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<h2>The Athlete:</h2><p>John Higgins is the ‘<a href="https://bikefitr.com" target="_blank">Bike Fitr</a>’. Based in Salt Lake City, John has a  deep commitment to his trade; he produces and sells his own bike fitting equipment while also running a thriving  fitting studio practice.  As a racer himself, John competes in multiple disciplines and has an intimate understanding of the biomechanical and fit challenges cyclists face with conventional footwear.&nbsp;</p><h2>Peak Watts:</h2><p>In his LoreOne Power Test, John’s average peak watts increased a phenomenal 20.13% over his conventional pair of Lake shoes.  The newfound performance will be a huge benefit  in John’s crit racing efforts.</p><h2>
<p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/peak-watts-john.png"></p></h2><h2>Acceleration:</h2><p>Building off the peak watt numbers, John’s 10 second power (acceleration from a start)  jumped an incredible average 23.42%–– we are well beyond margin gains.&nbsp;</p><h2><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/0-10-john.png"></p></h2><h2>15-60 Second Power:</h2><p>The LoreOne delivered John an average 4.23% increase 15-60 watts over the course of all the intervals. This is the period after the initial power spike settles down. John could expect to see similar range improvements in a full 1 hour FTP test – a game changing performance figure as it pertains to longer efforts.&nbsp;</p><h2><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/15-60-sec-john.png"></p></h2><h2>One-on-each foot, Conventional vs. LoreOne</h2><p>With the LoreOne on the Right foot and his other riding shoes on the Left, John’s LoreOne pedal stroke gained a dramatic 19 degrees of powerband over his conventional shoe. As expected from LoreOne users, John showed much earlier initiation of power at the top of the pedal stroke.&nbsp;John also experienced a deeper, longer pull at the bottom of stroke versus his conventional Lake shoes-- past the 6 o'clock position, proving the overall increased powerband.&nbsp;</p><h2><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/power-phase-start-john.png"></p></h2><h2><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/power-phase-end-john.png"></p></h2><h2>LoreOne Power Results Summary:</h2><h2>
<ul>
<li>20.1% increase in peak watts</li><li>8.9% increase in total average watts</li><li>4.23% increase in 15-60 sec average watts </li><li>23.4% increase in 10 sec watts (acceleration)</li><li>19 degrees increase in powerband arc</li></ul></h2><div style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/793057691?h=3d146edaa3&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" title="LoreOne Power Test: John Higgins"></iframe></div><h2><p>For an explanation of the tests, protocol, and design please refer&nbsp;<a href="https://lore.cc/blog/lore-power-protocol-methodology">here.</a></p></h2>

Power Test: John Higgins 

<h2>The Athlete:</h2><p>Alex Yokubison is a 23 year old amateur racer based in Salt Lake City. He races criterions, and road at a Cat 3 level. He is a former Division 1 swimmer at Boston University. </p><h2>Peak Watts:</h2><p>Alex’s Peak average peak watts increased 14.9% over his conventional pair of Giros.</p><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/image-2023-02-03-at-12.46.43-pm.jpeg"></p><h5></h5><h2>Acceleration:</h2><p>The ability to produce power quickly is a key component in cycling: sprints, attacks, chasing breakways, starting from a stop light. Alex’s peak 10 second power jumped an incredible average of 17.7%–– highlighting the LoreOne’s ability to transmit power over a much broader range of the pedal stroke than conventional shoes.</p><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/image-2023-02-03-at-12.45.37-pm.jpeg"></p><h2>15-60 Second power:</h2><p>The LoreOne delivered Alex an average 7.9% increase in overall watts over the course of all the intervals. Isolating 15-60 seconds there was a gain of 7.15% – Alex could roughly expect to see similar improvements in full 1 hour FTP tests – a game changing performance figure.</p><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/image-2023-02-03-at-1.00.29-pm.jpeg"></p><h2>One-on-each foot, Conventional vs LoreOne: </h2><p>With the LoreOne on the Right foot and his Giro’s on the Left, Alex’s LoreOne pedal stroke gained a dramatic 25 degrees of powerband over his conventional shoe.</p><p>He experienced earlier initiation at the top of the stroke.</p><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/image-2023-02-03-at-1.03.19-pm.jpeg"></p><h5>Alex also had a deeper, longer, pull at the bottom.</h5><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/image-2023-02-03-at-1.04.05-pm.jpeg"></p><h5></h5><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/image-2023-02-03-at-1.02.07-pm.jpeg"></p><h4></h4><h2>LoreOne Power Results Summary:</h2><ul>
<li>14.9% increase in peak watts</li><li>17.7% increase in 10s watts (acceleration) </li><li>7.9% increase in 60 sec average watts </li><li>25 degree increase in powerband arc length</li></ul><h5></h5><p>The Power Protocol is a simple test that offers a plethora of fascinating insights into the LoreOne’s superior pedaling efficiency. To view the full methodology, please read <a href="https://lore.cc/blog/lore-power-protocol-methodology">here.</a></p><div style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/793057497?h=df9ea1b48f&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" title="Power Protocol: Alex Yokubison" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><p>
	Learn more about the LoreOne's radical biomechanical delivery&nbsp;<a href="https://lore.cc" target="_blank">here</a>,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://lore.cc/product/loreone" target="_blank">build yours</a> today.&nbsp;</p>

Power Test: Alex Yokubison

<h2>This simple test offers a plethora of fascinating insights 
into the LoreOne’s superior pedaling efficiency.</h2><p>
	Anyone who has tried the LoreOne notices the immediate difference in power delivery and pedal efficiency versus conventional shoes. It only takes a couple of pedal strokes. The LoreOne captures more biomechanical input from the rider and translates it directly to the pedal resulting in more watts, more speed, less dead spots, and better pedaling technique.&nbsp;</p><p>
	While it's experientially self-evident, we have searched for the best method and protocol to quantify these gains into a scalable test format that athletes can employ and repeat on a home trainer using commonly used power meter pedals and head units. (The Garmin Cycling Dynamics data platform paired with Assioma Duo or Garmin Vector/Rally pedals provide a great platform for collection as well as viewing pedaling efficiency metrics).&nbsp;</p><p>The LoreOne Power Protocol specifies multiple maximal efforts that are averaged to smooth data outliers and fatigue as the intervals progress.&nbsp;</p><p>After trialing different test protocol formats, the most consistent test emerged as a protocol of 6x60sec maximal effort intervals: 3x with the LoreOne and 3x with the tester’s conventional shoes alternating between each pair of shoes and incorporating 15 min rest phases between each effort that include low resistance recovery spinning.&nbsp;</p><p>This simple test offers a plethora of fascinating insights into the LoreOne’s superior pedaling efficiency. For the first 30 seconds of the test, the big takeaway is that the higher the effort, the bigger the advantage the LoreOne imparts to its owner. Generally, the data in the first 15 seconds of these efforts demonstrate significant increases in peak power, the ability to sustain peak power for longer periods, and to create significantly faster acceleration (time to peak watts). Translated to the road + track, we know we will be able to accelerate out of corners faster, sprint faster, create gaps on breakaways, chase breakaways, and dominate track starts.</p><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/power-protocol-graphics-google-slides-mozilla-firefox-2023-02-03-at-11.22.01-am.jpeg"></p><h5>Fig. 1 - LoreOne peak watts and acceleration gains.</h5><p>Testing the longer duration aerobic energy system efficiency is hard to do in a home environment–– to achieve anything meaningful would require many long controlled intervals (60 min) spaced too far apart, over too many days, to be scalable for athletes and testers without interrupting normal training. Aerobic efficiency is best tested in a laboratory using metabolic markers like lactate, heart rate and regional muscle oxygenation. Interestingly, the last 45 seconds of the standard 60 sec Lore glycolytic power protocol (after the initial sprint burst is completed), seems to act as a crude proxy for the metabolic efficiency gains seen during longer aerobic efforts. I.e. The gain over conventional shoes is not as large as the often 10-20% improvements seen in the first 15 seconds of max intensity, but equally massive in terms of impact on overall riding performance when hypothetically stretched out over time: generally 4-9%,and sometimes more! These numbers corroborate the experiential feedback from Lore riders who consistently report substantially lower overall perceived exertion when using the LoreOne on longer, primarily aerobic efforts.</p><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/image-2023-02-03-at-12.09.20-pm.jpeg"></p><h5>Fig. 2 - LoreOne FTP gains proxy</h5><p>A 7th bonus interval can be added to demonstrate the pedaling efficiency of the LoreOne versus conventional shoes in a head-to-head test where the rider wears a LoreOne on one foot and their conventional shoe on the other. This effort can be a simple, sub-maximal (80%-100% of FTP) 2-5 min interval. The goal is to leverage Garmin’s Cycling Dynamics data to directly highlight the contrast in overall powerphase arc length and early pedal stroke initiation evident in the LoreOne vs. conventional cycling shoes. </p><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/image-2023-02-03-at-12.12.38-pm.jpeg"></p><h5>Fig. 3 - LoreOne Power Phase initiation</h5><p><img src="https://store-pqcep6tgku.mybigcommerce.com/product_images/uploaded_images/image-2023-02-03-at-12.13.26-pm.jpeg"></p><h5>Fig. 4 - LoreOne Power Phase Termination</h5><p>In summary, this protocol is not the end-all, definitive picture of the LoreOne's magic. Rather, it’s designed to be a scalable and easy to perform test that produces consistent proof-of-life results across a broad group of subjects. After testing a range of athletes, we feel confident that it can offer a meaningful glimpse into the significant efficiency and power transmission improvements that the LoreOne brings to the cyclist or coach looking to maximize overall cycling performance.&nbsp;</p><p>Happy Testing!</p>

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<p><span>The LoreOne is the most powerful road shoe ever created, and the world's first 3D printed carbon hard-shelled shoe. It&rsquo;s a critical component in the performance equation that combines precise custom fitting with a radical new biomechanical design approach.</span></p>