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Re: Josh Amberger's "ITT" win at 70.3 Xiamen [Thomas Gerlach]
Thomas Gerlach wrote:
Without the data we don't get to see it.


There is plenty of publicly available data to do just that, even from Josh (here and here, for a couple examples). At 65 kg, he's stronger on the hillier courses, even though he'll not ever make Lionel watts. I'm too lazy to run his shit through BBS, but I suspect he's fairly aero as well, and he seems disciplined with respect to his position. The secret to his cycling prowess is largely power to weight, and his achilles heal historically has been that he doesn't pace himself -- though he seems to be maturing as an athlete in doing just that. Good for him.

All that said, I do dislike when pros won't release data or release data inconsistently. I appreciate the rappstar school of open data and think Chris Lieto is a bit of a douche nozzle for guarding his data for his entire career, as if there's some secret. Because: there isn't. Watts/CdA and Watts/kg. Josh seems to be transitioning to a Lieto position on this issue, which is a shame, but it's his data and he can do with it what he wants. I don't think there's much 'publicity' in it for the guy one way or another.

Thomas Gerlach wrote:
We as pros knows that the data is basically meaningless


And we as amateurs know that data is meaningful and those who say or think otherwise might be common morons.
Last edited by: PubliusValerius: Nov 14, 16 10:22

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  • Post edited by kileyay (Dawson Saddle) on Nov 14, 16 10:22