I stopped racing 13 years ago. Peter Keen had his 4 levels and people were amazed by the speed of Chris Boardman and how "scientific" it all was.
... I come back to the sport and I'm wondering if I get a power meter next year will it tell me which one of several different "level scales" (that all seem to have almost twice the number of levels of Keen's) I'm using and spit the information out after downloading into a "cool r0x0rs acroYm" forum text for me. You average Joe in the cycling store spits out more "scientific verbage" than Peter Keen did at the BCF coaching conference followings Boardmans Olympic gold.
I read some of these training posts and wonder how I can actually ride my bike without falling over from being distracted by having to follow all the info....
Yes, I write this mostly in jest, but I get the feeling that most are making this way harder than it really needs to be.
... I come back to the sport and I'm wondering if I get a power meter next year will it tell me which one of several different "level scales" (that all seem to have almost twice the number of levels of Keen's) I'm using and spit the information out after downloading into a "cool r0x0rs acroYm" forum text for me. You average Joe in the cycling store spits out more "scientific verbage" than Peter Keen did at the BCF coaching conference followings Boardmans Olympic gold.
I read some of these training posts and wonder how I can actually ride my bike without falling over from being distracted by having to follow all the info....
Yes, I write this mostly in jest, but I get the feeling that most are making this way harder than it really needs to be.