Hi does anyone else struggle as a heavy rider on flat courses in events? As a 100kg rider, once I’m up to speed everyone else rides away… I’m thinking this is a W/kg issue as it’s tough to get the cadence high enough at 25mph+ to produce the necessary wattage to compete with those lighter riders at high W/KG at lower overall watts
It’s usually the other way round.
As a lighter rider 62kg, I’m left for dead by bigger riders as soon as the road turns flat. I’m in dire straits when the road goes downhill.
What bike do you use on the trainer, and what trainer do you have. If you use a Mountain bike you wont be able to keep up and will spin out on the flats. What are your max cadence?
we just need to lose weight. i ride at 108 kg but FTP is 246 W… so an hour D ride at 2 to 2.5 WPK is like a full on FTP ride… hard for me to hang the whole 60 minutes.
That does not sound normal.
What elite trainer are you using, did you calibrate and update firmware. Bluetooth or Ant + .
Do you mind sharing your strava name, I would like to peek at your ride info to see if i can spot something. You can Private message me if you don’t want it on the net.