Gadget show!

[Gooby]

http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-gadget-show/epis...

Review of top end mountain bikes and a £20k road bike!

[hullbilly]

Some of our systems are used on the BF1 system Factor 001 looks cool doesnt it!

[paranoid airbag]

nice on a side note, I see a business idea: hire this out for an hour, then get a coach to go over the data with you. The potential benefits would be huge.

[hullbilly]

paranoid airbag said:

nice on a side note, I see a business idea: hire this out for an hour, then get a coach to go over the data with you. The potential benefits would be huge.

Yep definetly, the data loggers are bloody impressive...

[itsnotarace]

Seen the racing bike a few times before, curious to know what it offers over something like an SRM / Quarq which is a tenth of the price

http://www.scientific-coaching.com/SRM%20Power%20S...

[Gooby]

Not sure I want the data enough to "pass" a sensor/ transponder/ power source! It already takes an age to get through airport security, imagine with that in yer bum! oh god, they might find someone with gloves on to retrieve it....

[paranoid airbag]

mmm I might miss the pill too. itsnotarace, do those sensors include power relative to pedal position? that was the part that impressed me the most

[itsnotarace]

I don't have one, but I understand the SRM (for example) samples data via strain gauges in the cranks 200 times a second. So it allows you to see any imperfections in technique like the one in the gadget show last night, but without the fancy pie chart.

[hullbilly]

itsnotarace said:

fancy pie chart.

OI! that fancy pie chart is actually a histogram being used in our latest data analysis software, pie chart.. you heathen!

[itsnotarace]

mmm pie

[Rich_W]

That 20K bike is stupid. Cycling is a clique thing at the best of times. I suspect that proper cyclists would rather buy the same Spec Shiv as Cancelara or the Dogma of Wiggins (or even the Trek of that blood doping Texan and Specialized of the meat eating Bertie) than something with no heritage, dubious technology decisions and a poncy price tag.

I'm sure many have seen the £8K Mountain Bikes offered by BMW or Porsche in their "Accesories" catalogues. Bought exclusively by posers with no clue. I buy cars from car manufacturers and bikes from bike companies. Oh and Kettles from Russel Hobbs