AeroPod, PowerPod and Newton

We still have some iMounts for sale; $40.

You need to do an initial tilt calibration and Cal Ride when you first set up your Gen III iBike. Once these initial calibrations are done your iBike will, in fact, self-correct tilt on each subsequent ride. For those of you who do only 5 minute long training rides you should check tilt before each ...

At present there is no way to switch the trainer profile and power curve after an indoor trainer ride.

If you're getting strange behavior try removing the battery, inserting it backwards to cause the iBike to do a hard reset, then reinsert the battery normally.

It makes no difference what starting elevation is set in the iBike. The change in elevation from point to point is what is important and the iBike will measure that number with high accuracy.

Here is the tilt curve for the ride. Remember that we're all used to seeing elevation changes in the hundreds of feet; the vertical scale has a divisions of 10 feet and the horizontal scale is in miles.. Average pre-analysis tilt for the ride was 0.01%

Here are the overall stats from the ride. Remember, this is straight from the Gen III unit--no post-ride analysis!

Here is his big 1000W sprint at the end of the ride

Here are screen shots from Boyd's ride. This is his whole ride; you can see exactly where he was pulling (spikes of positive wind)...

We have a new version of iBike 2 coming that works with the Gen III units. Older versions of iBike 2 won't be able to open Gen III files.

We'll have everything up in the next couple of weeks...

If this happens you can try two things: 1) Click the "Fit Plots" button. That may fix it; 2) click the "Show" button, then select the item you want to fix, then click "Small" or "Large", then accept. This will redraw the graphs properly.

For the foreseeable future the iBike will continue to come only in black or white.

Please let us know where to purchase these batteries and we'll check them out.

I'm not aware of any GPS download capability from the iPhone. You'd have to have that information, along with clock information, in order to sync with the iBike.

If you have a cadence sensor it's likely that your cadence reading went to zero; this forces watts to zero. Check the position of your sensor and make sure your magnet is sweeping close to the sensor.

It is a mistake on our part. To keep things efficient we try to share code in our firmware. The 118 code should NOT have CdA screens in it.

Measure how long it takes for the WLS FAIL message to appear. If it's around ten seconds your mount is not working properly. If so email me at jhamann@velocomp.com and we will replace your mount.

We have new 2.0.8 software posted on our website. Numerous bug fixes have been made. GPX files can now be opened. Calculations are faster and opening files are easier. Note that if you're a Windows user the drivers no longer automatically re-install every time you upgrade. So, if you're already usin...

All is well; everyone is out riding bikes! We, of course, are hard at work on new goodies

While we're always interested in suggestions for improvements, unfortunately there is no user capability for accessing or reprogramming the firmware.

This may seem a strange response to this topic, but while I understand the frustration of the situation, and the eye-catching headline of the topic, I think that making allusions to violence in forum postings is both inappropriate and unnecessary. Anyone can get our immediate (and hopefully rapid) r...

Search your computer for files that begin with "iBike"; unless you've changed the default name you'll be able to find where your ride files are hiding.

Please contact us and we'll replace your unit.

I am. On 5 separate machines.

Perhaps your USB adapter is intermittent. Send me an email and we will send you a replacement USB adapter.

This happens very, very rarely. We'll forward your info to our firmware developer.

If you're getting crazy speeds most likely there is one of three problems: 1) your speed sensor is too close to the hub. Position your speed sensor (and magnet) close to the rim 2) your speed sensor is too close to the cadence sensor. Move the speed sensor and magnet as far away from the cadence sen...

When the wind port is jammed-up with rain that can be a problem. We'll see if Travis can do some software magic to deal with this problem.

If' you're talking about the "breaking" stat in the iBike 2 software, then remember that you have to analyze your ride before this number will appear.

Regarding calories: Fernando is right, the iBike is dead-on. It is impossible for software programs to calculate calories accurately; they don't know how hard the wind is blowing (and whether or not it's in your face or at your back), when you're coasting on downhills, when you're backing off a bit ...

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Please send me your ride file. jhamann@velocomp.com

Here's an image from the power meter comparison. The top graph shows power vs time; you can see that the two devices are virtually indistinguishable. The bottom graph is power differences which, again, are minimal.