Showing posts with label ftp. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Aero and Power

You will no doubt hear some folks saying that FTP is everything.
Get your FTP (Functional Threshold Power) up.
Then after that worry about weight and the bike and position and the rest.

On the other hand, Specialized use the slogan "Aero is Everything".

So we have
a) FTP is everything
b) Aero is everything


So today, I will be looking at what each of these two statements implies for an amateur cyclist with a limited budget (hey, if you're rich, just pay for a professional coach, and he'll do the thinking for you!).