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

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@CZS

This is why I have long thought that TrainerRoad should survey users on everything from nutrition, sleeping habits, etc and then overlay that survey data with the FTP and performance based data you already have to give users an idea of what others are doing that works/doesn’t work.

@CZS I was thinking along the same lines as you a while ago:

TrainerRoad's Big Data

The TR data set is really strong on workout-specific data (Power, HR, cadence data etc.), but weak on “big picture” type data. So, why don’t TR send out a survey to all users to aim to collect such data as: How many years they’ve been cycling. What their cycling background is (road, TT, MTB etc.). What other training they carry out, plus the volume for each discipline. Typical diet (if on LCHF etc.). … If enough data is collected, some useful trends might start to emerge (when tied with the…

As someone pointed out, the main issue is ensuring accuracy of the data collected.