Janhein
September 1, 2021, 10:34pm
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Last year I created an FTP predictor based on self-reported TR user data. Not endorsed by TR in any way, just a best effort from a user and out of curiosity. Wanted to know what a realistic goal for an (aging) cyclist is.
Copy of FTP model
Multiple parallel users can cause problems, consider using the second tab. Only modify cells B7 to B12. ,M,L
This model is based on 185 self-reported FTP gains in the Trainerroad forum and was created by a TR user, not the TR team....
Trainerroad makes you a faster cyclist, but how much faster? From the thread ‘The Bell curve of cyclists ’ we already know how fast the average TR cyclist is. But what about the average improvements realized using Trainerroad? The thread ‘Your FTP improvements ’ has 1098 comments as of today, and answers this question for individual users. Here a best-effort exploration of the aggregate data in that thread.
Of the 1098 comments posted, 185 self-reported results could be retrieved that included 1)…
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