Do Time Trialists/Triathletes prefer the 20min FTP test to the ramp?

[martinheadon]

@JulianM

I’m not sure that’s the right choice of words, I’m pretty sure I’ve never given anything less than a maximal effort in any of the tests

Yes, perhaps I should have said “under-estimation of FTP”.

@JulianM

Rider A - MLSS falls around 70% of maximal ability. For short periods (such as the last few minutes of a ramp test) they may well be able to push well beyond MLSS and overestimate their ability at threshold.

Rider B - MLSS falls around 95% of maximal ability. Once they pass their MLSS there really isn’t much headroom to work with and MLSS will be very much underestimated using a test like the Ramp Test.

I think the thread is running under the assumption that most TTers fall in, or towards, the Rider B category.