We're human like everbody else, so when we get a sneak peek at an Olympic Champion's data from a Wattbike session, we tend to get a little bit excited. Our Sport Scientist, Eddie Fletcher, has seen training data from World and Olympic Champions, across all of the cycling disciplines and from every corner of the world. It's this… Read full post
We've been sent this fantastic poster which features US track cyclist Sarah Hammer. We liked it so much we thought we'd share it with you. It makes us really proud to be part of Sarah's 'team' throughout the last 12 moinths and through to the Olympics. We've met Sarah a few times now at her Mallorca training… Read full post
A few weeks ago I dropped a Wattbike off for Jessica Ennis' coach Toni Minichiello at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield where Jessica does most of her training and preparation for the upcoming Olympic Games. I asked Toni how Jessica would be using the Wattbike as part of her training, he told me: "Following the foot injury in 2008 that… Read full post
There's a fantastic article on the Telegraph website looking into the main venue for Team GB's pre-Olympic preparations at Loughborough University. It'll be the place where many of the athletes taking part in the big event will come to make their final preparations before going on to compete for medals. Take a look at the video below… Read full post
Picked up on a good article about Irish track cyclist Martyn Irvine on the excellent SBS Cycling Central website, which details the struggles of a guy who is far from the glitz and glamour of the big track cycling nations such as GB, Australia, France and Germany off the track, but is definitely up there when it comes to being on the track. What really… Read full post
Last Friday evening we took a trip to the London Olympic Velodrome for the UCI Track World Cup, we hadn't quite expected to see some awesome performances and two world records in a single night. The building is awesome, both inside and out, and the racing throughout the weekend was equally as good. If that was just a taster for the Olympics… Read full post
Now that the 2011/12 track cycling season is underway I thought it would be a good time to bring you a video we shot back in the summer of when myself and Eddie took a trip to Mallorca to see US track cyclist Sarah Hammer. Sarah is a double world record holder in the individual and team pursuit and 4 times world champion, we're talking the best… Read full post
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 where he is a full time fireman working 48 hour shifts! Jimmy reckons that ‘the Wattbike is by far the best training tool I have. Working… 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
I cannot wait to get inside the new London 2012 Olympics velodrome and on seeing this video from RIBA it just confirmed that it will become one of the iconic sporting buildings in the UK in the coming years. The velodrome is on the shortlist for the Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize and this video explains why. Take a look at the… Read full post