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250 watts is significant. That is about what a Tour de France rider will average on a typical stage.
by DeRock 3y ago
250 watts is significant. That is about what a Tour de France rider will average on a typical stage.
- Gigachad 3y agoPro cyclists average about 500w and can go much higher over short periods.
- zeroq 3y agosource for thar 500w avg watts in tdf? name and year?
- richardw 3y agoI think 500 is a bit high, especially for an average. Much of the time they’re in a peloton, which will drop the average a lot. Peak can go way higher but it’s for far shorter bursts. “During a normal stage of the Tour de France, pro riders can pump out around 230-250 watts on average, which equates to burning about 900 calories per hour. But on some of the harder stages they can average over 300 watts, or 1,100 calories per hour. Tadej Pogačar has a Functional Threshold Power – an estimate of the power he can sustain for around one hour – of around 415 watts. But for explosive one-hour attacks on big climbs, some Tour riders have been known to exceed an average of 500 watts. And in the final stages of a sprint finish, sprinters can hit maximal efforts of over 1,500 watts.” https://www.alpecincycling.com/en/pro-peloton/from-body-fat-to-power-output-anatomy-of-a-tour-de-france-rider/ https://www.alpecincycling.com/en/pro-peloton/from-body-fat-...
- operatingthetan 3y agoThey most certainly do not. Here is Ted King in the 2014 TDF (random stage). Weighted average power: 205 watts. Actual average power: 134 watts. https://www.strava.com/activities/164960157/overview https://www.strava.com/activities/164960157/overview
- ehnto 3y agoAussie pedal-elec regulations mean they only help you up to 25kmph, over that and you are just pedal power. Which is to say, the full 250watts is only ever used when taking off or going up hills in practice.
- Turskarama 3y agoEven without this though, the end result is usually the rider puts out nearly as much power and just goes faster. An assist won't be as much exercise as no assist, but it's still exercise.
- dylan604 3y agoThat’s just not true. Once the max assist speed on an eBike is reached, the motor will stop assisting. So you can barely pedal and use max effort from the assist, but if your meat motor is getting you to 75% max assist speed the motor is only going to push 25%. This notion that the assist will push the meat motor faster is not based in reality.
- Turskarama 3y agoYes, I was talking about the case where there is no max speed limit.
- dylan604 3y agoWho sells that legally? Let’s at least keep the conversations honest. If you circumvent things to an illegal situation, that’s on you. For the vast majority of people that won’t, you’re making it out to be something it’s not
- Turskarama 3y agoIn Australia it's illegal but in many parts of the world it is perfectly legal.
- simlevesque 3y agoThey do way more than 250w and on a significantly lighter bike.
- s0rce 3y agoMostly aerodynamics that matter, the weight is a bit of a factor when climbing.
- simlevesque 3y agoIt affects acceleration too.