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Mt. Tabor 25.4. 40+ Race. 10th place

Mt. Tabor 25.4  50+ Race. 3rd Place

Work and Tabor Commute

I'm pretty "lucky" to have an approximately 25 minute climb on my PM Commute. I'm not very good at training and metrics and what not. So I don't regularly do FTP tests. But I'm realizing that continuous climbs of this time duration aren't that easy to find in the Portland area. This one isn't perfect as there are a couple intersections with traffic lights. But they provide some options depending on the signal cycle. This hasn't been possible on my junker commuter road bike until I recently (finally) set up the old power tap hub. Now I can do it whenever I want LOL. What do people think - is FTP affected by the fact that I have a 15 pound backpack on? Sure it makes me slower. But does it effect how much power I can put out for 20-25 minutes? Would I have a significantly different output if I was minimally loaded on my light race bike? I feel an experiment coming.

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Devin Bailly

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Mt. Tabor 25.4. 40+ Race. 10th place

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Work and Tabor Commute

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