I missed this when it first came out, but have just read about Bikeradar’s second round of their Wattbike Challenge. I had been mildly surprised when I saw the photos from the first challenge – jeans/t-shirts, they obviously did not realise that the Wattbike is not just another exercise bike! That had changed by the second challenge – with a bit more knowledge about the Wattbikes, the ability to compare data between the Wattbikes and most importantly the ability to race meant that there was a lot more lycra and the first pair of SPDs. Some pretty impressive times posted as well, with Matthew Cole (of Bikeradar) who posted 1:05.29 for the kilo with a peak power of 711W and an average power output of 598W. Altough the peak power seems quite low the fastest way to ride is of course to even pace the 1000m. Even more impressive than his time though is his power per kilo which came out at 6.72 Watts per kilo.

I am looking forward to round 3, I wonder if anyone will have done any training for it?