Quote Originally Posted by Veronica View Post
What is this overwhelming evidence?

You say cyclists don't have the same leg strength as the average dude on the street. I'd like to see the average dude propel himself up a 17% grade. You're telling me climbing like that is all VO2 Max and lactate threshold?

No, I don't believe that.

Veronica
Everyone's favorite cycling hero, Lance Armstrong, won on Alpe D'huez exerting a total force of 25kg between both legs while en route to his win on that stage.

This is the TdF, the ultimate prize in endurance cycling and the most famous stage race in the world. Is that good enough for you?

Can you do 25kg between both legs? If you can so much as climb stairs then you can.

What people can't do, outside of elite riders, is ride at 400+ watts for an hour, and it has nothing to do with strength.

Power and strength are not the same thing.

That's physics, if you chose not to believe it, then hey, don't believe it.