Downhill Power

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jamball
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Downhill Power

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Hi,

Love my powerpod, does a great job for the most part, but for one thing.

When I am travelling at speed, downhill, pedaling.....sometimes hard, sometimes not, depending on the situation.....but going at speed.

Let's say I am hitting 60km/h and pedaling relatively gently, but with some pressure. How can I be doing 500 watts? Gravity is doing most of the work. Is there something wrong with my powerpod?
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Re: Downhill Power

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If you post a ride file I will take a look, but nothing is wrong.

On downhills cyclists can pick up extra speed by going into a tuck, to be more aero. PP does not know you are in a tuck, so it attributes the extra speed to you pedaling harder.
John Hamann
jamball
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Re: Downhill Power

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Oh!

That is helpful.....and makes sense. This is a recent cycle I did
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Re: Downhill Power

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I think you're ok, though your big climb at the end of your ride has a few speed sensor dropouts. This may be because you dropped below our zero-speed threshold of 3 mph.
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Re: Downhill Power

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Thanks John,

On that big climb, I had to walk for a little bit. It was seriously steep.
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Re: Downhill Power

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Yeah, it was well over 17%!!!
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