Weight loss for race performance

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I know you’re a big guy, but that’s still a very high FTP, even if you go wt/kg. How are you measuring it?

Some data from Nate a while back.

Raw watts

The Bell curve of cylists - how fast are the average TR users?

More fun data! This time I pulled raw FTP data for men and women. Interesting facts: The top of the bell curve for Men is between 230-240 watts. Men “mess up” the bell curve at 200 and 300 watts; both are “over reported” and don’t fit the bell curve. My guess is that men tend to round up at these numbers due to our egos . I know I’ve been at 290 before and went “Might as well make it an even 300!”. Women seem to suffer the same rounding up issues as men at 200 watts. The top of the b…

Wt/kg

The Bell curve of cylists - how fast are the average TR users?

Moar data!!! It seems like people want to see what’s “TR Average” and compare themselves to that. I’ve broken everything down a lot more. While I was doing this I wonder if we’re breaking new ground here…I don’t think anyone else has this much accurate data on riders. Insights: You get slower as you get older (duh). You can see that there’s a steep decline starting at 3.5-3.75 FTP/kg for men and women when you compare age in 10-year buckets. For both men and women, there’s a large drop off…