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Frank Day
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[email protected] (Carl Fogel) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> [email protected] (Frank Day) wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
> > It is unlikely that the PowerCranks "work" as a result of either the Hawthorne effect or placebo
> > because the first experience of every user is a substantial worsening of performance. Only after
> > several weeks or months effort do the benefits become evident, although the typical new user can
> > see the potential for benefit almost immediately.
> >
> > Frank (inventor of PowerCranks for those who don't know me)
> >
> [snip]
>
> Dear Frank,
>
> How does a substantial worsening of performance make a potential benefit almost immediately
> visible to the typical new user?
>
> Carl Fogel
It is probably because the initial struggle doesn't last too long, as most people see improvement
starting with the second ride (at least improvement from their first ride effort). Beyond that, I
think it is now because they know these are making them do what people have been telling them they
should do, and what they thought they were doing but now know they were not combined with having
seen or heard of improvements coming from others. It is this ability to see improvement (or change)
coming reasonably quickly that keeps people going. If it took 2 years it is unlikely that anybody
would do it.
In the beginning it was not obvious to users and many egos have gotten in the way of people getting
through the adaption. It took a lot of effort to get some of the first to do it right, ask Phil
Holman. People do not like change just for change sake.
Frank
> [email protected] (Frank Day) wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
> > It is unlikely that the PowerCranks "work" as a result of either the Hawthorne effect or placebo
> > because the first experience of every user is a substantial worsening of performance. Only after
> > several weeks or months effort do the benefits become evident, although the typical new user can
> > see the potential for benefit almost immediately.
> >
> > Frank (inventor of PowerCranks for those who don't know me)
> >
> [snip]
>
> Dear Frank,
>
> How does a substantial worsening of performance make a potential benefit almost immediately
> visible to the typical new user?
>
> Carl Fogel
It is probably because the initial struggle doesn't last too long, as most people see improvement
starting with the second ride (at least improvement from their first ride effort). Beyond that, I
think it is now because they know these are making them do what people have been telling them they
should do, and what they thought they were doing but now know they were not combined with having
seen or heard of improvements coming from others. It is this ability to see improvement (or change)
coming reasonably quickly that keeps people going. If it took 2 years it is unlikely that anybody
would do it.
In the beginning it was not obvious to users and many egos have gotten in the way of people getting
through the adaption. It took a lot of effort to get some of the first to do it right, ask Phil
Holman. People do not like change just for change sake.
Frank