From: rwi@whidbey.com   
      
   On 09/03/2018 05:36 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:   
   > In article , Richard   
   > Isakson  writes:   
   >   
   >> The metric for professional bicyclists seem to be power rather then   
   >> force.  It's interesting to note that for the no resistance case, rider   
   >> B must put out ten times the power of rider A.   
   >   
   > Yes, but for one-tenth of the time.  The energy needed is the same, mgh,   
   > and power is energy/time.   
   >   
      
   True but each cyclist has hid own power limits depending on native   
   ability and training. The competitive racer could easily stay even with   
   rider B while I, the aging weekend duffer, may have trouble staying up   
   with rider A.  Given any group of riders following the same path, each   
   will have their own results at the end of the day even though all of   
   them expended the same amount of energy.   
      
   Eichard   
      
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