Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier

Re:Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier by msandford on Monday September 02, 2019 @11:08AM (#20859518)

You can produce torque in excess of your weight by using pedals that clip in and pedaling "circles" instead of "squares". When I was in good shape I figured I could produce torque much closer to my weight than half of it.

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Re:Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier by dpark on Monday September 02, 2019 @11:37AM (#20859741)

The average rider probably cannot produce more torque than their weight that way. A quick search indicates that professional cycling sprinters can generate slightly over 100 ft-lb of torque. The average rider won’t be producing anything close to that. (Hard to find anything definitive, though.)

If you aren’t standing up sprinting, you’re definitely not going to be getting anything close to your “body weight torque”.

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Re:Bugatti has broken the 300mph barrier by hazeii on Monday September 02, 2019 @11:33AM (#20859704)

Did you forget to figure in the crank length? 180lbs at 6" is 90 foot-lbs of torque.

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