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One thing good about having power meter is that your calories burned are more closer to the output you put out as opposed to guesstimating it from your HR, distance and time. That also means lower calorie numbers, but you kinow if you can have that cake or not 🤣. I like the fact that you are efficient on the bike, my 92kg body have to put a lot of effort and a lot more power to grind on that fast group ride!
I used to listen to the podcast called "Fast Talk". What I gathered from their conversations was that honing in on using and listening to percieved effort is very effective. I'd say it's better than wrong or poor use of power data (which isn't always precise either).
All the half-wheeling going on out there would make me too sketchy to be with that group. Do you enjoy those type of washing-machine type of rides, where you're constantly coasting, punching 600W, back down to 150w, up to 280w and rinse and repeat? To me, it's like doing a crit. Something I rather not do on a weekend club ride.
Beautiful bike, rider, and review. Thank you. Higher end e-bikes are moving towards road bike design. I just purchased a gazelle c380 with bosch mid drive motor. No throttle. Nothing wrong with a small amount of assist for us that need to stay in the saddle and enjoy cycling.
Great review, Luis! I am interested in getting a pair of the Magene Exar DB 508s. Would I need to order a driver body for Sram or would the XDR driver body that comes with the rear wheel work with a Sram Rival 12-speed cassette? Also, could these wheels accommodate 31 - 35 C tires? Thanks for your help.
Where can we see pedal smoothness meter? I like that. Thank you for all the data. I understand how the whole drafting makes for less power despite the speed however I would definitely have a high heart rate out of fear 😂
😂😂😂 I think you would be fine. If you use a garmin, you can log in to your Garmin connect portal on your PC and it shows amazing data and detail for every ride👍🏾
Dutch brand Gazelle did a run of 250 steel road frames back in 2017/2018 to celebrate their 125th birthday. A Reynolds frame with a Cervelo carbon fork (Gazelle and Cervelo are both part of the same parent company). Gazelle had long since stopped producing road bikes, let alone steel ones, but for this occasion harkened back to their famous Champion Mondial model that ran from the '60s through to the late '90s / early 2000s, which, as the name suggests, at one point won the world championship and utterly dominated Dutch amateur racing. I'm not sure I ever found out who they commissionned to build the frames for them - I might have forgotten or never found out in the first place. It was a beautiful thing, but too expensive for me, plus I'm happy as can be with my' 1992 Champion Mondial built with modern components.
Just picked up a set of the Assioma Duo pedal PMs to pair with a Garmin computer. Haven't had them out on the road yet, but seeing what the information provided for analytics, I'm really looking forward to it now. Thank you, and that was one quick ride; really enjoyed the video!
I ride to HR, power is a nice to know statistic but won’t change my riding. To see my improvement over time I compare similar rides from last year when I was reasonably well trained to this year while I’m working up to things. And my HR then and now to see how hard I’m really working. Improvement is massive. 30km and 400m climb rides (these are very short) from 1:40 to 1:10 100km ride 3 years ago 5:40. This year 4:06. And in both examples I’m far less tired at the end and the next day
I read one glowing review of a carbon bike, then read the guy had to buy a new bike in a year and a half after it broke. Then I read a glowing review if a steel bike, *bought 20 years ago.* That's why I like steel.
I have a Red 1984 Pinarello Treviso, Columbus Tubing. It is a Good looking Bike. Never Sell it - I love it. Still a great ride. These bikes are lightweight Tanks on two wheels.
I’m a huge advocate of PM data. I use it as a training tool. IMO in order to properly leverage a PM as a training tool you have to identify your FTP. As you know, I’m a distance rider. So for me, intensity factor is a key metric. If I’m doing a 200k or 300k ride I need to be cautious about fast starts. If in the 1st 50k to 100k my IF is >.8 it’s gonna be a rough day and a strong to finish. Another offshoot of using power is identifying your TSS on a ride and measuring the volume of your training.
I’m a huge advocate of PM data. I use it as a training tool. IMO in order to properly leverage a PM as a training tool you have to identify your FTP. As you know, I’m a distance rider. So for me, intensity factor is a key metric. If I’m doing a 200k or 300k ride I need to be cautious about fast starts. If in the 1st 50k to 100k my IF is >.8 it’s gonna be a rough day and a strong to finish. Another offshoot of using power is identifying your TSS on a ride and measuring the volume of your training.
Another great video. A free Chrome extension/desktop app I also use with Strava is Elevate. This can show you in Strava the power/zones breakdown and the desktop app has been great for me to track my fitness and intensity over the last few years.
Maaaan, I'm soooo glad you built the Darkstar back up and making more content with it. I almost pulled the trigger when I saw it posted for sale. As per usual, another great video, Sir!
Nice! Never a need for me to skip anywhere but the chapters are useful. 58 and riding fresh as ever. Wish my roads in Essex UK were as flat as those lol
I'm 71 and have been saving up for a power meter for many years and not there yet lol. Now I don't need one and just use my old school heart rate monitor methods I've employed over the last 40 years. Simple truth is, I'm riding near max most of the time these days just trying to keep the pedals going etc and knowing my power output would have no effect of my effort. With all the soft pedaling, I kept thinking you head to the front and put out a little bit of effort instead of just sitting in the whole ride. Guess that's not your style of riding.
I watch a few cycling youtube channels, but I must say your videos are always a favorite of mine. Keep this channel going strong! I've been watching my blood pressure a lot lately and it has been dropping alot due to cutting out junk food.. Let's ride!
I have been riding with a power meter over 4 years now. My power is Garmin Vector 3's. Unless I am steady state hill climbing I think there is a pretty good lag in actual power readings. Sometimes 225 watts feels like 300+, sometimes the other way around. At the end of the ride I usually pay more attention to the "normalized" power number. Thanks for the vid!
Are you calibrating before every ride? 500W 3 second power through the roundabout seems a bit much. Maybe the timing is slightly off for the telemetry overlay.
