FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Graber Products, Inc.
5253 Verona Road
Madison, WI 53711
(800) 783-7257 ext. 129
Contact: Debbie Bauer 
Marketing Manager

 

 

Graber Products Acquires
Tune Corporation and Power-Tap Product Line!

MADISON, WI, March 23, 2001 – Chris Fortune, President of Graber Products Inc. parent company of Saris racks and Cycle-Ops trainers announced today the acquisition of Tune Corporation and the Power-Tap product line.  “Power-Tap represents a unique product offering in the marketplace for cycling enthusiasts and all other health and fitness minded cyclists around the world.  Power-Tap was introduced in 1998 and revolutionized the cycle training industry with a relatively inexpensive, yet highly accurate and easy to use power measuring cycling computer,” Fortune said in making the announcement.

The Power-Tap system includes a rear hub or complete rear wheel, computer, receiver, heart rate chest strap, mounting hardware and literature.  The system functions include download memory of up to 7+ hours of ride data, power display, heart rate display, discrete interval function, cadence, speed, clock/elapsed time, total energy expenditure, odometer, and auto start stop.  Rear wheel installation and removal with the Power-Tap system is made quick and easy because of the systems unique wireless data transmission feature. 

“Our research confirms that the rear hub is absolutely the best and most logical location in the whole geography of a bicycle to locate a power measuring device, and the Power-Tap patented system architecture is extremely well designed.  Power-Tap has created a new standard in training technology that gives enough information for the most scientific coach and yet is easy enough to use for the citizen racer,” commented Chris Fortune.  

“We also have the Power-Tap Link that is a key component to provide comprehensive post ride analysis.  The Power-Tap Link is an advanced software application that allows riders to collect up to 7+ hours of their performance factors every second (or every other second) in the standard Power-Tap cycle computer and then after their ride, to download their data from the Power-Tap computer to their Window’s compatible computer for storage and post-ride analysis,” Fortune pointed out.

The potential in the marketplace for the Power-Tap system and the Power-Tap Link software package and all of its related technology is very substantial, and Chris Fortune concluded that “Graber Products sees a huge opportunity for all the Power-Tap products and intellectual property and we also see a lot of synergy between Power-Tap and our Cycle-Ops trainer business.”

 

 

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