Scaleyback
Veteran
- Location
- North Yorkshire
According to Sir Chis Hoy, get yourselves along to British Cycling, you have a future as a track sprinter. OK, going to see what I can do. 
Can you put out 2,600 watts ?
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fatjel
Guru
- Location
- West Wales
I don't think my power meter goes above 500
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Nope. Tried it a few years back on a cycle to work day (probably over 10 years ago) and it was about half that on a Watt bike. 
hoopdriver
Guru
- Location
- East Sussex
I did a story for National Geographic a few years ago on cheetahs. They can put out that many watts, easy. They don’t even need a bike.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Just turned the kettle on. Who do I ring?
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
- Location
- Armonmy Way
Mine does but it never has.
Johnsco
Old Fettler
- Location
- Leeds, West Yorkshire
It counts as watt-minutes ... Not the same as watts.
Your electric meter records kW-H ...... kilowatt-hours .... a kilowatt being 1000 watts.
So - If you run a 2000 watt (2kW) electric fire for 2 hours, you have used 4 kilowatt-hours of electricity.
A watt is a unit of electric power.
A watt-hour is a unit of energy.
You are charged for the number of kW-H you have consumed.
Your electric meter records kW-H ...... kilowatt-hours .... a kilowatt being 1000 watts.
So - If you run a 2000 watt (2kW) electric fire for 2 hours, you have used 4 kilowatt-hours of electricity.
A watt is a unit of electric power.
A watt-hour is a unit of energy.
You are charged for the number of kW-H you have consumed.
presta
Legendary Member
HarryTheDog
Guru
- Location
- Basildon Essex
I cant , the best real power I registered was around 1200 a few years back, on a few occasions before lockdown on my commute I could touch 1,000 sprinting up canning Town Flyover. My son who is a 2 times ex England and European Junior Power lift champion can hit 2,200 in the Gym on a wattbike. Now 28 and not competing he can still squat over 300kg and hes only 5ft 7. when he was a youngster he tried tried track cycling and was bloody good at it, however it did not float his boat and moved on to other sports. ( He regrets it now, no glory or money in power lifting)
Johnsco
Old Fettler
- Location
- Leeds, West Yorkshire
A couple of years ago, I joined in the power-cycling to keep the electrical power going for the band at our local apple-day festival.
The generator powered by one or two cycles charged up a large capacitor which provided a stabilised supply for the electronic equipment.
One cyclist pedaling constantly was enough to power the amplifiers and other gear.
We did about 10 minutes each in turns.
It takes a lot less power to run amplifiers that it does to power a hair-dryer or a kettle.
It shows how small our efforts are !!
The generator powered by one or two cycles charged up a large capacitor which provided a stabilised supply for the electronic equipment.
One cyclist pedaling constantly was enough to power the amplifiers and other gear.
We did about 10 minutes each in turns.
It takes a lot less power to run amplifiers that it does to power a hair-dryer or a kettle.
It shows how small our efforts are !!
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
According to Strava 100W average is a good ride for me. But I ain't sprinting and Strava's guess work is a bit of a mystery too.
