30 second Wattbike challenge

[winjim]

The Giant showroom in Sheffield is doing a 30 second Wattbike challenge in aid of Sheffield foodbank. Basically they set the resistance depending on your weight, you pedal like billy-o for 30secs and they give you your stats. £1 entry, winner gets a bike fit. I got:

• Average output 567W
• Max output 710W
• Power:weight 8.76 W/kg
• Fatigue level 36%

Apparently I'm the best non-staff member so far (out of a very small pool of seven).

Anyone else having a go? And, since I've never used a power meter before, do those stats look any good?

 

[huwsparky]

Don't really know, but I did read somewhere that Chris Hoy can produce 2.5Kw, or at least could!

 

[Rob3rt]

The Giant showroom in Sheffield is doing a 30 second Wattbike challenge in aid of Sheffield foodbank. Basically they set the resistance depending on your weight, you pedal like billy-o for 30secs and they give you your stats. £1 entry, winner gets a bike fit. I got:

• Average output 567W
• Max output 710W
• Power:weight 8.76 W/kg
• Fatigue level 36%

Apparently I'm the best non-staff member so far (out of a very small pool of seven).

Anyone else having a go? And, since I've never used a power meter before, do those stats look any good?

Is that W/kg over 30 secs or peak power? I think either way you would fall into the untrained category on the Coggan power profile (which should be taken as intended, a guide not an absolute).

 

[winjim]

Is that W/kg over 30 secs or peak power? I think either way you would fall into the untrained category on the Coggan power profile (which should be taken as intended, a guide not an absolute).

That's over the full 30 secs. Peak was 11.0 W/kg over 5 secs. Untrained does describe me, although now I've googled the Coggan profile it would have been nice to edge it into fair.

This is of course, all just a bit of fun messing about in the shop on a Saturday morning .