Normative Power Data I've been hankering after this for a while and finally got it from the friendly guys over at the cycling plus forums . The table helps to grade your power output per kilogram of weight either as peak power over a given period or as Functional Threshold Power . Anyway, here's the table, snaffled up from here . The chart below summarises a poll from the cyclingforums.com users, most of whom are obviously keen cyclists, albeit amateurs. There is an obvious sweetspot at 300w/75kg that correlates with the table above. I think this is a reasonable FTP target to aim for.
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