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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
Would probably be a waste of money in my case. But I have fantasies of having a cycling coach, etc.
http://onlinebikecoach.com
I know this guy. He's in the same club.
I'm too cheap and non-dedicated to do it however. I've put in less miles in 4 years than Archaea does in one year. |
Next year I probably will purchase one but am ashamed how little power I generate.
I watched the Tour seeing guys ramp up quite a bit.
My wife and I figured out we average about 700 to 750 miles per month. She complained she only road 150 last week while training for her marathon. I have buddies doing 500 per week but can't find the time to do that.
On my long trainer rides, (I have a CompuTrainer) I'm lucky to average 175 watts per hour. I can ramp it up to over 600 to 700 for a couple of milliseconds.
One bad thing about miles, you must constantly purchase new chains and new cassettes. I replace the cassette once per year and the chains three times per year. My climbing cassettes I don't replace quite as often but they get expensive.
The really expensive cassettes are the conversions to an 11/27 Dura Ace.