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Will Jones

Measuring real-time real-world aerodynamic drag for your road bike just got closer

Body Rocket.

Body Rocket, a startup responsible for producing drag measurement systems for time trial and triathlon bikes, has released details of a prototype, road bike-compatible system designed to help its sponsored athletes at the Olympic triathlon in Paris. 

The sensor array, consisting of force (power), air pressure, wind speed, acceleration, inclination, and weight, has previously been reserved for those bikes designed to race against the clock, or in non-draft events. Even amongst those bikes, the sensors can only be fitted to a handful of models.

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