Tuesday, May 12, 2009

I have (the) power!

Just a quick update here. A couple of pictures of my new Cycleops PowerTap training wheel (Mavic Open Pro) and Zipp 808 built-up with another PowerTap hub. I just got the Zipp back from the shop and I'm really excited. Thanks to Cycleops, I'll be training and racing with a power meter from now on. OK, so I didn't get the SL+, but hey, I'm on a budget.

Training wheel here:








And here is the Zipp:




I'm really loving all the data I'm able to get from the PowerTap. Aside from power data, there is hear trate, speed, cadence, calories burned, average speed, average heart rate, average cadence, average power, and on and on. It's amazing. Downloading the PowerTap head to the computer is a breeze too. The graphical analysis is really interesting and provides lots of new insight to me as to how I ride, my limitations, and how energy expenditure affects me both immediately and as a ride progresses. Check out PowerTap here: http://www.cycle-ops.com/

1 comment:

Jeremy Shuttleworth said...

I absolutely love the Zipps with the powertap built in already. I can't afford one yet (or have a hope of getting it past the wife) but soon enough I'm going to be getting one of these New Zipp Powetaps