The Wattbikes were very popular all weekend at BikeRadar Live with hundreds of people getting peak power and 200m scores. The most famous of the riders were Graeme Obree and Brian Lopes. Both legends in their own area of the sport, Graeme a two time pursuit world champion and former holder of the world one hour record was not really suited to the type of racing that we were doing – infact he posted 885Watts for the Peak Power and 12.09s for the two hundred metres, which would have left him a ways off the leaders – make it an hour though and he would be dangerous! Brian in comparison was much more suited to the peak power and 200m. As a four times World Champion, in 4x, 8x and Dual he understands getting a quick start and certainly has some impressive leg speed. In his warm up he produced a peak cadence of 188r/m and a peak power of 1630W on setting 1. Once we moved the resitance to level 6 and had the 200m race he was even more impressive. He recorded a peak power of 1689W and a time of 9.51s for the 200m very impressiev stuff and the fastest 200m of the day – the second fastest coming in the same race with a 9.53s.

A good weekend all round with much interest in the Wattbikes. The DHL trailer will now be moving around the country visiting DHL centres – we will keep you posted.