But a big gear pushed by someone with big legs at 'x' rpm is not necessarily faster than someone with weedy legs spinning a lower gear at 'x*1.5' rpm - as is my experience being a weedy leg cyclist who has won open TTs on 86" fixedBigger legs give you the potential to push a higher gear than someone with weedy legs. The speed and endurance bit is down to fitness level.
It's in the mind not the body.
If you believe you can do it - stop believing it all falls apartWell, to be fair, it is mostly in the body - just not all in the legs.
Makes you wonder if the guy in the pic I posted above (Rohan Dennis, world TT champ) could even stay with an awesome guy like that
But a big gear pushed by someone with big legs at 'x' rpm is not necessarily faster than someone with weedy legs spinning a lower gear at 'x*1.5' rpm - as is my experience being a weedy leg cyclist who has won open TTs on 86" fixed
The first part of the sentence may be true, although there are a lot of other factors to take into account in determining blood volume; however the second part is wrong....lactic acid build up is metabolic not a function of blood volume. It depends on so many other factors: fitness, genetic issues, lung capacity etcSomeone with big legs will also have more blood volume and it's quite possible they will be more resistant to lactic acid build up because of this.
I don't know if weight / build play any part in cycling ability , away from the top end of the sport.
Someone with big legs will also have more blood volume and it's quite possible they will be more resistant to lactic acid build up because of this.