The Wattbike Blog
Posted by Chris Rowe on Mar 31, 2008
Matt Crampton underlined his reputation as one of the emerging talents of British cycling on and off the track at the world championships. Crampton, the 21-year-old Commonwealth Games silver medallist from Manchester, laid down a marker for the future in the kilometre time trial on Sunday. He set the pace with a time of 1:01.822, but was eventually edged into fourth place by Frenchman Francois Pervis.…
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Posted by Chris Rowe on Mar 30, 2008
Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, gained first hand experience of the ground-breaking Wattbike during his visit to the world track cycling championships in Manchester. Mr Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport watches a Wattbike race at the Manchester 2008 World Cycling Championship Mr Burnham tried the machine himself, and was struck by the enthusiasm…
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Posted by Chris Rowe on Mar 29, 2008
Dutch world champion Speed Skater Jan Bos has established a new world record for power output on the Wattbike. Jan Bos prepares to set a new power record on the Wattbike! Bos, who also won Olympic silver medals over 1,000 metres at the Winter Games in Nagano in 1998, and in Salt Lake City in 2002, recorded a peak power output of 1996 watts. The 33-year-old, from Harderwijk is one of Europe’s…
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Posted by Chris Rowe on Mar 28, 2008
With Great Britain established as the dominant nation of these world track championships in Manchester, cycling is on a real high. The world class programme, overseen by Performance Director David Brailsford, is being hailed as an example for other British sports to follow in the build up to the Beijing Olympics. Multiple medal winners, like Victoria Pendleton and Bradley Wiggins, are becoming the…
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Posted by Chris Rowe on Mar 27, 2008
The Wattbike has quickly become one of the talking points of the World Track Cycling Championships at the Velodrome. Hundreds of spectators have taken advantage of the opportunity for a trial spin on the ground-breaking indoor bike, which promises to reinforce cycling’s status as a sport for all. They have ranged from schoolboys to senior citizens, who have tested themselves over the nominal…
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Posted by Chris Rowe on Mar 26, 2008
The Wattbike made a global impact, even before the world track cycling championship began in Manchester today. Coaches from China, Korea and the Czech Republic were the first to register interest in the revolutionary indoor bike. They were joined by Michael Flynn, training department manager at the UCI, the worldwide governing body for the sport. Flynn, a former High Performance Manager with Cycling…
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Posted by Chris Rowe on Mar 25, 2008
Wattbike is the first indoor bike to be endorsed by British Cycling, the governing body for cycling in the UK with a global reputation for innovation and achievement. It is a No Boundaries product, suitable for riders of all ages, and abilities. Welcome to Wattbike, and the No Boundaries world of cycling in the 21st Century Wattbike is an exercise bike, testing bike, competition bike and a rehabilitation…
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