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Pro cyclists can sustain 300W for an hour or more, and even trained amateurs can break 200W pretty happily, so 60W sounds like a lot is being left on the table,
by YawningAngel 6y ago
Pro cyclists can sustain 300W for an hour or more, and even trained amateurs can break 200W pretty happily, so 60W sounds like a lot is being left on the table, yes.
- aghillo 6y agoIndeed. Thomas De Gentd averaged 298w for 6hr on stage 17 of the Giro d’italia a few days ago according to his strava feed (measured off his SRM powermeter).
- angrysaki 6y agoOr a bigger guy (Ganna), https://www.strava.com/activities/4229195275 https://www.strava.com/activities/4229195275 333w for 6.5h, 460w for the first climb (35 minutes).
- hilb3r7 6y agoThe hour record is held by Bradley Wiggins, and it's estimated he averaged 440 watts. For comparison, I'm reasonably trained, and could maybe hold that for 4 minutes. I'm also considerably heavier! I would guess that a random average adult male who doesn't neglect general fitness, but doesn't necessarily cycle, could put out 160w-220w for an hour if they were forced to. 60W is insanely easy tho, pretty much anyone without some sort of extreme physical limitation would be able to do that.
- Eric_WVGG 6y agofor some real fun, watch this video of an Olympic cyclist generating 700 watts to toast a single slice of bread be sure to note the size of his thighs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoQnTypHbYk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoQnTypHbYk