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THE BEST REASONS FOR A POWER BASED BIKE COMPUTER
  • Power Based Bike Computers Perfect control of your power at intense efforts (sprints, intervals)
  • Optimal dose of training load no over training
  • Motivation through visible progress in your efforts increase in Watts while maintaining HF
  • Virtual wind tunnel Improvement of your body positioning and material, e.g. wheels, clothes, helmet, etc.
  • Training zones can be determined and controlled very precisely and training targets can be reached and controlled easily
  • Perfect estimation and control of your power at lactate threshold à optimized planning of your season and races
  • Watts in combination with HR as indicator for your fitness weight, fitness and well-being
  • Power in Watts is the action and heart rate is the reaction of your body

A power meters tells a rider how much power he is generating in watts. Power is defined as work over time (W/T) and work is defined as force times distance (W=F/D). A power meter measures the work a cyclist does and relates it to the time they take to do it.

There are three major players in the power meter market, each with it’s own pros and cons:

Ergomo Power Units - PowerTap Power Units - SRM Power Units

  
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