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iBike

Gen III Power Meter

Operating Instructions

Firmware 424+

January 2011

PROTECTED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING US PATENTS

7,387,029; 7,377,180; D528,451

Summary of Contents for Gen III

Page 1: ...iBike Gen III Power Meter Operating Instructions Firmware 424 January 2011 PROTECTED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING US PATENTS 7 387 029 7 377 180 D528 451...

Page 2: ...ion III iBike you ll get even higher accuracy increased ride file storage time improved temperature and weather performance a lap timer on the bike profile storage a built in power based fitness test...

Page 3: ...how to install your iBike mount please refer to the iBike Mount and Sensor Installation instructions included separately Other resources Enjoy the large community of iBike owners participating in the...

Page 4: ...ke on each day s ride 20 21 Auto Wind and Cal Wind feature 21 22 Wireless Sensors and the Scan process 23 26 PART TWO ADVANCED FEATURES TOPIC PAGES Introduction to USER and RACR sequences 28 USER sequ...

Page 5: ...2 5 hours before needing replacement For temperatures below 40o F we recommend that the iBike battery and wireless mount battery be changed every 4 hours Batteries used in wireless sensors last about...

Page 6: ...This is done through Setup screens and setup Sequences The Fast Start sequence is mandatory 2 Perform a 2 mile long calibration ride IMPORTANT Your iBike won t work properly until steps 1 and 2 are p...

Page 7: ...R 2 Do not press any button for 30 seconds NAVIGATING THE iBIKE SETUP SCREENS Once entering the Setup mode press hold up arrow for two seconds scroll to any setup screen by clicking the up or down arr...

Page 8: ...licking the up arrow bypasses the steps of that sequence the steps in the User sequence will be hidden To perform a sequence enter Setup and click the up arrow repeatedly to scroll to the sequence you...

Page 9: ...clicking the up arrow Click the up arrow once the units change to metric KM hr etc To change back to English click the up arrow again The screen again flashes English units m h etc Once you ve select...

Page 10: ...the center button to confirm your choice of NO The screen advances to DROP NO the word NO flashes In a similar manner select NO or YES for drops then click the center button if you select DROP NO the...

Page 11: ...move the bike 10 Once the bar disappears if the calibration is good the words GOOD TILT flash a few times and the iBike advances to the CAL WIND screen 11 If you moved the bike during any of the thre...

Page 12: ...ice to find the Cal Ride screen 7 To start the Cal Ride click the center button 8 Your iBike checks to see when the Tilt and Cal Wind steps were performed If these steps were performed more than 30 mi...

Page 13: ...tance remains until the end of the Cal Ride IMPORTANT RIDE BACK ON THE SAME ROADS 17 At the end of your calibration ride your iBike will notify you that the cal ride is done Cal Done After a few secon...

Page 14: ...e can store as many profiles as you like Any two of the profiles stored on your iBike software can be uploaded into your iBike IMPORTANT TO LEARN HOW TO STORE A PROFILE ON YOUR COMPUTER AND TO LOAD A...

Page 15: ...our iBike in the Profile 2 memory REMEMBER YOU MUST PERFORM A FAST START SEQUENCE AND CALIBRATION RIDE FOR EACH BIKE REMEMBER IF YOU HAVE A WIRELESS MOUNT YOU LL NEED TO SCAN YOUR WIRELESS SENSORS FOR...

Page 16: ...e speed trip distance and trip time The power screen shows speed power cadence and Heart Rate wireless mount Bike Computer Power Click the center button to toggle between each main screen NOTICE ON TH...

Page 17: ...in your ride you can find out the slope of the hill you re climbing or the amount of head wind or tail wind o Click the down arrow once to see hill slope in the top window o Click the down arrow agai...

Page 18: ...et summary statistics for the entire ride with the Total screens Total screens are shown by clicking the left arrow Click left arrow once Total energy expended in kilojoules or KJ and calories Kcal ar...

Page 19: ...YOUR MOST RECENT RIDE FILE TIP YOU CAN ERASE YOUR MEMORY WITH AN IBIKE COMMAND THAT LOCATED IN THE SETUP MENU THE ERAS DATA COMMAND CLEARS ALL YOUR MEMORY AND ERASE ALL RIDES STORED IN YOUR IBIKE To...

Page 20: ...imum Power kilojoules speed hill slope wind speed elevation gain Starting a New Trip Trip Reset You can start a new trip and new ride file at any time Here is how 1 Click and hold the center button fo...

Page 21: ...xt to your iBike until your iBike competes its startup process 4 During the startup process the iBike checks battery voltage If the message BATT BAD appears replace your iBike and wireless mount batte...

Page 22: ...ING MESSAGES APPEAR YOU CAN ERASE YOUR IBIKE MEMORY FROM THE IBIKE SETUP SCREEN ERAS DATA AUTO WIND AND CAL WIND FEATURE For best accuracy of the iBike the wind sensor must be calibrated prior to ever...

Page 23: ...Velocomp LLP 2005 2011 22 3 Click the center button When the calibration is complete the message DONE WIND displays the number in the top window goes to 00 and the iBike returns automatically to the m...

Page 24: ...ed between 2007 and 2010 and look like this The original HR strap model HRM1B looks like this The 2007 2010 series sensors have the characteristic that when the sensor battery is removed the sensor fo...

Page 25: ...nsors have been replaced by a single combined speed cadence sensor model BKM4G The heart rate strap has been updated to model HRM1G An important characteristic of these model G sensors is that their w...

Page 26: ...s sensors you re using must be present 1 Activate the sensors A Wake up activate the speed and cadence sensors by waving a spoke magnet past each sensor s pickup notch For the original iBike sensor th...

Page 27: ...ss sensors For any sensors your iBike does NOT find you ll see the message xxx OFF where xxx is the name of the sensor the iBike does not find 7 When the pairing process is finished the top window wil...

Page 28: ...Copyright Velocomp LLP 2005 2011 27 PART TWO ADVANCED FEATURES...

Page 29: ...not necessary to use the USER and RACR sequences however there are some extra features available that can be accessed from these sequences The USER sequence contains features and settings of value to...

Page 30: ...enter the USER sequence Here are the steps included in the USER sequence USER YES click the up arrow successively to perform Set trainer mode standard with iAero optional with iPro TRNR See page 43 fo...

Page 31: ...mplete For much better accuracy repeat the coast down 5 8 times then analyze your results in the iBike software to get the best composite measurements The Coast Down measurement works very well when i...

Page 32: ...your bike faster BUT INCREASE SPEED A LEISURELY MANNER making sure you remain ride in your usual ride position 10 As you go faster the horizontal bar in the screen will start to fill Your goal is to g...

Page 33: ...OUR COAST DOWN AND DO MORE COAST DOWNS BY REPEATING STEPS 6 15 TIP IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY INITIATE THE COAST DOWN CALIBRATION PROCESS YOU MAY STOP IT BY CLICKING THE CENTER BUTTON THE SCREEN WILL SAY Abr...

Page 34: ...itness test that measures your cycling fitness It is a very simple test you ride as hard as you can for 20 minutes Then the iBike computes the average watts you held during the test divided by your bo...

Page 35: ...eved by your cycling efforts At the end of the 20 minute test your iBike will show you your test result expressed both as your W KG ratio and as your fitness level Here is how to do the fitness test E...

Page 36: ...r the test Find a place where you can cycle at a very aggressive pace for 20 minutes You need to be pedaling during the entire test so a hilly course is not a good idea on the downhills you ll likely...

Page 37: ...the rider s wattage output AT THAT INSTANT is below the average The down arrow to the left of the reading 191W indicates that the instantaneous wattage output is below the average watts output During...

Page 38: ...and fitness score result from your earlier test will be remain in memory At the end of the ride your iBike will compute your watts per kilogram and show you your fitness level TIP THE IBIKE MEASURES...

Page 39: ...bike tires a very smooth velodrome track will have a Crr of about 0 003 asphalt will have a Crr of about 0 0055 and dirt roads will have a Crr of 0 008 or higher The iBike s coast down process can me...

Page 40: ...IF and NP measurements are not visible in the iBike s Totals screen TSS OFF If you d like to see them then do the following 1 Go to Setup RACR YES TSS 2 Click the center button the bottom screen flas...

Page 41: ...the next menu item TOTAL HRS LOG TOTAL HRS LOG You can set the iBike s hours on bike log to start at a number other than the default number of zero This is a handy feature if you want to copy this val...

Page 42: ...unction here The new screens will be in BOLD 1 CAL WIND This important calibration is the screen you ll see when entering Setup Once you click the center button to perform the wind calibration your iB...

Page 43: ...HAT RIDE RACER TIP WHEN 5 SECOND RECORDING INTERVALS ARE CHOSEN YOUR IBIKE WILL AVERAGE THE WATTS DATA FOR 5 SECONDS THEN RECORD THE AVERAGED DATA FOR THE PREVIOUS 5 SECONDS 10 ERAS DATA ERASE RIDE DA...

Page 44: ...tup and click the bottom arrow repeatedly to find User If User No is on the screen click the center button to make the word Yes flash Then click the center button so that User Yes is displayed without...

Page 45: ...m lap to lap The iBike has a lap timer that lets you see your important lap stats lap number average speed average watts and lap time while on the bike and that marks those laps in your ride file for...

Page 46: ...HE TOP WINDOW THE LEAST SIGNIFICANT DIGIT OF THE AVERAGE WATTS NUMBER WILL BE SUBSCRIPTED FOR EXAMPLE AN AVERAGE WATTAGE OF 198W WILL SHOW IN THE TOP WINDOW AS 198 4 To end an interval click the cente...

Page 47: ...outs fat burning cardio and strength 3 Press hold the right arrow You will enter FIT TRAIN 4 Use the left or right arrow to select the kind of workout you want 5 For the workout you ve selected you ca...

Page 48: ...nute rest cool down Uploading a Custom Interval Set into your iBike After you ve created your custom interval set simply click the Send to iBike button located on the Edit Intervals window Your interv...

Page 49: ...m window For example the second set will be Set No 2 Of course the set counter will increment each time you do a new set TIP USING THE INTERVAL TRAINER WITH YOUR BIKE COACH Your bike coach can create...

Page 50: ...ireless mount 5 The wheel pickup sensor is not properly mounted See Mount Installation instructions 6 Sensor is defective Email or call iBike technical support for assistance 7 Tire circumference has...

Page 51: ...battery backwards to perform Hard Reset then reinstall battery properly Reset Time and Date Problem I can t download data to my computer and or upload data to my iBike Possible causes 1 iBike is sleep...

Page 52: ...ING AERO DRAG DATA WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT OF A COAST DOWN Problem I get the message bad data when I put the battery into the iBike Possible cause 1 Your iBike s ride file structure has been corrupted...

Page 53: ...horter in time To estimate your FTP from the iBike fitness test take the watts per kilogram number shown in your FIT TEST screen multiply that number by your weight in kilograms then multiply that num...

Page 54: ...val workouts work and rest periods combined longer 2 5 h road races 0 95 1 05 lactate threshold intervals work period only shorter 2 5 h road races criteriums circuit races longer e g 40 km TTs 1 05 1...

Page 55: ...and even prescribe rest days If you can normally ride two hours at an IF of 9 but today you really struggled it might be time for a couple of easy recovery rides IF of under 7 Using this information c...

Page 56: ...nstallation inflexibility and operational penalties that are characteristic of a direct force power meter DFPM In radical contrast the iBike uses state of the art sensors along with new and patented t...

Page 57: ...uding those where the hill slope displayed is off WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AERODYNAMIC AND FRICTIONAL DRAG COEFFICIENTS THE iBIKE MEASURES AND CdA AND Crr The iBike measures aerodynamic an...

Page 58: ...ONS CAN THE IBIKE BE LESS ACCURATE There are two extreme riding situations where it is difficult for the iBike to measure watts with highest accuracy 1 Sharp turns such as hair pin turns During sharp...

Page 59: ...ometer tilt and coast down calibrations wireless IDs and other profile information are unaffected by trip reset Also any ride files recorded from prior rides is unaffected IS THE IBIKE SUITABLE FOR RA...

Page 60: ...ESET YOU WILL NEED TO RESET THE DATE AND TIME IN YOUR IBIKE HOWEVER YOU WILL NOT NEED TO RE ENTER WEIGHT TIRE CIRCUMFERENCE AND CALIBRATION DATA THAT DATA IS STORED PERMANENTLY IN THE IBIKE S NON VOLA...

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