Power Profile options OWLs: Older Women in Lycra

Hi! I’m a female 62 year old cyclist. I lead a team of women cyclists from around the world: OWLs - Older Women in Lycra.

Currently my only option in the Power Profile is to select Female 50+. Having had 50-59 year old riders on my team, there really is a difference each decade.

It would be fantastic if you offerings for women cyclists were the same as they currently are for male cyclists:
M 50-54
M 55-59
M 60-64
M 65-69
M 70-74
M 75-79
M 80+

Currently, the oldest rider on my team is a USA Cycling champion…at the ripe young age of 77!

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Wow! I will add a 60+ bracket!

Thanks! I now have 60+ selected. Down the road please consider adding the same categories that are options for men - for women.

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Yes, in fact in Masters racing there are 5 year age groups, which are about right, 10 years is too big a gap. The male profiles have 60-64 and 60-69 which seems odd, why not 60-64 and 65-69 which would make more sense? The same should of course apply for women.

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What would be really nice would be to choose an age grouping that became the default for the power profile page.
I’m 80+, but there are only three of us in this category, so comparisons of my relative standing are meaningless. So, I use the 70-79 group as a standard to see how I am.
But to get that: go to the power page, which shows 80+ as a default; click on the M 80+ button, which shows More; click on More and choose M 70-79, which returns to the 80+ default; click on the M 80+ button and choose M 70-79, which finally shows the desired data. Four clicks to get to where I want.
And the next time I look at these data, repeat the same procedure. In any case, the M 75-79 group might be a better standard, but there is no such group.

And, as Steve says, M and F should have the same options.

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It defaults to the group for your age … I will see what I can do about getting it to remember the last group selected instead.

When I first built this I removed groups that were basically empty so thats why there were less groups for women than men … Intervals.icu membership is 90% male. That also why it defaults to the 10 yr wide group for your age. In the beginning the older 5 yr wide groups were too thin.

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I am a 63 yr old woman. Learning all the time. Excited by your service here

How do I find the OWLS??

Try messaging @elaine.montoya

Thanks - I did try that, awaiting a response.
I am very much a noob to this sort of data sharing thing …