The Quarq CinQo is a high quality crank based power meter, reliable and easy to service!

The CinQo Saturn - the second generation is here. Five arms, each precisely instrumented in a (patent pending) arrangement and now connected by the "Ring of Saturn". Add in the ANT+ Wireless Communication with the convenience of a user replaceable CR2450 battery and you've got Quarq Power!

Measures Power at the Crankset

The Quarq CinQo is a bicycle powermeter that is integrated into the crankset of the bicycle. Specifically, the CinQo is a instrumented crank "spider" that mounts on specific production cranksets.

ANT+ Wireless Communication

The ANT+ radio transmits the CinQo's power measurement digitally to other ANT+ compatible bicycle computers. (Think of ANT+ as "Bluetooth" for bicycles.) ANT+ computers include the Garmin Edge 705 and the iBike iAero. The ANT standard is available to all bike computer manufactures, so look for more ANT+ compatible bike computers in the future.

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Globus Sport and Health Technologies

Electrostimulation for sport training is very different from other forms of electrostimulation, such as TENS, or those utilized by medical practitioners in rehabilitation settings. It focuses on the development of force, endurance,faster recovery from sport performance and muscle soreness of skeletal muscles used in various sports.

Muscles contract in the following way: when a person decides to move a muscle, the brain sends an electric impulse, called action potential, to the muscle needed for the movement. The electrical signal is transmitted as a change of potential (voltage), an electrical impulse that traverses the motor nerve to the muscle to be stimulated. After receiving the impulse, calcium ions are freed from neural stores, which in turn cause two components of muscular fibers, actin and myosin, to approach each other. This results in the shortening of certain areas of the fiber, leading to muscular contraction. The energy needed for contraction is supplied by sugars and fats stored in the body. In other words, electrical stimulation is not a direct energy resource but it works as a trigger of this energy, which results in a muscular contraction. The same type of mechanism is activated when muscular contraction is produced by an electro-muscle-stimulator (EMS). EMS assumes the same role as a natural impulse transmitted by the nervous system.

Voluntary muscles are composed of muscle fibers that can be subdivided in two types: type I and type II. Type I fibers are slower moving fibers, and are called slow-twitch fiber; Type II fibers are faster moving fibers, and are called fast-twitch fibers. Type I and Type II fibers utilize different mechanisms, of energy conversion, and are stimulated at different frequencies. The proportions of the two main types of muscle fibers (types I and II) vary significantly from muscle to muscle. Some muscle groups contain predominantly type I fibers, such as the soleus muscle, while others have only type II fibers, e.g. orbicular muscles. However, most muscles contain a sizable portion of both types of fibers.

Another parameter that greatly affects the contraction of the muscle is the duration of the impulse necessary to trigger a proper reaction, called Chronaxie (this duration is typically measured in millionths of a second). Different muscle groups are better stimulated using different chronaxie. That's why you have to employ different programs to benefit most from EMS training: different sports and different muscles require particular combination of frequency and chronaxie.

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Discover the Lemond Difference.

An understanding of cycling is what makes LeMond Fitness products great.

At LeMond Fitness, Greg LeMond’s passion for cycling drives the design of every product we produce. Understanding what makes a great bike tick and incorporating the cycling fundamentals of fit, geometry, inertia, and resistance make all the difference in producing the industry’s best bike trainers and indoor exercise bikes.

The new LeMond Revolution bike trainer is an awesome new product in the LeMond Fitness family designed to give you the power to transfer your indoor riding to real road riding success. The Lemond Revolution delivers the best road feel than any other trainer.

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Honey Stinger - Sting or bee stung.

Honey Stinger, located in Steamboat Springs, Colorado was founded in 2002 to bring great tasting, convenient honey-based foods to consumers. An athletic entrepreneur, a honey industry veteran, a food product developer and a beekeeper make up the team that founded Honey Stinger.

Honey Stinger products are available in specialty outdoor retail, natural foods, running and bike shops across the country and beyond. Our products are popular with athletes from all manner of sports and the company sponsors events, athletes and teams across the US and Europe.

Honey Stinger just introduced that Lance Armstrong inspired waffle to their product line. This delicious healthy product is easy to eat on the ride and a welcome change to the standard energy bar.

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Athlete Octane

Athlete Octane™ increases your body’s ability to handle sustained, strenuous activity by providing nutrients that are critical to endurance & recovery and are very hard to obtain from food alone. Athlete Octane™ contains specific, key vitamin and micro-nutrients that are typically lost during endurance activity. The ingredients in Athlete Octane™ perform at the cellular level helping your energy systems neutralize the free-radical damage associated with the stress of exercise. Replenishing these complex nutrients is often the absolute key to performance.

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We Made The Leap

The Grand Tours, Spring Classics, dozens of Olympic, World & National Championship titles in 'Road, 'Cross & Triathlon...There exists neither better tests, nor stronger proof of the quality of SRAM Road components. Whether it is SRAM Red, SRAM Force or SRAM Rival – all our components share the same core purpose: to bring precision, durability, and ease of actuation to you in a light, ergonomic, and aerodynamic package that has no match.

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TrainingPeaks WKO+ version 3.0

WKO+ v. 3.0 is the ultimate analysis tool for cyclists, runners and multi-sport athletes. Version 3.0 greatly improves data management, analysis, and now provides flexible licensing. Enjoy these benefits and more:

  • Download and analyze workouts from power meters, heart rate monitors, and GPS devices
  • Compare with others and within workouts withy multi-file, range analysis and quadrant analysis
  • Monitor progress with the Performance Management Chart, TSS, rTSS, Normalized Graded Pace, Normalized Power and much more
  • Safely Store all your data online for easy access and add routes, planning and sharing for free
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