Being a bigger rider you will be expending more energy than lighter guys on the flat, your momentum might be slightly better but the difference barely noticeable by the extra power required by you to maintain it forwards.
Many riders talk about watts per kilo (w/kg) where basically the amount of power you can produce is divided by your weight. A heavier 100kg rider pushing out 2 w/kg (so 200 watts) in theory will travel the same speed as a 50kg rider pushing 100 watts. That''s without taking wind resistance, elevation or a miriad of other factors into play. Although the lighter rider will be requiring less energy to produce his wattage*. You'll hear/see pro riders talking about 'race weight' where each rider will have an optimum weight they know they can drop to without impacting their power, the end result being they have less weight to carry up the hills/on the flats giving them a higher w/kg value. In simple terms - making them faster for the same effort (power produced)!
*Watts generated have deminishing returns, it takes more than twice the energy to generate 800 watts than 400 watts.
I love the analogy of an endurance battery but i've not the time/brain power to convert it into my examples using very rudimentary science
Many riders talk about watts per kilo (w/kg) where basically the amount of power you can produce is divided by your weight. A heavier 100kg rider pushing out 2 w/kg (so 200 watts) in theory will travel the same speed as a 50kg rider pushing 100 watts. That''s without taking wind resistance, elevation or a miriad of other factors into play. Although the lighter rider will be requiring less energy to produce his wattage*. You'll hear/see pro riders talking about 'race weight' where each rider will have an optimum weight they know they can drop to without impacting their power, the end result being they have less weight to carry up the hills/on the flats giving them a higher w/kg value. In simple terms - making them faster for the same effort (power produced)!
*Watts generated have deminishing returns, it takes more than twice the energy to generate 800 watts than 400 watts.
I love the analogy of an endurance battery but i've not the time/brain power to convert it into my examples using very rudimentary science
