anyone own a powertap?

[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.

[bluegoose]

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.

I guess we're too big a bunch of cheapskates around here. I would love a Powertap, but can't see spending that much money until I have the time and inclination to get more serious than I am.

[creekster]

If I got a powertap then I would not be able to deny that I am not strong and powerrful on the bike. Thus I don't have one. Also, there is that cheapskate thing that BG mentioned.

[MikeWaters]

well, I guess we will have to brag about silly things like how fast we can go on our trainers (for 0.1 sec).

[Archaea]

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.

[MikeWaters]

send me your worthless old casettes! mine is a generic one that is 4 years old!

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Archaea

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.

did u ever get the power tap?

[SteelBlue]

Originally Posted by Archaea

I have buddies doing 500 per week but can't find the time to do that.

What percentage of those buddies are divorced? I've noticed that many of the guys who put in those kind of miles don't stay married for long.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

did u ever get the power tap?

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[Archaea]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

did u ever get the power tap?

I got an IBike for Father's Day, and am learning how to use it. Something;'s wrong because it shows me generating on my sprints 800 watts, in the high thirties. Maybe I was able to break a bottom bracket for a reason. Perhaps I'm missing my calling and should be a sprinter, not an endurance guy. I like the endurance stuff better.