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You can produce torque in excess of your weight by using pedals that clip in and pedaling "circles" instead of "squares". When I was in good shape I figured I
by msandford 7y ago
You can produce torque in excess of your weight by using pedals that clip in and pedaling "circles" instead of "squares". When I was in good shape I figured I could produce torque much closer to my weight than half of it.
- hazeii 7y agoDid you forget to figure in the crank length? 180lbs at 6" is 90 foot-lbs of torque.
- dpark 7y agoThe average rider probably cannot produce more torque than their weight that way. A quick search indicates that professional cycling sprinters can generate slightly over 100 ft-lb of torque. The average rider won’t be producing anything close to that. (Hard to find anything definitive, though.) If you aren’t standing up sprinting, you’re definitely not going to be getting anything close to your “body weight torque”.