Equipment

Equipment we use and/or endorse.

Wheelbuilder.com Hand Built Precision Race Wheels

Edge PowerTap

Edge PowerTap

Members of the academy will be exclusively riding hand built Wheelbuilder wheels with PowerTap hubs in a collection of Edge Composite and Zipp rims with spokes by DT Swiss and Sapim. Front hubs will be DT Swiss 240S or White Industries H2′s.

Wheelbuilder’s Track PowerTap
We’ll be finding our way over to the ADT Velodrome, about 90 minutes from the academy.  The harder efforts will be recorded for later analysis by using the Wheelbuilder designed track PowerTap.
The Wheelbuilder-designed Track PowerTap conversion is now available for all wireless PowerTaps. The same Professional Engineer who designed the Saris CycleOps MTB PowerTap designed this conversion for fixed gear racing and training.

Wheelbuilder's Track PowerTap

Wheelbuilder's Track PowerTap

Track PowerTap hubs and Track PowerTap wheels are available or Wheelbuilder can convert your current PowerTap road hub. The track conversion is available for all wireless versions of the PowerTap and is a permanent alteration.

The Track PowerTap has a 17mm axle and is designed for use with White Industries’ splined cogs, available in 1/8″ or 3/32″ with 14-19T. Hub attachment to dropouts uses high strength 8mm socket head cap screw axle bolts.


Yamaha Zuma 50cc

What says “pro” more than having a scooter set a blistering pace for you on your training rides?  We thinks it’s important to be able to simulate race speeds for the last hour or so of a long day in the saddle.  Getting over 100mpg, the Zuma is also an extremely economical way to offer ride support in the form of dry clothes, bottles, food and spare wheels.

Yamaha Zuma

Yamaha Zuma

MAG-10 Mountain Air Generator

With the ability to simulate altitudes of 20,000′ above ones locale, we are easily able to prepare for the demands of any high altitude race.

MAG-10

MAG-10

Once athletes are acclimated to Running Springs’ elevation of 6,000′, generally taking about a month or two for former sea-level residents, higher simulated altitudes can be explored both during sleep and for intermittent hypoxic training beyond what would otherwise be available on the mountain.

Given the opportunity to adapt to lower elevations first, it is generally believed that an elevation of approximately 8,500′-10,000′ is an ideal sleeping environment  for the elite endurance athlete.  We use medical quality devices, known as pulse oximeters, to monitor the arterial oxygen saturation and individually tailor each athletes exposure to hypoxia.

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