Is that 350w for 30 seconds or 30 minutes?
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FTP is the power you can hold forNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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In relation to descending/handling; bottom bracket height doesn’t matter nearly as much as headtube angle, steering angle, fork offset, or pretty much any other geometry variable. It’s just the easiest to understand.
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Although I’m not such a big fan of their podcast anymore (has become too commercial and lacks focus IMO), I would also categorise 10 hours pw with “only” I’m afraid. The same goes for 90 mins workouts.
Don’t get me wrong during winter 10 hours is my average week but I’m fully aware is really nothing spectacular.
I’d appreciate Trainerroad more however if they offered the flexibility to have plans that go beyond 10 hours when outdoor riding allows it.
Very old debate…but 10 hours pw cannot be classified as high volume.
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Bar tape should be wrapped from the top down not the bottom up.
And group rides generally suck.
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Wait, what!?
So your hands constantly fold up the edges of the tape and pull it apart 
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8-10hrs in a solo ride 
8-10hrs on the trainer 
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People ride the trainer for 8-10 hours? 
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Nobody in their right mind. A few years ago I was training for unbound and had scheduled back to back 6 hour rides on the weekend but there were thunderstorms all weekend. Did both days on trainer. My coach prescribed each hour to be 50 minutes of riding and a 10 minute break just to make it more tolerable.
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I think that is a weekly total. 
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Hey! I resemble that remark! 
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I’ve been unhinged for years, might as well get some extra volume out of it.
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Proof that simple is better. Look at the crazy complicated things we have now. I turn half that shit off, and the other half I ignore.
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I think researchers will eventually find that hair on legs will actually make the rider faster, just like the dimples on a golf ball. They create turbulence around the ball/leg that makes them slipperier in the wind that now flows easier around them. Try to find a dimpleless gold ball. It works!
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I tried it once. It took a week to calm down the chaffed skin. Wearing underwear during that time was so painful too. Yeah, if you have no feeling in that area, why stop at one pair, but HOLY CRAP THAT STUNG FOR FAR TOO LONG!!
Mudguards are overrated. They exist solely for the purpose of enabling grumpy old men to go around being grumpy about other people’s lack of mudguards. 
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For now, all the data show that going shaved is faster…as for now, there are major differences between leg hair and dimples on a golf ball. First, a golf ball is rotating at very high revolutions, requiring dimples across the entire surface. The front of your leg is always facing forward and not rotating. So smoother is likely better.
Also, dimples are precisely shaped and placed…leg hair is random. Random shaping is rarely good for aerodynamics.
There has been some initial research showing that having leg hair on the bag of your leg only is faster than 100% shaved….similar to the Dutch pursuit team all using kiniseo tape on the back of their legs at the Track Worlds last year. Same is true for Silca Aero socks,the pattern on the back of the socks creates a trip barrier for air to stick to as it flows around the back of your legs
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I say it tongue in cheek as the idea of me shaving my legs (thank Ford I’m too old to be a serious competitor, and if I could, I would dull my wife’s razors then). Yeah, a leg isn’t a golf ball, but the idea that research has shown that rough fan blades work better, it’s all physics. I’m not convinced that the expansive balls with the multi sized dimples will actually give a golfer that much distance, but okay…
But telling people who are competitive that shaving their legs is a waste of time is a very unpopular opinion. Possible an ignorant opinion, but so many are…
- Bike weight doesn’t matter
- Hookless isn’t dangerous on road bikes for 99% of riders
- Most road cyclists over 35 will be faster on an endurance bike
- Since weight doesn’t matter, there’s not much reason to be on a carbon frame
- I’d rather crack a carbon frame than an alloy frame because carbon can be repaired
- Clipless pedals don’t increase power transfer in a meaningful way
- Stiff cycling shoes increase pedaling comfort, not power transfer
- There’s simply no such thing as pulling up on the pedals — the other leg is pushing down with way more power than you think the leg pulling up is.
- Road shoes aren’t more effective than MTB shoes. They just feel different.
- Bike manufacturers’ marketing claims aren’t all BS (but their pricing is).
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FTFY
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