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Average riders v Top riders

Submitted by Steve Lockwood on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 14:44

A number of people are saying that, because we based the standard on the top 10% of riders,  it ignores the average rider and, what's more, it is disadvantageous to the average rider.

In fact completely the opposite is true.  If we had based the standard on average riders there would have been less decline with age and all older riders would have been at a disadvantage.

The following graph illustrates the point.  It shows speeds at 25 miles for all riders - the vertical axis is speed (mph) and the horizontal axis is age (years).

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Trends in age records since 1943

Trends in age records

Age records 1925-1946

Age records 1925-1946 - This was added in response to a query on Timetrialling Forum.  The pre-1943 records would have been information available to EH Strevens at the time he devised the standards.

The SGM

Here is a copy of the presentation which was given at the Special General Meeting on 26th November 2011

Nov presentation 2011 v6.pdf

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