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Aeroscore

How aerodynamic were you during your ride?

Your AeroScore shows how efficient and aerodynamic your position was. It’s displayed as a percentage (0–100%) — the higher, the better.

What it’s based on:

  • Your riding position (torso angle)
  • How well you turn power into speed
  • Your overall speed and consistency

What a good score means:

  • 80–100%: Very aerodynamic — great position

  • 60–79%: Solid, but with room to improve

  • Below 60%: Likely some posture or setup issues to work on

Use AeroScore to track how your position improves over time — and to test how changes to your setup or riding style affect your speed.

Ride Summary

Your latest ride at a glance.

This section gives you a quick overview of your most recent ride, including key performance and aerodynamic metrics.

What you’ll see:

  • Route name or location
  • Distance (in km or miles)
  • Average speed
  • Ride duration
  • Date of the ride

Aero Data Highlights:

  • CdA – Your average aerodynamic drag (lower is better)
  • Torso Angle – Your average body angle in degrees
  • Position Type – Based on your posture (e.g. Comfortable Ideal, Aggressive, etc.)

Use this section to quickly assess how aero and efficient your last ride was — and compare it with others in your calendar or Hub

Trends

See how your recent performance compares to long-term averages.

Each metric here compares your 3-month average to your 12-month average, helping you track meaningful improvements or drops in performance.

Metrics shown:

  • Efficiency Factor – aerobic efficiency
  • Effort Score – overall ride difficulty
  • Normalized Power (W) – adjusted power for ride variability
  • Intensity Factor – how hard you rode relative to your FTP
  • Workload – total training load
  • TSS® – Training Stress Score for physiological impact

Calendar

Your monthly training overview

The Calendar shows your full training activity — past, planned, and skipped — in a clean monthly view. It helps you stay on track and spot trends in your consistency.

Past Sessions

Days you rode, even if not planned — shown in brown.

Workouts Completed

Planned rides you finished — highlighted in green.

Upcoming Workouts

Planned rides still to be done — marked in blue so you can plan ahead.

Skipped Workouts

Missed planned sessions — shown in red, so you can adjust your schedule or training load.

Tap “View More” to see ride details and stay accountable to your plan week by week.

Position Progress

How well are you holding your ideal position?

This chart helps you track how consistently you're maintaining an aerodynamic posture over time — for both road and TT setups.

What it shows:

  • Your percentage of time spent in an ideal vs. non-ideal position
  • Separate tracking for Road Bike and TT Bike positions
  • A weekly view to monitor your posture habits

Why it matters:

  • Spot trends in posture improvements
  • Identify when fatigue or bad form affects your aerodynamics
  • Use it to refine your setup, positioning, and technique

This chart is your go-to for understanding how well you're applying your aero form — not just aiming for it.

Performance Progress 

Track your gains over time.

These graphs show how your performance is evolving — so you can measure progress, spot trends, and stay motivated.

What it tracks:

  • Speed – How your average and top speeds are changing
  • Power – Trends in your output over time
  • Heart Rate – Monitor fitness and fatigue through HR patterns

 Why it’s useful:

  • See if your training is making you faster and stronger
  • Understand how your body responds to different efforts
  • Celebrate progress — and adjust when performance plateaus

Tap each graph to view it in more detail or compare with past rides.

Personal Records:

Your best performances, captured.

This section highlights your all-time best stats — so you can see what you're capable of and stay motivated to beat your own benchmarks.

What it includes:

  • Max Speed – Your highest speed ever recorded
  • Max Average Speed – Your fastest sustained effort over a full ride
  • Record Date – When each PR was achieved

Why it matters:

  • Track peak performance moments
  • Set goals to break your own records
  • Celebrate milestones in your aero and power evolution

Your personal records are proof of progress — and fuel for your next breakthrough.

Position Records

Your best aerodynamic positions — tracked and recorded.

This section shows the strongest posture performances you've achieved while riding — whether on a road or TT bike.

What it includes:

  • Highest percentage of time spent in an ideal position
  • Records for both Road Bike and TT Bike setups
  • Date when each record was achieved

Tap “View More” to access your full position history and see how your aero consistency is evolving.

Why it matters:

  • Highlights your best-positioned efforts
  • Encourages better posture during high-intensity rides
  • Lets you benchmark progress as you improve position and endurance .

Last Medal Earned

Your latest achievement, unlocked.

This section displays the most recent medal you’ve earned by completing key milestones in your training.

What kind of medals?

  • Ride duration milestones (e.g. 1-hour ride)
  • Consistency goals
  • Aero efficiency achievements
  • And more...

Tap “View More” to browse your full medal collection and see what challenges you’ve completed — and what’s still ahead.

Why it matters:

  • Keeps you motivated with clear, rewarding goals
  • Recognizes your dedication and progress
  • Helps gamify your training journey

Dashboard Screen

The Darefore dashboard empowers you to stay informed, motivated, and focused on achieving your cycling goals. By regularly reviewing this data, you can gain valuable insights into your performance and make informed decisions to optimize your training.

Sessions Screen

Your complete ride history — all in one place.

The Sessions screen lists all your past indoor and outdoor rides, making it easy to review, compare, and reflect on your training.
Tap to open session

Records Icon

Your best efforts, all in one place.

Tap this to view your Personal Records (like max speed or average power) and Position Records (your best posture performance on Road and TT bikes).

Training Plans Icon

Access your training plans and workouts.

This takes you to your structured training schedule, where you can view upcoming workouts, completed sessions, and weekly load targets.

Import Icon 

Import external ride files (.FIT)

Tap here to upload rides from other devices or apps. Imported sessions will appear in your history alongside Darefore-recorded rides.

Filter Icon

Narrow down your sessions list.

Tap this icon to filter your rides based on:

  • Ride Type: All, Indoor, or Outdoor
  • Provider: All, Darefore, Garmin, Strava, or Manual

Use it to focus on specific workouts, platforms, or conditions when reviewing your training history.

Search Bar

Find sessions by name.

Use this to quickly locate a past ride by typing in its session title (e.g. “Long Ride” or “Geroskipou Road Cycling”).

Helpful when comparing specific routes or workouts.

Session Title

Tap to open full ride details and analytics.

Each card shows a summary of your ride. Tap the title (e.g. “Geroskipou Road Cycling”) to view detailed metrics — including AeroScore, torso angle, power, position breakdown, and more.

Source Icon

See where the ride was recorded.

Each session displays an icon that shows its origin:

  • Darefore – Recorded with the Darefore app and sensor
  • Garmin – Synced from a Garmin device
  • Strava – Imported from your Strava account
  • Manual – Uploaded manually via .FIT file

Use this to understand which platform your ride came from — especially useful when managing multi-source data.

Ride Metrics

Key stats from your session at a glance.

Each ride card shows:

  • Distance – How far you rode (in km or miles)
  • Moving Time – Total active riding time
  • Avg Speed – Your average speed over the session
  • Avg Power – Average power output (Watts)

Use these stats to quickly compare performance across rides or spot trends over time.

Session Details – Screen Overview

The Session Details screen gives a complete performance breakdown for a recorded ride. It shows not just distance and duration, but also aerodynamic positioning, power, speed, and other core metrics — with charts for visual insights.

This screen helps athletes analyze their ride quality, spot trends, and track posture efficiency throughout the session.

Aeroscore 

How aerodynamic were you — really?

Your AeroScore is a percentage (0–100%) showing how efficiently you turned power into speed, based on your body position and posture stability.

Why it matters:
It’s not just power that makes you fast — it’s how you hold yourself on the bike. This score helps you track aero form over time and compare across sessions.

 

Position Type

The riding posture you held most during this session.

  • This shows whether you spent most of your time in a Comfortable, Aggressive, TT, or Standing position — based on real posture data, not manual input.
  • For seated positions, Darefore also distinguishes between Ideal and Non-Ideal posture, helping you see how well you stayed within your target aero range.

Why it matters:
You can directly correlate effort and performance with how you were positioned on the bike. It’s not just about what you did — it’s about how you rode while doing it.

CdA


Your aerodynamic drag, made measurable.

Darefore estimates your CdA (coefficient of drag) based on position, power, speed, and terrain — no lab needed.

Why it matters:
CdA is what separates a fast rider from a faster one. Knowing it helps you test setups, compare positions, and race smarter, not just harder.

Body Angle


Track your posture — down to the degree.

This shows your real-time torso angle throughout the session, visualized in the ride graph and used to classify position type.

Why it matters:
It’s the key to understanding whether you're in your aero zone — or just thinking you are. Small shifts make a big difference at speed.

Ride Info


Everything about when, where, and how you rode.

This block shows:

  • Moving Time – Total active time on the bike
  • Ride Type – Indoor, outdoor, TT, or trainer
  • Bike Name & Type – Your chosen setup

Why it matters:
Helps you compare performance across different setups and environments. Context matters — riding 200W indoors is not the same as holding it outside on a climb.

Body & Output


Your balance, effort, and energy burned.

This block shows:

  • L/R Balance – Power split between left and right legs (if available)
  • Calories – Estimated energy expenditure

 

Why it matters:
Left/right balance is key to spotting asymmetries or fatigue. Calorie data helps with fueling decisions and recovery planning.

Elevation


How much did the terrain challenge you?

This block shows:

  • Elevation Gain – Total climbing (in meters or feet)
  • Elevation Loss – Total descending
  • Often paired with power and position data to show how you rode each terrain type

 

Why it matters:
Climbing affects posture, power output, and aero stability. Use elevation data to understand when and where your form changed — especially during sustained efforts or standing transitions.

Performance Metrics


How hard did you go — and how efficiently?

This block shows:

  • Avg / Max Power – Overall effort and peak output
  • Avg / Max Speed – Your pacing and top-end speed
  • Avg / Max Heart Rate – Cardiovascular response to the ride
  • Avg / Max Cadence – Pedaling rhythm and control

 

Why it matters:
These numbers give you a complete snapshot of your ride intensity and how your body responded. On Darefore, you can go beyond raw stats by correlating these with posture, terrain, and aerodynamic data — helping you ride smarter, not just harder.

Performance Index


A full picture of your session's quality, intensity, and efficiency.

This block includes:

  • Efficiency Factor – How efficiently you converted heart rate into power
  • Effort Score – A custom Darefore metric summarizing ride difficulty
  • Normalized Power® – Effort corrected for intensity fluctuations
  • Intensity Factor® – How hard you rode relative to your threshold
  • Workload – Total physiological strain based on time and intensity
  • TSS® (Training Stress Score) – Industry-standard training load metric
  • Variability Index – How steady or erratic your power output was
  • Ideal Positions (%) – Time spent holding your target aero posture
  • Speed Efficiency – How well your power translated into speed

 

Why it matters:
This is where Darefore brings everything together — showing how your body, position, and pacing performed as a system. It helps you train more precisely, recover smarter, and ride more efficiently every time.

 

Performance Over Time

Your ride, second by second.

This interactive chart tracks your key metrics throughout the session:

  • Power, Heart Rate, Cadence, Speed, Elevation
  • Body Angle and Position Type

Hovering over the chart reveals a live snapshot — showing exact values at each moment, including position type and body angle.


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Why it matters:
You’re not just seeing performance — you’re seeing posture in action. Use this to connect changes in effort with shifts in form, fatigue, or terrain.