Recent content by sciguy

Jay I believe the authors didn't realize that the Vector pedals would correctly calculate the power when ridden in a heel down position. I also believe that they had too much faith in the Kickr's accuracy. They proved themselves too uninformed to allow me any faith in their work. YMMV Hugh

Re: But.....but......but...... Jacque had such great hair.

Re: Re: Noel, If the left leg's glutes were fired maximally when it's in the position shown in the picture, the force would be directed in the same direction as my yellow arrow which would act to try to spin the cranks backwards not propel them forward.

Re: Re: Please explain how anything to do with Tug of War has to do with this picture. I can see massive activation of the quads in this position would provide a mostly tangential application of force but for the life of me not the glutes.

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Re: Re: Noel, How in the world could one use the glutes to produce maximal torque at the the 12 o'clock position? The glutes extend the leg to make it more inline with the torso. What you're suggesting is utter nonsense. Hugh

Re: Hey, Noel and I both agree that Jacques had great hair;) Hugh

Re: Re: Noel, These are the folks I offered to help you get hooked up with so that you could demonstrate your technique. For some reason you didn't seem to want to do so. Why is that? Hugh

So you're using a power meter and actually measuring your power? How's your mean maximal power at 1 minute, 5 minutes, 20 minutes and one hour compare to the longer cranks? Thanks, Hugh

SC, I'm interested in how you've modified your gearing to deal with the reduction in effective leverage of the system by ~ 29%. You mention riding up mountain passes seated so I'm expecting a really large rear cassette cog. Did you move to a mountain bike cassette? Thanks, Hugh

Perhaps a recent Olympic medalist? http://triathlonmagazine.ca/feature/british-triathlete-tests-positive-banned-substance-itu-grand-final-cozumel/ You'd think any professional athlete would know not to eat the beef from this part of the world.

Re: Jay, It downloads fine via RoadRunner so you ought be be able to grab it with a good connection. Hugh

Re: Here you go Jay. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287996608_Differences_in_pedalling_technique_between_road_cyclists_of_different_competitive You can download if from the above page. Hugh

Re: Re: Absolutely, but I'd bet Noel really isn't applying power in the manner he envisions. It would be an easy "step1" just to see whether he's actually doing what he thinks he's doing. If he's not actually doing what he contends in terms of force application, the whole "metabolic cost"...