First British Cycling e-racing champion stripped for cheating

[DaveWh]

No one on this forum ever inflates their FTP

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…

It’s the same kind of mentality that motivates people to cheat “just a little” on Zwift… the scale says 72kg, but I think it’s reading high, so I’ll round down to 70kg… many people don’t even view this as cheating, it’s just stretching the truth a little.