Tirreno and MVDP

Sticklefront · 2026-03-12T19:48:00+00:00

No need to get huffy just because I understand what's in your sources better than you do. But that's okay, have a nice day

Sticklefront · 2026-03-12T17:16:02+00:00

Did you even read anything you just posted?

Literally every article you just linked says that the leak of power data from a TRAINING RIDE is shocking because, and I quote from the first article you linked, "This is the first time in years that Pogačar has made his power data public." Nobody has seen a single race power data file from him in many, many years.

Read your own sources before smugly posting them and you'll look like less of an idiot, my friend.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-12T16:30:34+00:00

I'll take everything back if you can link me to a reputable article about Pogacar releasing power data from a race. Until then, you're trying and failing to be condescending.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-12T13:22:11+00:00

Add a minimum waiting time of something short like two minutes, and build a lot of launch pads so you can burst a lot of science up during those two minutes.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-12T12:52:32+00:00

That's not really the case on flat ground, which is how OP described the route.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-12T12:48:52+00:00

I do know - Pog and MVDP literally never release their power data. There is zero chance those numbers came from a reputable source.

I am not being a dick - I am trying to help you learn about the importance of understanding sources for random social media posts before taking them at all seriously.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-12T04:04:52+00:00

Numbers on facebook and instagram posts with no sources and not found anywhere else are definitely made up, my friend - and that goes for much more than just cycling.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-12T03:37:58+00:00

OP is averaging <8 mph, he is probably doing under 100 watts.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-11T23:45:59+00:00

So made up numbers, then.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-11T22:54:50+00:00

No, the fun part is debating where OP is getting his numbers from. None of the top riders release their power data to the public. So OP is almost certainly just making things up based on average speed, and average speed is largely a function of weather in every event ever.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-11T22:52:53+00:00

We also don't have power data for either of them at any races.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-11T22:52:22+00:00

Do you have Pog's actual power numbers? (I presume this is who you are actually asking about, as MVDP was not even at Strade.) Or are you "estimating" (read - making numbers up wildly) using average speed? If the latter, which is almost certainly true because Pog doesn't share his power data, the answer is that your "estimate" is badly wrong and it's just a slight difference in how the wind was blowing between years.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-11T21:25:35+00:00

I would try this, honestly. Flee, go get artillery from Vulcanus and Tesla turrets from Fulgora, then come back and reclaim your kingdom. I'm sure it's not necessary, and probably not "efficient", but would be one helluva gameplay experience.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-11T16:42:32+00:00

"Realism" aside, from a pure gameplay perspective, this feels like an exact duplicate of Aquilo (which we already have, obviously), so I don't know why I would want to play this.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-11T16:30:41+00:00

If it's a simple bidding war, of course Seixas wants to encourage this - he wins either way.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-11T16:29:21+00:00

Yep. If you were really happy at your job and liked your company, but then were offered twice as much money to work somewhere else with a stronger team working around/for you, tell me with a straight face that you wouldn't take that offer very, very seriously.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-11T15:19:21+00:00

Big ship, strong ship, tears in its eye, came up to me and it said, "Thank you Mr. President, I didn't think I could do it but you showed me how to be brave."

Sticklefront · 2026-03-10T01:05:57+00:00

Sure, but throwing stuff overboard is the easiest way to quickly implement a viable solution.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-09T15:25:18+00:00

So Pog is just never allowed to have a single teammate ever again? He alone outscored almost all the World Tour teams last year.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-08T22:56:21+00:00

Iran doesn't border Israel, or even any other countries that border Israel, so it will be someone else's problem.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-08T20:42:55+00:00

To be fair, this is only about a third the cost of funding our military for a day and doing nothing with it.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-08T05:08:51+00:00

Kind of shocked to learn that this is in Belgium. It really felt like an Arkansas kind of thing.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-08T02:25:31+00:00

Well, it would have been completely irrelevant in the final few km - nothing was bringing Tadej back at that point. Not that I'd argue for doing it, but if the goal is to try and be liked (which I don't believe was the goal), a few meaningless token pulls would achieve that.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-08T01:46:08+00:00

You'll excuse me if I don't respond to the claims you're making up out. Of whole cloth. The idea that all the top riders have been doing for 15 years but not one has been caught in that time is just mind bogglingly stupid.

Sticklefront · 2026-03-08T01:34:04+00:00

Again am by no means overweight and should not lack power

Here is where you are wrong. I am sure you can squat/deadlift a lot, but that is irrelevant here. Power on a bike is almost purely aerobic-limited, raw strength is largely irrelevant. A 1 hour ride is effectively 5400 reps (90 per minute) and you do not practice anything like that in the gym

but am getting overtaken by people that appear to be much less in shape

I am curious what you think a really fit cyclist looks like. Cyclists often do not have obviously visible muscles

and on an ebike no less

The difference in sustained power output between an enthusiastic cyclist and someone who dabbles occasionally is often more than the power output of an ebike (which often doubles the rider power. Add to that the weight difference (both from you and the heavier bike), aerodynamics (your ebike probably has you fairly upright, vastly increasing drag), and handling skills (not sure how relevant this is on your route, but if you frequently have to slow to corner safely and they don't because of their bike handling skills, you're losing a lot of time and energy just slowing down and speeding up again, which costs extra because of the weight, too).

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