They will be officially priced at $225, but will be generally available for $199US. The goal is to have the inRIDE accessory pods available starting in October. The power meter accuracy is within +/- 2%, but the Wahoo team is aiming to try and improve that (though that’s still pretty impressive).
The majority of the guts of the unit are ‘powered by Wahoo Fitness’, and thus the same guys working on the Wahoo KICKR trainer are supporting Kinetic in this effort.
KINETIC INRIDE TRAINERROAD BLUETOOTH
TrainerRoad and Kinetic Road Machine outputting power via Bluetooth Smart and inRIDE That said, keep in mind that they are still working within beta firmware – and they are still actively developing. Note in particular the reasonably quick drop-off when he stops pedaling (again, upper left corner). You can watch on the TrainerRoad screen as the power updates. I shot this brief 30 or so second video showing them spinning up and throwing down some watts. Though, more tests will be in order once I’ve got a unit. At casual glance is seemed reasonably accurate. In many ways, this estimation is not terribly different from that of what the PowerTap does today. The Kinetic trainer transmits virtual cadence – which is an estimation of cadence. You’ll note above that cadence is displayed. He also strapped on a Wahoo Fitness BlueHR Bluetooth Smart strap as well, which TrainerRoad picked up too. In the photo with the laptop being held below, the upper left number is power (146w). Within a couple seconds it showed up as paired.Īnd a minute later I had suckered one of them onto the trainer to ride it. Once TrainerRoad opened up, the pairing process was essentially no different than other sensors that TrainerRoad supports (such as ANT+ and Bluetooth Low Energy, as well as the CompuTrainer). They’d never tried pairing with the new accessory before – so it was a bit of a fun test (well, fun from my standpoint, I’m not sure they were excited about the potential live demo fail). In order to test the integration across the Bluetooth Smart protocol with 3rd party apps, I kidnapped the TrainerRoad guys from a few halls away and took them to the Kinetic booth. You can also pair existing ANT+ sensors with an ANT+ key, as well as other Bluetooth Smart sensors. You can see below the screen showing the rider in the middle of the workout. This enables you to to pair to the trainer (just like you’d pair a normal power meter).Īfter wirelessly pairing, your data will be transmitted to the iPhone 4s (or other Bluetooth 4.0 device). Kinetic has partnered with Wahoo Fitness to rebrand the Wahoo Fitness iPhone application for Kinetic (free). At this point, applications and devices that support Bluetooth Smart can pick it up. A power curve means that a given speed, the wattage will always be a specific wattage (regardless of gearing).įrom there the unit transmits the final power wattage (as well as speed) per the tentative Bluetooth Smart power meter device profile. With the speed, it’s in turn able to predict power based on a known power curve. You can see it in the photo below as a small circle about the size of an pencil eraser.īy placing the small magnet in the unit, the sensor effectively becomes a speed sensor. The unit is measuring the speed of the roller In each of the trainers above, there’s a small divot that’s always been on the back of the trainer roller. You can see the unit below mounted to the back of the Rock and Roll trainer: However, at present this is just for Kinetic trainers. In theory, if the trainer could support a magnetic that stayed absolutely still, and if the power curve was known, and if Wahoo Fitness worked with that vendor, they could probably produce something similar. The following Kinetic trainers will work with the unit: They expect about a year of battery life before you have to shell out another $5 for a new battery.įor installation, the unit mounts with double-sided tape to the back of an existing Kurt Kinetic trainer. The sensor itself is about the size of a few Starburst candies and operates on a single CR2032 coin cell battery. At which point you can use your favorite Bluetooth Smart compatible training app to record and analyze the data.
This data can then be transmitted to Bluetooth 4.0 compatible devices (like the iPhone 4s and Motorola Razr). Here at Eurobike, Kinetic introduced a power meter accessory/attachment (inRIDE) for their existing trainers – which adds highly accurate power meter measurement to a Kinetic trainer for about $200. This is definitely the week of power meters, and there’s no shortage of new products – for both Bluetooth Smart as well as ANT+.
KINETIC INRIDE TRAINERROAD FULL
NOTE: My full inRide In-Depth Review has been recently posted ( click here), with far more detail and analysis than the below post.
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