit the weights all winter, and he is sweeping all the 50+ races. He went from a nobody Cat 4 fodder fat guy 2 years ago to one of the top local guys in this short amount of time. He's such a big guy that I don't even bother looking at his numbers, they are meaningless to someone like me (non-comparable).
Everything about that makes me think there is more to it than just lifting.