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If you get above 400w, consider turning pro.

Even though it won't run your refrigerator, I would have been pleased to be able to plug an external mobile device battery into a smart trainer during a recent power outage so i could continue to work on a book manuscript while power was out.

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The winner of the Giro d'Italia stage today was doing nearly 600W for just over 17 minutes.

I don't think you can have a 400W bike FTP without already being a pro.

There might be a handful of time trialists here in the UK with day jobs that could do that, but yeah no one is doing that without dedicating a huge part of their life to training.

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