Recent content by Retro Trev

Which forum was the 8 page thread about who you are and what you do? I would be interested to see who commented and who's side they are on. Nice to see who the Sky apologists are, best mark them down so they can't go into underground and deny what they have been up to, like all the scum bag...

Boardman talking about using power, perception and pulse. Thought you power boys say heart rate is irrelevant if you have power? "A household name in UK cycling and a man synonymous with a meticulously calculated approach to training, especially in the lead-up to his successful Hour...

Ritchie Porte lost 9 minutes on the climb yesterday. This Tour is becoming an aggregation of substantial losses for Sky. Perhaps part of the problem was caused by the Stages power meter. Sir Dave forgot to take into account the fact that only left leg power is measured, and chose...

The problem is that so many things affect sustainable power output. As you say above, climbing v track, you also have, climbing v flat, road bike v TT bike, hot day v cold day, saddle height, outdoors v indoors, high inertia turbo v low inertia turbo. Most if not all riders can sustain a...

Can anyone post Chris Froome's power meter data for this stage. We need to work out AP, NP, IT, CTL, TSB and know his CdA, so we can work out why he fell off his bike twice. Perhaps the new Stages power meter which only measures left leg power has altered his centre of balance? Or was he on...

More to cycling than power meter data, and the aggregation of marginal gains. Sky riders are so thin they have lost the ability to stay on the bike and the slightest fall knocks all the stuffing out of them. Sorry no sympathy. Perhaps Sir Dave might have considered the huge gains which...

Do you have the heart rate data to look at in conjunction with the power data?

As much art as it is science. Agreed. The best artists have a good understanding of the applicable science.

Good carpenters do not use sub standard tools.

At best approximate and as much art as science, at worst misleading and a waste of time.

Road race performance would be highly variable due to pace and power being dictated by tactics and the power output of competitors. Time trial performance would be more consistent. Would training, fatigue and freshness measures more accurately predict TT performance? Edit: I note from your...

Coach Gergie, Can you elaborate? Which fitness, fatigue and freshness measures didn't tell you much.

Does anyone know what has happened to WKO4?

A half decent barrister would make mincemeat out of him if he ever appears as an expert witness again.

So does Yates think TSS and Performance Manager is rubbish or does he think they don't know how to use it at Sky? Not impressed with the Team Sky management Yates reveals that he is not impressed with Team Sky’s current management and that the only member of the team set-up he is still...