He also mentioned that his ftp on a flat road is significantly lower than on a climb. 10% or more. Does he adjust his ftp setting depending on what he’s working on? It sounded like 380-390w on a TT bike on a flat road was “nothing crazy”. My guess is 415w is likely a conservative number and not his best one-off on a great day, and could be significantly higher on a climb on a record power day.
When you are dialed in you know your body better than a computer.
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Enjoyable interview for the first while, especially hearing Pogi’s endurance ride numbers, but I get the sense Pogi became frustrated/bored with Attia’s increasingly dull questions near the end.
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I haven’t listened to it yet but headed out on a ride so I’ll cue it up.
Any mention of nose breathing?
Speaking of good interview questions… I’d love to see Pogi on an episode of Hot Ones. The wings might mess up training a few days though. 
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Yup, you’d think he could get away with riding something like a 4iiii Dura Ace crankset (power on those is supposed to be reliable) so it’s still mostly Shimano. Or maybe Shimano should just buy 4iiii!
I don’t believe Shimano is an official sponsor of UAE. That jives with the fact that they use carbon-ti rings/rotors, enve wheels/cockpit, pro logo saddles, and MET helmets. Rumor was that they made the switch due to Pogs preference.
looking at a photo of his new Worlds bike, the spider is Dura race but the chain rings are not so why would he have a bad power meter??? Clearly they are not obligated to use Shimano drive train components so what the heck does he use for a power meter that has temperature drift?
OK Trainer road detectives what the heck is the drive train and in particular the chain rings on this bike??? and does anyone actually know what he uses for a power meter? It might not be Shimano???
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I thought remco had a magnet fall off during the pre race dropped chain fiasco. Are the shimano PMs still relying on a separate magnet?
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They are. There’s a few benefits of using a magnet. Faster wake-up being one. Either way, I’m amused at how this story keeps on keeping on. What’s their breaking point to resolve this?
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This is his TDF bike and you can see the DA PM atop the crank. It’s hard to know if that Colnago is a real image of his bike or just a render. The video doesn’t shoe the PM, but there also aren’t pedals and it has Pirellis on it instead of the usual Conti GP5k TT.
Also, if he wants to use DA cranks, his PM options are limited: Shimano, 4iiii, Stages(???), or something pedal-based.
Umm…. You’re doing it wrong.
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You are correct, Shimano is not an official sponsor of UAE. I work at MET helmets - he’s a great athlete to work with!
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You guys aren’t considering that he might not be so fixated on power numbers. He said he is used to riding by HR, and feeling. Maybe that’s why he’s interesting to watch as he isn’t looking at numbers 100% of the time.
I don’t think that if he really wanted a different power meter he wouldn’t have had it.
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that may be true but on the other hand, it is not exactly about watching but what he and his coach might glean from the data after the fact. In other ways he is leaving no stone unturned based upon what he said in the podcast so it just seems funny that he is using a crappy power meter when he could have a good one. A bad measurement is worse than no measurement at all. That Shimano power meter is just ballast.
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He can gather accurate power data on the trainer I suppose.
That said, the outdoor data would certainly be helpful and I too wonder why he would even entertain the use of a product that simply doesn’t work.
Perhaps his training bikes have a different PM set up
why??? he races and racing is where the truth is, training as long as the PM is precise (meaning reproducible) then that is fine but you want to see what happens when a race is on and from the statement he made that there are temperature (drift) problems that makes it sound like not so consistent. So why have a different measuring device on a training bike vs his race bike??? Seems strange.
It does seem strange. As I said, why would he even entertain the use of a product that simply doesn’t work.
But he seems to be doing OK.
Would his list of palmares be longer if he had a better power meter?