Stages Cycling - Enduro World Series - Whistler Power Competition Winner

Sep 8, 2016
by Pinkbike Staff  
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You were given 6 riders (Richie Rude, Chris Johnson, Rene Wildhaber, Brook MacDonald, Nate Hills and Geoff Kabush), with 3 power output options each.

Actual Output Results:
Richie Rude - 2732
Chris Johnson - 1982
Rene Wildhaber - 1732
Brook MacDonald - 1863
Nate Hills - 1445
Geoff Kabush - 1894

The winner for this round is Tiagomano and they had this to say about winning a brand new Stages Power Meter:

bigquotesI am truly surprised that I won since I enter every competition and have never won anything, I tried to get the numbers right and I finally won. Thank you Stages and Pinkbike, keep up with the good work. - Tiagomano


Stages Cycling makes power meters for all types of riders. Power meters are a tool that help cyclists get the most from their training. You may be surprised, but many of the riders you follow through Pinkbike’s race coverage use Stages Power to maximize their performance. In Whistler, Stages Cycing collected rider power meter data and used it to quantify how much mechanical work the athletes did over the course of the EWS event. Kilojoules (Kj) are a direct derivation from power data of how much work was done by each rider, thus how 'big' the day was. For reference, a 1hr ride at moderate intensity for a normal rider is around 150kj and a Tour de France rider may expend around 3000kj. For more, read here.

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**Stages Cycling will give away one Stages Power meter, valued up to $649.99 USD. (XTR M9000 Stages Power meter pictured.)

Thanks to Stages Cycling and stay tuned for 1 more contest from them this season.

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34 Comments
  • 16 0
 We all knew Jason Bourne could smash the shit out of any set of pedals.
  • 8 0
 Richie Rude could restart a solar system with that power
  • 5 12
flag WAKIdesigns (Sep 8, 2016 at 6:31) (Below Threshold)
 If he was to hit the sun at his max sprint velocity it'd go supernova which would create a Supermassive black whor... I'll show myself out...
  • 6 0
 2732? That can't be right. Can it?
  • 2 2
 The world record for a stationary trainer is 2378 W for 5 seconds (Manfred Nüscheler)

So this must be a peak for a fraction of a second. Watt is Energy/Time so if you make the interval small enough you get those numbers.
  • 1 0
 Mechanical Work, not wattage exclusively, so yes it's likely right. In the intro they compared to a day in the TDF (but likely for a 140lb dude, but you get the idea)
  • 3 0
 @SickEdit: The numbers are in KJ, not Watts.
  • 2 1
 Maybe I am out of the loop, but I have never heard of cycling power being measure in KJ. I just did an online conversion and it came out to 758 Watts - that too can't be right, that is way to low. I know the Mark Cavendish is around 1500 watts. Anyone in the over 1000 club is a boss.
  • 2 0
 So yeah, this happens when you forget to add the unit
  • 2 0
 @orastreet1: you can't convert work (joules) to power (watts)! It's like converting speed to distance - not possible unless you know time Wink
  • 2 0
 yeah, if you land a rough drop, its not hard to break 2k. I used to have a few stages, but getting new bikes with different cranks every year was getting ridiculous. I even have a Stages XTR in the packacge still. No use for it now. Frown
  • 3 0
 You can send it to me Wink
  • 1 1
 Mate you are not generating 2000W by landing a drop! You might be creating the same strain in the cranks arm as you would be cranking out 2KW, but you are applying that force to both arms simultaneously and not turning the crank (no cadence, no power). If your power meter tells you you are doing 2000W when you land a drop, its either broken or the firmware sucks.
  • 1 0
 @dugglesthemuddled: remember stages are left crank only. I don't have one on mtb but in theory if its still registering some cadence it probably could read big numbers from a drop
  • 1 0
 @rrsport: Yes, true, but the point being that it shouldn't be measuring cadence off a drop. Definately not saying it is impossible for that to happen, it's actually really easy. Just saying that it's not actually 2000W of pedalling power.
  • 2 0
 These figures are kj, not watts. No one puts out 2732 watts. The reason Rude accumulated more kj on the day is because he had some post-stage repairs and was at risk of missing his start for the next stage, so he had to pin it for the whole transfer to make it for his start time.
  • 3 0
 And because he is heavier.
  • 1 0
 @GeeHad: Last I read his weight was around 210lbs. There are also some other fairly big riders on that list either by height, weight, or both so not sure this is a factor in this specific comparison, although in general you are absolutely correct that it will rack up more kj to move a heavier rider around the same route at the same speed.
  • 2 0
 @GeeHad: And because he is a beast....
  • 1 0
 @Ginsu2000: they are moving around the same route at approximately the same speed. RR does it fastest but only by a few percent, whereas the work he did was 30% more. The heaviest rider has to do the most work hauling his ass over the same hills. I've met brook Mcdonald and he's not a big lad, 80kgs. The Internet Google machine says kabush is 76kg. Rude clocks in over 90kg. I would says it's the biggest factor.
  • 1 0
 @GeeHad: Sorry Geehad, your explanation makes no sense. Rude only weighs about 12.5% more than MacDonald, but his kj for the day was 47% higher. The only logical explanation left is a much higher effort level on Rude's part. If you read the race recaps, Rude made it sound like the extra effort he put in on the transfer was far more than the few percent you describe above.
  • 1 0
 @Ginsu2000: Classic nerd fight. You said you didn't think the rider's weight was a factor in the results. Would Rude's amount of work have been higher or lower if he weighed say, 15kgs less, like Kabush?
  • 1 0
 @GeeHad: Don't be dense. Of course, weight changes the numbers. However, given the large differences in kj compared to the much smaller differences in weight, it's definitely not the major contributing factor.
  • 3 0
 @GeeHad: and because of the drugs
  • 4 1
 good lord, the abyss between The One and the rest is stunning... congrats to the winner Smile
  • 8 5
 Chuck Norris once made 34656744356. With no chain.
  • 1 0
 Parabéns!! Também já tive a sorte de ganhar aqui qualquer coisa. A sensação é boa.:-)
  • 1 0
 Obrigado. ainda li mais que uma vez a pm para perceber o que tinha acontecido ahah
  • 1 0
 He could change the worlds rotation
  • 1 0
 Could a pedal strike f*ck up these numbers?
  • 2 0
 Or bottoming out?
  • 1 0
 Shouldn't Cause an issue. My guess the reason it's so high is he was hauling on the last to try and win plus I remember him saying he barely made his next stage start after one of the mechanical issues, so he probably was climbing like a mad man to make it.
  • 1 0
 Rude...
  • 1 0
 2732???? HOLY f*ck!







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