Wattbike à L’Etape du Tour Mondovélo sous le soleil du Ventoux
Posted by Chris Rowe on Jul 24, 2009
Setting up the Wattbike tent at the Mont Ventoux étape
Wattbike at L'Etape du Tour Mondovélo under the sunshine of Mont Ventoux
Wattbike France launched the Wattbike at L'Etape du Tour Mondovélo to the thousands of the competitors who came to attempt one of the most famous and tricky mountain stages of the Tour de France, Mont Ventoux.
It was a very busy few days where 8500 cyclosportifs fought against the infamous mountain roads, accompagnied by another 20,000 visitors. The sun shone, and the temperatures were high especially when the windy mountain lost its gust for the Sunday.
The Wattbike tent was extremely busy across all the days as it was the only booth around where everybody could come and try the product. Everyone who had a go were fascinated by their power profile on the polar graph, and lots of group were very keen to compete against each other on the Wattbike challenges.
Customer sensations were described as the best ever felt on a stationnary bike, far better then on the usual or top turbo trainers. The information provided by the monitor was very interesting to the customers, with the star is the Polar Graph !
Sunday was very much an international day as 3 out of 4 demos were done to non-French residents. Many came from the UK and Spain, but some came from South Africa (most living in London), Canada & Quebec, South America (Argentina, Mexico).
Look out for our booths at forthcoming events, such as the Cycle Show in Earls Court, and the Skyride events across the UK this summer!
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