For Cyclists over 50
This Test shows you what kind of Rider you are and the one thing that's been holding you back
This Test shows you what kind of Rider you are and the one thing that's been holding you back
Rider Profile Test in a Nutshell
Most riders think there are hundreds of ways to train. There aren't. There are eight kinds of rider — and one of them is you.
You didn't choose yours. You found what suited you early on and rode that way ever since — which means you quietly stopped doing something, and were never told what.
That's your blind spot. Under fifty it never showed, because you had spare capacity and fitness papers over a lot. That surplus is gone, and your blind spot is now your ceiling.
Every plan you've followed was built on younger riders. This test was made for riders over fifty. After fifty the answer isn't training harder. It's finding your blind spot and putting the work back in.
Rider Profile Test in a Nutshell
Most riders think there are hundreds of ways to train. There aren't. There are eight kinds of rider — and one of them is you.
You didn't choose yours. You found what suited you early on and rode that way ever since — which means you quietly stopped doing something, and were never told what.
That's your blind spot. Under fifty it never showed, because you had spare capacity and fitness papers over a lot. That surplus is gone, and your blind spot is now your ceiling.
Every plan you've followed was built on younger riders. This test was made for riders over fifty. After fifty the answer isn't training harder. It's finding your blind spot and putting the work back in.
Rider Profile Test in a Nutshell
Most riders think there are hundreds of ways to train. There aren't. There are eight kinds of rider — and one of them is you.
You didn't choose yours. You found what suited you early on and rode that way ever since — which means you quietly stopped doing something, and were never told what.
That's your blind spot. Under fifty it never showed, because you had spare capacity and fitness papers over a lot. That surplus is gone, and your blind spot is now your ceiling.
Every plan you've followed was built on younger riders. This test was made for riders over fifty. After fifty the answer isn't training harder. It's finding your blind spot and putting the work back in.
Riders
Meet the Profiles
So which of the eight are you? Every one of these riders is missing something, yours included. Here's a brief look at each of them.
Architect
His training file is immaculate. Every session logged, every block planned, nothing ever missed. The most disciplined rider you know. He also races almost exactly the same time year after year, and can't work out why.
Blacksmith
The hard man with a plan. Often an ex-racer. He doesn't just go hard. He goes hard on the days the block says. Enormously effective, and the most likely of the eight to ride himself into the ground without noticing.
Chaser
Sits in, says nothing, and the moment someone comes past he's on the wheel. He doesn't plan an effort, he reacts to one. The best instincts in the group, and no idea how to use them on purpose.
Drover
He just rides. Long, steady, all day, in any weather. No plan, and no interest in one. He'll still be riding like this long after the rest of us have stopped, but ask him for a minute at four hundred watts and there's nothing there to ask.
Maverick
Rides on how he feels that morning. Some days he's the strongest man on the road. Some days he turns round after twenty minutes. No plan, doesn't want one, and when he's good, he's very good.
Wanderer
Sets off for two hours and comes back after five, having taken a turn he'd never taken because it looked interesting. Loves the bike more than anyone in the group. Couldn't tell you what he did last Tuesday.
Metronome
The same volume every year, at a pace that never changes. He doesn't blow up, ever. He also hasn't gone properly deep in a very long time, and he'd struggle to tell you when.
Hammer
Attacks the first rise, attacks the second, and is back in the group before the café. He rides hard because riding hard is the point. Ask about his aerobic base and you'll get a shrug.
Every one of them has let something go. The Architect stopped listening to his body. The Drover stopped going hard. The Hammer stopped riding easy. The Metronome stopped going deep.
You've met most of these riders. One of them is you
Riders
Meet the Profiles
So which of the eight are you? Every one of these riders is missing something, yours included. Here's a brief look at each of them.
Architect
His training file is immaculate. Every session logged, every block planned, nothing ever missed. The most disciplined rider you know. He also races almost exactly the same time year after year, and can't work out why.
Blacksmith
The hard man with a plan. Often an ex-racer. He doesn't just go hard. He goes hard on the days the block says. Enormously effective, and the most likely of the eight to ride himself into the ground without noticing.
Chaser
Sits in, says nothing, and the moment someone comes past he's on the wheel. He doesn't plan an effort, he reacts to one. The best instincts in the group, and no idea how to use them on purpose.
Drover
He just rides. Long, steady, all day, in any weather. No plan, and no interest in one. He'll still be riding like this long after the rest of us have stopped, but ask him for a minute at four hundred watts and there's nothing there to ask.
Maverick
Rides on how he feels that morning. Some days he's the strongest man on the road. Some days he turns round after twenty minutes. No plan, doesn't want one, and when he's good, he's very good.
Wanderer
Sets off for two hours and comes back after five, having taken a turn he'd never taken because it looked interesting. Loves the bike more than anyone in the group. Couldn't tell you what he did last Tuesday.
Metronome
The same volume every year, at a pace that never changes. He doesn't blow up, ever. He also hasn't gone properly deep in a very long time, and he'd struggle to tell you when.
Hammer
Attacks the first rise, attacks the second, and is back in the group before the café. He rides hard because riding hard is the point. Ask about his aerobic base and you'll get a shrug.
Every one of them has let something go. The Architect stopped listening to his body. The Drover stopped going hard. The Hammer stopped riding easy. The Metronome stopped going deep.
You've met most of these riders. One of them is you
Riders
Meet the Profiles
So which of the eight are you? Every one of these riders is missing something, yours included. Here's a brief look at each of them.
Architect
His training file is immaculate. Every session logged, every block planned, nothing ever missed. The most disciplined rider you know. He also races almost exactly the same time year after year, and can't work out why.
Blacksmith
The hard man with a plan. Often an ex-racer. He doesn't just go hard. He goes hard on the days the block says. Enormously effective, and the most likely of the eight to ride himself into the ground without noticing.
Chaser
Sits in, says nothing, and the moment someone comes past he's on the wheel. He doesn't plan an effort, he reacts to one. The best instincts in the group, and no idea how to use them on purpose.
Drover
He just rides. Long, steady, all day, in any weather. No plan, and no interest in one. He'll still be riding like this long after the rest of us have stopped, but ask him for a minute at four hundred watts and there's nothing there to ask.
Maverick
Rides on how he feels that morning. Some days he's the strongest man on the road. Some days he turns round after twenty minutes. No plan, doesn't want one, and when he's good, he's very good.
Wanderer
Sets off for two hours and comes back after five, having taken a turn he'd never taken because it looked interesting. Loves the bike more than anyone in the group. Couldn't tell you what he did last Tuesday.
Metronome
The same volume every year, at a pace that never changes. He doesn't blow up, ever. He also hasn't gone properly deep in a very long time, and he'd struggle to tell you when.
Hammer
Attacks the first rise, attacks the second, and is back in the group before the café. He rides hard because riding hard is the point. Ask about his aerobic base and you'll get a shrug.
Every one of them has let something go. The Architect stopped listening to his body. The Drover stopped going hard. The Hammer stopped riding easy. The Metronome stopped going deep.
You've met most of these riders. One of them is you
Built for Riders Over 50
The thing you stop doing is the thing you stop thinking about
That's your blind spot. Under fifty it's a slow leak. Over fifty it's what holds the rest back and you can't find it on your own, because there's nothing there to look at. More than 14,000 riders have already found their true profile and the one thing they'd quietly stopped training.
Why don't you join them?
Built for Riders Over 50
The thing you stop doing is the thing you stop thinking about
That's your blind spot. Under fifty it's a slow leak. Over fifty it's what holds the rest back and you can't find it on your own, because there's nothing there to look at. More than 14,000 riders have already found their true profile and the one thing they'd quietly stopped training.
Why don't you join them?
Built for Riders Over 50
The thing you stop doing is the thing you stop thinking about
That's your blind spot. Under fifty it's a slow leak. Over fifty it's what holds the rest back and you can't find it on your own, because there's nothing there to look at. More than 14,000 riders have already found their true profile and the one thing they'd quietly stopped training.
Why don't you join them?
