Originally Posted by
beng1
It is also a fact that what is a long distance to a small or average rider is not to a large, tall rider, so your comments mean nothing at all.
On the whole, being large and tall is a disadvantage in cycling. For similar level of training, W/kg scales with an exponent of about 0.7. The work against gravity when climbing obviously scales with an exponent of 1.0. That’s why smaller, lighter riders tend to be the ones who are the fastest climbers.
Larger riders have a smaller relative advantage on level ground, since the increase in frontal surface area scales with an exponent a slight bit less than 0.7.
Otto