Hi, I am 47 years old, 171 cm, 67 kgs, and I have followed plenty of Trainerroad plans. My fitness has increased in the past years. I love climbs. And I have rode several times with younger people (25-35 years old range), and I can’t follow their pace. Many of these guys just make 2-3 rides on a mon…

[image] marcoslachnowicz: My FTP is 225, Weight 68.0kg, Watts/kg 3.31 Well, sorry to say, but I‘d say I know many people that are more powerful… I’ve started with a Gravel bike 20 month ago, got a trainer 10 month ago and a roadbike 6 month ago. Age >50, FTP 320, 4 W/kg… And I have many peo…

So here’s a bit of a thing. In the amateur world not many people have FTP’s more than 300 Watts (I think I remember the centre of the bell curve was 235 W for all trainer road users) and you save around 30% when sat on the wheel so with a 225 W FTP you should be able to stay with most people on the …

[image] awoffinden: I ride my bike as fast, I know that and that is a pretty important metric! At the end of the day, this is really the only metric that matters. (At least in terms of competitive riding).

What power meter are you using? Were you a high level endurance athlete prior to taking up cycling?

[image] Pbase: What power meter are you using? Road bike: Favero Assioma Duo Gravel bike: power2max NGeco Indoor: Direto XR-T They all show the same to 1 % when I put the Assiomas on any of the other bikes (done repeatedly). [image] Pbase: Were you a high level endurance athlete prior…

[image] awoffinden: So here’s a bit of a thing. In the amateur world not many people have FTP’s more than 300 Watts Do you mean “Amateur” as in people racing without being pro? In that case I’d strongly disagree… As you can figure, I’v just started racing this year, obviously, and I am not s…

Just FYI - you’re a massive outlier on the right side of the bell curve. That’s why I asked. Sorry it’s blurry, a lot of the links and pics in Nate’s post mentioned above are broken, so I can’t get better quality. [image]

I know these plots;-) I also know where my power is on Coggan and/or i.icu tables (in fact, I’m a Coggan noob for short timescales:-o). But I assume most of the people in the bell curve above are not racing at all, thus I would call them “Hobby”, not “Amateur”.

My friends are very strong...or am I missing something?

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Referenced: The Bell curve of cylists - how fast are the average TR users? - #203 by Nate_Pearson?

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My friends are very strong...or am I missing something?

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