Survey: Is e-racing a level playing field?
Tell us what you think about levels of honesty and accuracy in e-racing
If you’re a keen e-racer, you’ve probably at some point found yourself pondering questions of honesty, fairness and transparency.
Is that rider whose avatar just went flying past you really the weight they’re claiming to be, and are they really putting out the watts showing on screen? In other words, are we all competing on a level playing field?
To get a feel for attitudes surrounding this topic, Cycling Weekly has devised a survey asking riders to disclose their thoughts on whether e-racing outcomes reflect the honest truth of rider fitness and performance. It takes less than five minutes to complete, and answers are completely anonymous unless you opt to leave an email address.
Take part in the survey by clicking this link.
The results of the survey will be discussed in a future edition of Cycling Weekly.
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David Bradford is features editor of Cycling Weekly (print edition). He has been writing and editing professionally for more than 15 years, and has published work in national newspapers and magazines including the Independent, the Guardian, the Times, the Irish Times, Vice.com and Runner’s World. Alongside his love of cycling, David is a long-distance runner with a marathon PB of two hours 28 minutes. Having been diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in 2006, he also writes about sight loss and hosts the podcast Ways of Not Seeing.
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