이틀 전에 RYA 영국 세일링 연맹에서의 Sail for Gold Regatta 프로그램에서 선수들에게 Wattbike의 장점과 과학적 개발 배경에 대해 세미나를 개최했다. RYA의 대표 생리학자 Pete Cunningham은 그의 본 연구지인 Chichester 대학에서 지난 몇 달간 Wattbike를 통해 여러 선수들을 훈련시켜… Read full post
Wattbike스포츠 과학자 에디 플레쳐가 미국 올림픽 트랙 싸이클 대표선수인 지미 왓킨슨을 만나고 왔다는데… Wattbike sport scientist, Eddie Fletcher caught up with Jimmy Watkins the USA Olympic track cyclist last week. Jimmy does some of his training on a Wattbike Pro training out of Fire Station 55 in Lebec, California… Read full post
글쎄요. 솔직히 말해서, 당신의 한 표를 원하는 사람은 니키입니다. 만약 여러분이 우리 페이스북의 팬이라면… Well, to be truthful, it’s Nikki that needs your votes. If you’re a fan of ours on Facebook then you’ll already know that Nikki was one of the people who rode non-stop for 3 days, showcasing… Read full post
우리는 지난 주에 몇 번 정도 언론에 보도된 적이 있는데요. 맨 처음 것이 선수들 사이에서 아주 끝내주는 장비라는… We’ve been in the press a few times over the last week. First up was a nice feature in Athletics Weekly focusing on GB 800m athlete Jenny Meadows’ use of the Wattbike for cross-training,… Read full post
2011년 시즌은 막 끝낸 나는 극도의 피곤함을 느끼고 있다. 왜냐하면 이는… Having just completed my last sportive of 2011 I have to admit to feeling pretty tired. Not only because of the 55 mile hilly course around the Peak District but because I was recently ill. Getting back on the bike after a severe bout of sickness is something… Read full post
I spent yesterday at the Cycle Show for the Press and Trade Day, a chance for the good and great of the cycling industry to shake hands, chat about the current cycling scene and drink copious amounts of coffee. My plan had been to grab 30 minutes away from the Wattbike booth to take some photos for the blog but, alas, we were so busy that I hardly had… Read full post
현재 wattbike로 열심히 훈련 중인 영국 최고의 윈드서핑 유망주 Sam Sills 와의 인터뷰 내용입니다. 인터뷰에 앞서 윈드서핑에 대한 여러가지 조사를 실시했는데, 특히 윈드서핑 선수들의 유산소 능력은 정말 상상을 초월하는 수준이었습니다. 샘과의 인터뷰를 통해 또 한… Read full post
We’re often asked about providing support or sponsorship for various cyclists, triathletes, events and charities and while we take a detailed look at every request there are some occasions when it takes a matter of seconds for us to say yes, we can help. We’d been following Simon Richardson on Twitter for some time, he’s an inspiring guy. In 2001… Read full post
More images from the 2011 Alpine Challenge… Read full post
Great news to hear that the Wattbike League is up and running again in Lichfield at Friary Grange Leisure Centre, courtesy of Lichfield District Council. Starting November 1st and continuing on a weekly basis until the 22nd, there’ll be a fantastic evening of competitive racing on Wattbikes featuring 4 groups based on differing abilities. Each… Read full post
Earlier in the summer (yes, remember that, summer!) we took a day trip to Amsterdam to catch up with 3 times World Champion track cyclist Teun Mulder. We met up with Teun at the velodrome in Apeldoorn, scene of the 2011 World Track Cycling Championships and were greeted by an image of him which stretched the full height of the building! Teun should… Read full post
So many great memories from our trip to the Alpine Challenge and we’ve just received the official photographs. We’ll pick out our favourites amongst the hundreds taken and put them up here on the Wattbike blog over the next few days… Read full post
We dropped off four Wattbikes with Newcastle Falcons Rugby Union club a couple of months ago and if you recall, the players were all keen to jump on to try to outdo each other on who can get the biggest peak power. Well, we’ve now got some scores from a few players and have entered these onto our Wattbike Ranking system. The three players have… Read full post
Today we can finally reveal something we’ve been working on for quite some time, let me introduce you to Power Cycling. We’re talking about a revolution in indoor cycling and we’re really happy to have the support of the national governing body for cycling in the UK, British Cycling. Power Cycling takes indoor group cycling to a completely… Read full post
We’re quickly heading towards the end of the pro cycling season and with the World Championships starting in Copenhagen, Denmark I thought it would be interesting to look at a couple of the rankings systems for pro cyclists. FIrst up is the UCI WorldTour Rankings:- and now we have the IG Markets Pro Cycling Index:- As you can see, the top 15 places… Read full post