Power, cadence and gear ratio calculator?
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Power, cadence and gear ratio calculator?
Hi,
It took me few hours with nothing however I am almost certain sure that someone shared the link on this forum. I'm looking for a calculator between power, cadence and gear ratio. Simply to set a specific gearing for required power and cadence.
Anyone know a place to find it or formula?
Cheers
It took me few hours with nothing however I am almost certain sure that someone shared the link on this forum. I'm looking for a calculator between power, cadence and gear ratio. Simply to set a specific gearing for required power and cadence.
Anyone know a place to find it or formula?
Cheers
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Hi,
It took me few hours with nothing however I am almost certain sure that someone shared the link on this forum. I'm looking for a calculator between power, cadence and gear ratio. Simply to set a specific gearing for required power and cadence.
Anyone know a place to find it or formula?
Cheers
It took me few hours with nothing however I am almost certain sure that someone shared the link on this forum. I'm looking for a calculator between power, cadence and gear ratio. Simply to set a specific gearing for required power and cadence.
Anyone know a place to find it or formula?
Cheers
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Yeah, it's crucial for speed charts (wind, tyres, cda etc.) but I don't think it's that important if I'm not interested in speed numbers. Surely, by using training rollers where a total resistance is super low, for the same gear ratio and cadence, the power output will be much lower. However, as I would like to use it in controlled environment, such like velodrome, most of the resistance is quite/enough stable to get pretty accurate (or stable) results I believe.
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It's not possible.
You may be thinking of Kurt Kinetc where they provided some maps of "X speed = Y power" based on the resistance required to move their fluid trainer's drum a certain speed. But, that X = Y equation only works when using that particular trainer. The formula would be different for a different fluid trainer.
You may be thinking of Kurt Kinetc where they provided some maps of "X speed = Y power" based on the resistance required to move their fluid trainer's drum a certain speed. But, that X = Y equation only works when using that particular trainer. The formula would be different for a different fluid trainer.
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I use it to choose gears when targeting a rpm-watt spot on roller intervals, but I have the Power x Speed curve for it, bike/wheels/tires/pressure being kept the same.
It’s like.. “I know I will need 400w when going at 45 kmh at the rollers, and I want to deliver it at 100rpm, which will be the best gears for it?”.
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Once given a known Power x Speed curve, it’s easy to build on a simple Excel table/curve.
I use it to choose gears when targeting a rpm-watt spot on roller intervals, but I have the Power x Speed curve for it, bike/wheels/tires/pressure being kept the same.
It’s like.. “I know I will need 400w when going at 45 kmh at the rollers, and I want to deliver it at 100rpm, which will be the best gears for it?”.
I use it to choose gears when targeting a rpm-watt spot on roller intervals, but I have the Power x Speed curve for it, bike/wheels/tires/pressure being kept the same.
It’s like.. “I know I will need 400w when going at 45 kmh at the rollers, and I want to deliver it at 100rpm, which will be the best gears for it?”.
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But of course you can build a real world, outdoors, speed x power curve and work over it.
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To add a dose of reality...
If you are a sprinter, just about all of your training will be maximal. The variation will be in volume. The intensity will be maximum.
If you are an all-arounder or pursuiter, you'll have to train operating in "The Pain Cave", and that simply boils down to training against heart rate or RPE.
Having trained with power meters for years and logging so many workouts and races, power really just shows what the end result is of a lot of other upstream factors. For example, for pacing efforts, the heart controls how long power is applied, not the other way around. Watch the heart rate and you'll have a better idea as to how you are *currently* doing and whether you can turn it up a notch or turn it down. The Power being recorded is just the output of all of that, just like the speed or time of the effort.
If you are a sprinter, just about all of your training will be maximal. The variation will be in volume. The intensity will be maximum.
If you are an all-arounder or pursuiter, you'll have to train operating in "The Pain Cave", and that simply boils down to training against heart rate or RPE.
Having trained with power meters for years and logging so many workouts and races, power really just shows what the end result is of a lot of other upstream factors. For example, for pacing efforts, the heart controls how long power is applied, not the other way around. Watch the heart rate and you'll have a better idea as to how you are *currently* doing and whether you can turn it up a notch or turn it down. The Power being recorded is just the output of all of that, just like the speed or time of the effort.
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To add a dose of reality...
If you are a sprinter, just about all of your training will be maximal. The variation will be in volume. The intensity will be maximum.
If you are an all-arounder or pursuiter, you'll have to train operating in "The Pain Cave", and that simply boils down to training against heart rate or RPE.
Having trained with power meters for years and logging so many workouts and races, power really just shows what the end result is of a lot of other upstream factors. For example, for pacing efforts, the heart controls how long power is applied, not the other way around. Watch the heart rate and you'll have a better idea as to how you are *currently* doing and whether you can turn it up a notch or turn it down. The Power being recorded is just the output of all of that, just like the speed or time of the effort.
If you are a sprinter, just about all of your training will be maximal. The variation will be in volume. The intensity will be maximum.
If you are an all-arounder or pursuiter, you'll have to train operating in "The Pain Cave", and that simply boils down to training against heart rate or RPE.
Having trained with power meters for years and logging so many workouts and races, power really just shows what the end result is of a lot of other upstream factors. For example, for pacing efforts, the heart controls how long power is applied, not the other way around. Watch the heart rate and you'll have a better idea as to how you are *currently* doing and whether you can turn it up a notch or turn it down. The Power being recorded is just the output of all of that, just like the speed or time of the effort.