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?

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David Bradford
Senior editor

David Bradford is senior editor of Cycling Weekly's print edition, and has been writing and editing professionally for 20 years. His work has appeared 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 personal best of 2hr 28min. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in 2006, he also writes personal essays exploring sight loss, place, nature and social history. His essay 'Undertow' was published in the anthology Going to Ground (Little Toller, 2024).