Thomas Gerlach wrote:
What's wrong with Trevor as source??? Frankly, I have refrained from this thread and I am not going to get into after being annihilated last year on something similar but honestly things should be relatively obvious to people who are critical and understand what is possible and what isn't possible. Frankly, I would like to propose that just like we have GPS tracking at major Ironmans that we also have:
#1) Mandatory requirement for powermeters for pros. Calibrated by neutral source on race morning
#2) All bike computers are collected at T2.
#3) Results are compared to riders known data points and or inputted into a 3rd party system. Outliers are examined further. Media coverage doesn't get paid if it is determined they influenced the race, slightly pink... But seriously we aren't even attempting to understand the problem. This is livelihood for some.
I could poke all kinds of holes in this and I know you could too. You should know better that this isn't reasonable or even reliable for the following reasons:
- sponsorship obligations to pm's/companies/head units
- compatibility of the same PM on everyone's bike. Can that frame work with a certain pm? What about drivetrain if it's a crank pm?
- not all pm's are going to read exactly the same
- what if there's communication issues (drops, spikes)?
- how do you ensure everyone has a pm with proper battery level?
- gps data is unreliable
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