RIDE YOUR RACE ON COMPUTRAINER

Come and use TriCentral's own Computrainer and ride and prepare on actual Ironman courses, race against yourself week to week and see how your speed, power and cadence have improved.  The cost is only £10 an hour and is well worth it! For more info call 0161 748 1907 or email sales@tricentral.co.uk

"The best thing about CompuTrainer is you can do very specific monitored workouts. You can replicate training sessions and do the exact wattages/ cadences that you need to be successful. I think course visualization is very important. You can ride the course in your own basement so that you're familiar with its demands when you get to the race. The new CompuTrainer interactive real course videos really help."

- Craig Alexander, Ford IM World Champion 2008 

• Panaromic 3D course 
• Grade Profiles to 15% 
• Multiple Scenery Selections 
• Male Female Pacer Options
• SpinScan Bar & Polar modes in split screen
• Unlimited courses and saved races
• Monitor your progress
• Data bar displays:

SpinScan™ Pedal Stroke Analyzer is an exclusive CompuTrainer feature that helps you increase power and efficiency. The multicolor torque graph represents one full 360 revolution divided into 15 segments. The left /right leg percentage power splits give you the feedback needed to pedal in "circles". It will identify "flat" or "dead" spots in the pedal stoke where optimal power is not transferred to the drive train. A dynamic bike fit utilizing SpinScan is an excellent way to take the subjectivity and guesswork out of the bike fit process. And the ATA (Average Torque Angle) displayed on the Polar Graph helps you to adjust your position for optimum power.

Cool graphics, you can race against a pacer, an previous performance, or someone else. you can test your power, spinning efficiency and aerobic fitness to measure improvement

Computrainer, takes indoor training to a whole new level – it simulates the outdoor riding experience, and at the same time, allows you to analyse your pedalling stroke, ensuring you are getting the best of all possible worlds.

Eight of the top 15 men and women at the Ironman Triathlon World Championship last year were Computrainer users. So what, specifically, are these athletes doing on their trainers that they’re not able to do on other types of equipment.

One of the most important features that you get when using a Computrainer is the "Spin Scan." By measuring the efficiency of your pedal stroke, the Spin Scan helps you pedal correctly – keeping an even amount of pressure on the pedals at all times, and using all of the muscles in your legs optimally to generate the most power.

While the Spin Scan is a great feature, things get really fun when you combine the Spin Scan and your power output to figure out your optimal cadence.

One of the best ways to gauge the effectiveness of an athlete’s training is through various tests. working in the correct heart rate zones.

The simplest test you can do on a Computrainer, though, is to race yourself! By saving a previous performance, you can set your previous performance up as a pacer, who will then race you through the course. How much simpler could it get – you were either faster than a month ago, or you weren’t!