Wattbike


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Wattbike: The best bits

It’s with a heavy heart that I have to tell you that the guys from Wattbike want their Wattbike back. I know; gutted. That’s my three-month loan period done and it’s out of here tomorrow.

So, before it goes, I thought I’d tell you what I’ve found the most useful features…

Places on 2012 Deloitte Ride Across Britain up for grabs at static bike challenge in London next week

Male and female rider setting best time on Wattbike over 250 metres will each win place on September's mass LEJOG ride

It's all about the sausage

It's all about the sausage. That's what Wattbike reckon. If you want to be a top level rider, you need to get your sausage sorted. I'll explain...

I’ve got some time in on the Wattbike over the past few weeks and thought I’d give you a quick look at one of it’s most interesting features: the Polar View.

What’s the Polar View? Over to Wattbike:

We've got a Wattbike and we're gonna use it

So, I have a Wattbike to train on for the next three months. Cool. Now I just need to get down to some hard work in the saddle.

Do you know much about the Wattbike? The clues are in the name, really. It’s a static bike that accurately measures your power output. Those are the essentials. I spent half an hour or so going through the key features with Wattbike’s Steve Marshall and now the plan is for me to use it regularly between now and March. The weather has been bad lately; I’m glad it’s here.

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powerBIKE: bring the cobbles to your living room

Vibrating static bike claims to dramatically increase the effectiveness of your workout

Jim Rees to attempt 1000 mile ride at the Cycle Show

On a Wattbike, that is, not round and round Earl's Court...

Wattbike

Price: 
£1650.00

Part indoor trainer, part science lesson, the Wattbike is a highly developed performance data gathering tool, and a very decent ride to boot. Just make sure you need all the information that it can throw at you: most riders won't get as much benefit from the numbers as they will from the exercise.

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