No. There are lots of strong riders that never used a power meter. The plans in TRIBE come with instructions for training both with and without a power meter.

That being said, the power meter is a very useful tool in monitoring and evaluating your training. Some of the practical tutorials included assumes you train with a power meter. But you don't need one to use the included plans.

Yes. You can use the TRIBE training plans as they come out of the box. That being said, I always recommend considering simple personal amendments - as this tends to yield even better results. I can help you out in this department.

Yes. On your request, I can help you with this via email. Together we will work out how to adjust my existing plans to better suit your individual needs.

Note that I will help you out with answers and suggestions in this regard. However, I will not enter your plan, such as in Trainingpeaks, and personally schedule every workout for you. This you will need to do based on our communication (why you pay $39 per month, instead of $139).

TRIBE is for riders who don't need the costly service of weekly interaction with a coach. But who would still like the opportunity to engage with me personally for help with planning or discussing questions.

For most of my members, these situations occur between 4 to 8 times throughout a training year. At which point you send me an email and we discuss the matter until we come up with a solution.

For clarity, please note that TRIBE is not a medical service and as such does not include medical advice. For questions pertaining to health-related matters you will need to seek medical advice elsewhere.

You are correct. Certainly not a medical doctor (or lawyer, or sports physiologist or any highly educated professional for that matter).

So why do I?

Because the self-sufficient athlete is far easier to coach and engage with than the uneducated one. And TRIBE, with all the included resources is designed to quickly educate cyclists into self-sufficient athletes.

Over the last 4 years I have great experience with this format of «on demand» personal tutoring.

Put shortly, as you are quickly becoming more self-sustained in your training process, the need for frequent input rapidly drops. As such, most athletes only tend to require a handful of 1-on-1 interactions.

Which is what allows the affordable TRIBE membership fee.

How much coaching can you expect?

As much as you need at that particular point in time (within reason).

By this I mean that, if you are having a particular problem or consideration one month, and this requires us to exchange 6 emails back and forth that month, we will do so.

If another matter comes up 2 months down the road, we will do the same then.

However, you cannot expect me to answer 6 emails every month for 12 months of the year (consider what a medical doctor or lawyer would charge for such a service in isolation - certainly far more than $83 a month).

For reference, most of my athletes engage in around 3-8 «rounds» of personal communication throughout the year, with each contact involving a few emails back and forth. This is a system that has worked brilliantly for the last 4 years. For 99% of engaged and somewhat self-sustained riders, this is more than sufficient for individual tailoring and strong development.

Note that 3-8 rounds of contact is no absolute upper limit, but it does provide a sense of what could be considered reasonable from my end.

Between 3 and 7 times per week (250-700 hours per year).

For the entire duration of your 3 month membership.

Trainingpeaks plans will need to be granted to you manually (you request access via a form within TRIBE).

You may access plans in Trainingpeaks corresponding to the duration of your subscription (3 months).

If or when you cancel your membership, your training plan access will expire at the end of your current membership cycle.

By default, your TRIBE membership renews automatically at the end of your 3 month period.

I will send you an email reminder in due time prior to this renewal.

Any discount you claimed upon your original purchase will apply to your renewal.

You can easily turn off auto-renewal from within your TRIBE account settings.

That's easy.

On the rare occasion that you regret your purchase, simply email me and let me know. As long as I receive this email within 30 days from your purchase, I'll refund your purchase in full.

(Coming in later and complaining that you didn't find time to ride your bike obviously don't cut it.)