Using Power Curve to Identify Strengths & Weaknesses

[anthonylane]

@OreoCookie

Well, the title of the thread is that you want to identify your strengths and weaknesses, and my point is that you can’t tell whether an ability of yours is a strength without having a purpose in mind.

It’s a general question, and I posted up my curve as fodder. I wasn’t specifically asking for someone to give me a personal analysis, but more educate me on how to take what information I have (power curve) and use it to identify strengths and weaknesses.

I watched a talk from Hunter Allen, but I didn’t really learn much. Perhaps it’s just as simple as looking where your power lies in relation to the model.

@OreoCookie

The only thing you can do at this point is look at power charts that tell you where your relative strengths lie. But that only tells you about your abilities, not whether your abilities are actual strengths, that depends on the type of events and riding that you do. Like I said, a strong sprint doesn’t tell you whether you’ll be good at a TT.

This makes sense.