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It’s not the virtual partner bit that’s contentious.
It’s the ‘guarantee it’ll make you quicker’.
Unless I’m reading that wrong. And it’s advocating a virtual partner over no virtual partner and riding exactly the same session?
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Yeah sorry i read it like that. So maybe it should be guaranteed to make you quicker than doing exactly the same session without a virtual training partner or access to any other metric to follow and don't like techno (metal also works) otherwise its a bit like saying get a power meter but simply owning one won't make you quicker you need to use it properly to help pace efforts and track progress within a proper training plan
Retro_Bastard
I can see helping people that don't have a power meter to follow when testing so its just another pacing tool to help squeeze a bit more out in a single effort but not very scientific or part of a plan as stated but it can help.
Runners are using wavelight on the track now which i suppose is the same and BC have used avatars set slightly faster than track riders PB's telling them it was just their PB and most of them were able to match it setting new ones in the process so there's definitely something in it. But then there's strava, zwift etc so there's always something to chase outside of actual races. Personally i prefer caffeine and techno 😁