Re: [hpv] India's gift to green drive: Bicycle @ 40kmph

Little semantics here ... leg muscles can develop a maximum power rating, call it X watts. 

A sprinter who weighs in at 100-kg will have more of this than a 60-kg climber. 

The system that delivers power can't deliver more than X watts.

Shorter cranks may deliver more power than longer ones, but neither delivers more than X watts.

tom mallard
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----- Original Message -----
From: "C POLLARD" <plaidp <at> msn.com>
To: "Tom Mallard" <mallard <at> mallard-design.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:45:04 PM (GMT-0700) America/Phoenix
Subject: RE: [hpv] India's gift to green drive: Bicycle @ 40kmph

But didn't Greenspeed's results show that you got more power from shorter cranks? 
  
Chris P 

> From: mallard <at> mallard-design.com 
> To: lray <at> mindspring.com; hpv <at> bikelist.org 
> Subject: RE: [hpv] India's gift to green drive: Bicycle @ 40kmph 
> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:41:31 -0700 
> 
> Power can't be increased from what the muscles are doing, 
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