What cyclocomputers are used on the bikes in Tour de France?
07-15-07, 07:59 PM
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What cyclocomputers are used on the bikes in Tour de France?
Does anyone know what computers are used on the Tour bikes?
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Originally Posted by Dima
Does anyone know what computers are used on the Tour bikes?
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Originally Posted by markhr
check each teams sponsorship deal? It'll vary from team to team basically.
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I'm 99% sure I saw that T-Mobile's bike's were sporting SRM Power Meters.
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Do they even have cyclocomputers? I'm thinking the thing on their handlebars is strictly a Heart Rate Monitor. I doubt they need to know cadence/speed/miles/time or even power during a race, right?
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I've seen Garmin, SRM, Sigma, Cateye, Polar on the bikes... check out cycling news' pics on the pro tour bikes:
https://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/2007/probikes/
I don't know for sure, but my guess is that they mainly use them for distance, so they know when to expect what (ie. there's a 2k climb at 8% at the 86k mark in the stage.. kinda thing)
https://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/2007/probikes/
I don't know for sure, but my guess is that they mainly use them for distance, so they know when to expect what (ie. there's a 2k climb at 8% at the 86k mark in the stage.. kinda thing)
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I see there are is a sensor on the front wheel on those pictures, grahny, so you must be right. I thought those guys had the course memorized! 
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More and more are using power meters. As the bike weights get lower, it's easy to add power meters and still stay at the minimum weight. Most times the info is of greatest use to the team manager.
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