Today I was at showing off the Wattbikes to the ‘Sport in Nottinghamshire’ delegates at Colwick racecourse, Nottingham. We made a presentation to the audience of how British Cycling approached us to produce an indoor bike which was authentic, accurate and capable of unrivalled technical feedback. 

Sam Hynd on the Wattbike

David Florence on the Wattbike

Also, Beijing Olympic heroes Sam Hynd and David Florence were at the event to inspire the PCT, Local authority and sport representatives and show the achievements of the county in the last 12 months. Both of the athletes, who are training for the London games, led the way on the Wattbikes. Sam Hynd who won a Gold medal at the Beijing Paralympics set a strong 742 Watts marker. David Florence was next up, and the slalom canoeist, who won the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics, recorded a tough-to-beat 1189 Watts in the Peak Power tests.

Under such inspiration attendees queued up to complete a quick peak power test or 200m race as well as to look at their cycling technique on the Polar power display. Lots of delegates raced on the Wattbikes and special note must go to Karen from Nottingham Trent University who did not want to be beaten and after several attempts recorded a very good 946W during her power test.

There were again lots of positive feedback from the attendees about the authentic feel of the bikes and how the monitor and the accurate data could be a great benefit for the sporting and healthy-living schemes in the Nottinghamshire county and its schools.