FTP Testing
- Xplora
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Re: FTP Testing
Postby Xplora » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:17 pm
Mind explosion. Ex or future pro? 400 FTP sounds like a pro to me lol
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Re: FTP Testing
Postby toolonglegs » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:26 pm
Under 23 ... amateur.Xplora wrote:Mind explosion. Ex or future pro? 400 FTP sounds like a pro to me lol
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Re: FTP Testing
Postby g-boaf » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:30 pm
Woah, not bad.toolonglegs wrote:Saw a mates power test on Strava the other day... Middle of winter, the skinny rake ( as tall as me but 70kgs ) pumps out nearly 400w for twenty minutes indoors ... Not bad for his tempo phase!
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Re: FTP Testing
Postby toolonglegs » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:34 pm
Yeah... legs like twigs ... really makes it plain that road cycling has very little to do with brute strength.
Xplora ... future pro I hope. He is up there but so are a lot of others.
Xplora ... future pro I hope. He is up there but so are a lot of others.
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Re: FTP Testing
Postby MDL » Sat Jan 25, 2014 10:49 pm
Try racing against Jared Graves - One of his Training ride 102k's 290watts average at 120bpm as a base ride average speed 35kph. Seen peak power of 2500watts lol
Stupid figures. But that's what you get when you get paid to ride as well.
MDL
Stupid figures. But that's what you get when you get paid to ride as well.
MDL
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