You know the math on this isn't too bad. If you start calculations on what kind of bike someone should buy, or is overspending, using a brand new P3 as the basis Times the Percentage Finish in a triathlon:
100% = $3600
95% = 3325
90% = 3240
85% = 3060
80% = 2880
75% = 2700
70% = 2520
65% = 2340
60% = 2160
55% = 1980
50% = 1800
And so on....
10% would equal a $360 bike.
Obviously we could get all worked up in questions like, which races. Do you include or average all the races? Which races. Oly, or sprint, or Ironman, half Ironman. And so on.
It ends up working about right. Anyone in the 48-50 percent range would not be a poser, would be well under the Poser guidelines, for a dual or that competing Felt bike out there.
Finishing up: I should be entitled to about a $420 bike. And, lets look at how exceedingly brilliant my numbers are on this chart I have developed: I have a 2000 Raleigh R700. And, holy cow, guess what, its worth about $400. Therefore, I am currently not "posing."
WHOOO (wiping sweat off my brow)
HOWEVER, I am sneakily spying on buying---this is a what if---a used P2K, for 1500. Let's say I buy that sucker and use it in the next race, BEFORE I reach the correct POSER correct level, the correct level being the finish percentage for a $1500 bike: which would require me to overall finish in the lower 35%. Notice I am clearly posing now, by ($1500 - $420) $1080. Poser level: 420/1080 x 100 = 38.8 percent.
How much of a poser would I be if I were to ride that sucker. According to this formula: my poser level would be 38.8 percent.
100% = $3600
95% = 3325
90% = 3240
85% = 3060
80% = 2880
75% = 2700
70% = 2520
65% = 2340
60% = 2160
55% = 1980
50% = 1800
And so on....
10% would equal a $360 bike.
Obviously we could get all worked up in questions like, which races. Do you include or average all the races? Which races. Oly, or sprint, or Ironman, half Ironman. And so on.
It ends up working about right. Anyone in the 48-50 percent range would not be a poser, would be well under the Poser guidelines, for a dual or that competing Felt bike out there.
Finishing up: I should be entitled to about a $420 bike. And, lets look at how exceedingly brilliant my numbers are on this chart I have developed: I have a 2000 Raleigh R700. And, holy cow, guess what, its worth about $400. Therefore, I am currently not "posing."
WHOOO (wiping sweat off my brow)
HOWEVER, I am sneakily spying on buying---this is a what if---a used P2K, for 1500. Let's say I buy that sucker and use it in the next race, BEFORE I reach the correct POSER correct level, the correct level being the finish percentage for a $1500 bike: which would require me to overall finish in the lower 35%. Notice I am clearly posing now, by ($1500 - $420) $1080. Poser level: 420/1080 x 100 = 38.8 percent.
How much of a poser would I be if I were to ride that sucker. According to this formula: my poser level would be 38.8 percent.