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power2max | The Power Meter used by the Pro’s

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power2max power meters are being used by multiple teams in the 2021 Tour de France & 2021 La Tour, namely Education First-Nippo, AG2R Citroen & Lotto Soudal ladies team. Below, find the teams comments on their power2max units;  Education First-Nippo  A team partner since 2019, power2max offers us an easy to use power meter, a device fitted to our Cannondale […]

Warm-Up like the Trek-Segafredo Pros

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Prepare for your next event like the riders in the pro-peloton Here at Saris, we’ve been the proud sponsor and official bike trainer of the Trek-Segafredo racing team since it’s rebirth in 2013. Their racers are some of the best from all over the globe. With the 2021 pro-race season well underway, we checked in with […]

Indoor Bike Trainers: 5 Frequently Asked Questions

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Decades of recommendations, distilled into a five-question Q & A. From traditional cycling “off-season” maintenance to inclement weather, there are many reasons to add an indoor bike trainer to your fitness regimen. As with any new piece of equipment, you may be asking yourself a handful of questions. We’ve been making indoor bike trainers for […]

Benefits of Power for a Triathlete

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Triathlon is a beautiful sport which challenges our bodies and minds over three very different disciplines. With three very contrasting disciplines needing to work together, gauging the balance in training can often be difficult. It is partly because of this challenge that the advancements in sports technologies have boomed over the past few years – one […]

Power-Based Cycling

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Training and racing with a power meter means being able to monitor your performance with real hard data – not estimates. Power is an objective and reliable reference value that, unlike heart rate, can not be altered by external factors such as high temperatures, psychological stress, caffeine intake, digestion, etc. As a matter of fact, […]

5 Reasons To Choose a Smart Trainer Over a Basic Indoor Trainer

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Find out what makes smart bike trainers the choice of the future. With the introduction of smart indoor bike trainers, there are now more options available to help you bring your outdoor ride inside. Here at Saris, we’ve been at the forefront of indoor bike trainer technology for over two decades. In fact, we were […]

MP1 Nfinity Bike Trainer Fit Guide

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How to Fit Your Trainer on the MP1 Nfinity The MP1 Nfinity is compatible with nearly any bike trainer. We built it that way because we believe that anyone with a compatible bike trainer should be able to tap into the benefits of Saris Nfinity Technology – which is pretty much everyone. That’s why we […]

Indoor Climbing Calculation

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Here’s a rough rule of thumb about Indoor Climbing Calculation…. 1. Note your Normalised power (NP) for the activity from the Power Agent download (if you don’t have NP then use average power ). 2. Note your energy consumption (E) in kJ 3. Calculate what your total mass (M) would be if you were riding […]

Power Meter Accuracy & Consistency

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Power Meter Accuracy and Consistency are not the same thing. The key advantage of power-based training is the range of power metrics that allow us to measure our progress against a structured training programme, or informally. Clearly the metrics depend on the quality of the raw data recorded by our power meters. As they say, […]

CycleOps SA and Tim Noakes

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Some CycleOps comments on the “Noakes Diet”. There’s been major banter (and worse) on Prof. Tim Noakes’ promotion of the Banting LCHF diet. We at CycleOps are indirectly affected, since CycleOps and PowerTap products are increasingly popular indoor training, energy monitoring and weight loss/management programmes. So we thought we’d add some comments, from a cyclist’s […]