The life-like simulation of training- or tournament tracks owed to the elastic bike suspension is one of the outstanding features of the Cyclus2 ergometer. The latest state of the art hardware- and sensor-technology controls the brake force of the ergometer in such a realistic way that no difference to the real conditions on the road is noticeable. In contrast to other ergometers the Cyclus2 exactly calculates the following brake resistances during an indoor training as they appear in a real scenario:
The calculation, which is directly bearing on the brake torque for the setting of the load for the athlete, is carried out with precision in real time and in dependence of velocity, weight and material. The gear changing can be carried out as usual. The hardware configuration of the Cyclus2 allows the switching between the gears of a pre-set gear adjustment as well as the step-less switching for the testing of other gear ratios. This makes the ergometer available for cyclists and coaches to use for an optimal preparation for new and unknown tournament tracks. The initialization of the ergometer with the track data is fairly straight forward and can be done as follows:
Round course 6.2km of the cycling track of the triathlon tournament of the 2012 Olympic Games in London – created with the training portal TrainingPeaks
Import window for the import of recorded track patterns (GPS data) on the Cyclus2
