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I guess you wouldn't detect it. Elite cyclists can easily sustain 400-500 watts for many minutes, 20 watts is like 5% - a rounding error compared to variability
by rich_sasha 2y ago
I guess you wouldn't detect it. Elite cyclists can easily sustain 400-500 watts for many minutes, 20 watts is like 5% - a rounding error compared to variability of power input.
The issue with drafting would be that it comes and goes. In a sprint finish, one moment you might be drafting, another trying to overtake the other guy (so not drafting), then fall behind again and draft, all in a matter of seconds.
Then, there's the road gradient, also a massive impact on the power/speed function, and it's highly localized. You might know that a stretch of the road is 8% on average, over say 100m segments, but locally it can be much more or much less. On sharp switchback the inside of the corner can be 20+% when the outside is only 5-10%.
Plex it's a race, power goes up and down in response to events, one moment you're sitting in a group, another you're chasing the guy in front. Presumably that's also where you'd press the boost button - when you'd legitimately be putting down more power.
In amongst all that I doubt you would see an extra power boost.
- Aperocky 2y agoI think the only reason that motor doping is pretty much non-existent today is really because that it's useless unless it's a flat sprint stage. The battery and the motor would be significant weight to carry when it comes to the mountains, not to mention this deadweight must be carried all the way from start to finish and only be used for maybe 60 seconds.
- throwup238 2y ago> The battery and the motor would be significant weight to carry when it comes to the mountains, not to mention this deadweight must be carried all the way from start to finish and only be used for maybe 60 seconds. Bikes have a minimum weight of 6.8 kg in UCI competitions and the lightest bikes are at least a kilogram lighter than the minimum, so they have to add weight anyway.
- rich_sasha 2y agoPro bike weights are already often below UCI minima (6.8kg IIRC), and ballast is added to meet minimum weight requirement. So I guess this could replace some of the ballast.
- codeyogini 2y ago[dead]