> So if you race in Zwift and you're not Cat A, you either have to be the heaviest in your race or accept that you won't get on a podium. Ever.
I think you're missing my point. I mean even if you move to a different classification method, you'll still end up with the same problem. Even if you move to some vague skill-based or prior-results-based classification instead of a power metric or weight class or whatever, any amateur subclassification is still going to have almost everyone get crushed by the people who are just sandbagging or blowing through the lower classification on their way up.
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So what I mean is
Yes what you state is a problem. But I posit that even if you fix that problem, you'll still end up with basically the same underlying problem anyways.
I think you're missing my point. I mean even if you move to a different classification method, you'll still end up with the same problem. Even if you move to some vague skill-based or prior-results-based classification instead of a power metric or weight class or whatever, any amateur subclassification is still going to have almost everyone get crushed by the people who are just sandbagging or blowing through the lower classification on their way up.
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So what I mean is
Yes what you state is a problem. But I posit that even if you fix that problem, you'll still end up with basically the same underlying problem anyways.