Verve Cycling, the Australian manufacturer of the InfoCrank power meter, has today announced a five-year sponsorship deal with British Cycling.
Using power data is a critical aspect of training and racing for top level racing cyclists, and there is now a load more choice on the market. Verve’s InfoCrank is one of the newest: we first saw it in 2014 and it was officially released earlier this year.
“Accurate data will always make the difference when combined with all the other work that we do with our athletes and Verve Cycling has proven to be committed to achieving best in class in this increasingly crucial area,” says Iain Dyer, Head Coach of the Great Britain Cycling Team.
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“Taking a product from the laboratory to the road is a fantastic experience made even greater when successful British Cycling athletes choose to use our products,” says Bryan Taylor, President of Verve Cycling.
"The fact that British Cycling agrees with and supports our vision of taking truly accurate power measurement to all those cyclists who are aiming to improve and has given us the opportunity to work with world leading coaches and sports scientists through the next two Olympics cycles, is a dream come true for the engineering innovators at Verve.”
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InfoCrank is a crank-based system, similar to the popular SRM power meter, but uses strain gauges in both crank arms to provide a high level of detail and data. Aa well as left and right leg power data, it will be possible to get pedal stroke analysis as well.
The company believes that its crank-based system if the best way to measure power, and preferable to the increasingly popular power pedals.
“The pedal joint is almost the weakest point on the bike, the bearings inside the pedal are particularly weak, and the problem when you get to the pedal is that there are forces going everywhere,” said Verve Cycling’s Bryan Taylor.
The InfoCrank uses ANT+ to communicate with a compatible computer, like a Garmin Edge. The crank is powered by a pair of SR44 batteries and should last a year, according to the company’s claims.
The InfoCrank costs £1,365 with rings and bottom bracket, or £1,260 for just the crankset.
www.vervecycling.com
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