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The Wattbike Performance Computer
The revolutionary Wattbike Performance Computer (WPC) brings
indoor cycling into the 21st century. For the first time it offers a
unique opportunity to monitor and analyze performance across
a comprehensive range of parameters knowing that feedback is
accurate and meaningful.
The WPC is entirely menu-driven and simple to operate despite
the incredible breadth of its potential. It eclipses the range and
quality of scientific data currently available and provides the sport
of cycling with the first low cost, reliable medium for talent ID
screening. It also opens up the prospect of the development of the
sport of indoor cycling, as bikes can be linked together for racing.
Riders can recall and race against previous workouts either from the
WPC memory or from a Logcard. In addition it will soon be possible
to share data files through the Wattbike World Ranking and there
will be the capacity to download and race against performances of
other riders, all from the comfort of the home.
However, Wattbike is not all about racing. A variety of pre-installed
workouts are available for exercise users.
The WPC is fitted as standard. It is a graphic display driven device;
navigation is intuitive through an easy to follow menu structure and
4 clearly labelled buttons that make it easy to use and manipulate
during a workout. Section 4 Operating Instructions describes and
details step by step instructions for setting the WPC displays.
The rider can select from a library of pre-set workouts that load
automatically or recall a previous workout and ReRide against it.
Heart Rate can be monitored using, a standard un-coded Polar
chest belt and heart rate receiver plugged into the WPC or a chest
belt using ANT/ANT+SPORT wireless technology
This software captures data up to 100 times per second, stores up
to 700 minutes of information and offers real-time feedback across
39 parameters for riders, coaches and scientists.
The WPC is equipped with 2Mb internal memory with a capacity
to store 175 minutes of data with the highest sampling rate of 100
samples per second. By reducing the sample rate it is possible to
increase the WPC’s storage capacity up to 700 minutes.
The WPC can be connected to a PC via a USB cable which allows
downloading of workout data to the Wattbike Expert Software
package for analysis. Section 6 – Wattbike Expert Software and
Wattbike Racing outlines the PC software available to provide in-
depth analysis of rider workouts.
The WPC is also equipped with a Logcard for the rider to store
personal information and data relating to their workouts.
