{"id":1290,"date":"2021-07-13T15:48:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2021-07-13T15:48:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:48:45","slug":"cda-or-power-where-should-i-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/discussion\/cda-or-power-where-should-i-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"CdA or Power? Where should I attack?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #fe6000;\">When attacking in a race, you need every Watt possible optimized to create maximum distance between you and your competitors.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>The myWindsock resistance chart shows you each force acting against you and it&#8217;s proportions when moving forward.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1292 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/resistance.jpg\" alt=\"resistance\" width=\"436\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/resistance.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/resistance-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/resistance-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 85vw, 436px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>On a ride, the limiting factor on your speed is the fact that your power is equal to resistances against you. Choosing areas in yellow means high acceleration opportunity, so this is a good place to attack as other resistances are lower here and not a limiting factor.<\/h3>\n<h3>Areas with high proportions of blue show that wind and air resistance is a strong limiting factor so CdA is particularly important here. The reverse goes for areas with low amounts of blue &#8211; CdA isn&#8217;t as important here as air resistance is lower, so it might be better for you to get out of the saddle here and just focus on getting the power out.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When attacking in a race, you need every Watt possible optimized to create maximum distance between you and your competitors. The myWindsock resistance chart shows you each force acting against you and it&#8217;s proportions when moving forward. On a ride, the limiting factor on your speed is the fact that your power is equal to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/discussion\/cda-or-power-where-should-i-attack\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CdA or Power? Where should I attack?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1290"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1295,"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions\/1295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mywindsock.com\/page\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}