Originally Posted by
cvskates
I really see this as something they could be doing on bikes now (but for a different purpose). It would esentially give you ERG mode on your bike. You tell the computer you're doing your ironman at 200 watts, and the bike shifts gears automatically to keep your power output as close to 200w as possible. If I knew anything about electronics I'd be working on it already :-)
The computer can't make you stay at 200w if you don't want to. Shifting gears won't make any difference.