Chad Cycling Coach
Privacy-first coaching for cyclists
Chad: Cycling Coach
Import FIT or ZIP files from Garmin, Wahoo, Karoo, and Files, analyze heart rate, power, and cadence on-device, and keep your ride history in a compact coaching workspace built around privacy instead of feeds.
Start with the rides you already have and turn them into a calmer training dashboard with power-aware coaching when your files include meter data.
Strong sustained work with clear power control and manageable fatigue. Next ride: step back into endurance so the training stress can convert into fitness.
In the app
Real screens from the app — coaching feedback, ride breakdowns, goal tracking, and your weekly training picture.
Core surfaces
The mobile app is organized around the same things cyclists actually check after a ride: what happened, how hard it really was, and what to do next.
Dashboard
Review weekly distance, ride count, training score, and a next-ride recommendation. With enough ride history, an 8-week training analysis surfaces patterns in your endurance build, intensity balance, and recovery — with clear strengths, risks, and a suggested focus.
Rides
Every imported ride gets a classification, heart-rate and power zone breakdown, Normalized Power, Intensity Factor, TSS, cadence trends, and a coaching note explaining the effort. A 12-week Training Trends view tracks load, distance, and zone mix across your history. On iOS, tap any ride to see a zone-coloured GPS map with a fatigue signature graph.
Goals
Set a target event with distance, elevation, and date. Chad calculates readiness from your recent long rides and climbing work, tracking progress from Building through to Ready — with context on what still needs to close before the event.
Unlock
Unlock full ride history, weekly zone distribution stats, the 8-week training analysis, goal readiness progression charts, training plan summaries with Chad's recommendations, and endurance and power trend tracking — all with a single one-time purchase.
Privacy-first
The product promise is simple: clear boundaries, local storage, and no ad-tech hiding behind "insights." The full public policy is part of this page so the privacy model stays visible without a second click.
Ride data imported through FIT files is processed entirely on-device and stored in a local database on your phone.
Chad does not use advertising, third-party tracking, or analytics SDKs to profile your training behavior.
You can import rides and use Chad without creating an account or sending your ride library to a cloud profile.
In-app purchases are handled by Apple and RevenueCat. RevenueCat receives an anonymous receipt to validate the unlock, not your ride history.
Public policy summary: Chad does not upload imported FIT ride data, and your coaching history stays on your device by default.
How it works
Chad is local-first and FIT-file-first in the current app flow. The process is simple on purpose.
Select FIT files or ZIP bundles from Garmin, Wahoo, Karoo, or Files — or share directly from a compatible app. Chad handles duplicates automatically.
Ride classification, load scoring, heart-rate analysis, power zones, Coggan-based power metrics, cadence insights, and narrative summaries are computed locally.
Use the dashboard, ride library, and goal screens to decide what to repeat, what to recover from, and what to build next.
Public policy
This is the public policy reference for Chad: Cycling Coach. It mirrors the product's local-first behavior and keeps the promises concrete.
Chad does not require an account to import rides and does not upload imported FIT ride data to a coaching server.
Ride data imported via FIT files is processed entirely on your device and stored in a local on-device database. Your ride history stays on your device.
In-app purchases are processed by Apple and RevenueCat. RevenueCat receives an anonymous purchase receipt to validate your unlock. No personal information, account data, or ride data is shared with RevenueCat.
Chad does not use advertising, analytics SDKs, or third-party tracking.
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