Cycleops Power Pro Series Manual
Raelene Heersink
CycleOps is a renowned brand in the cycling industry, known for its high-quality products in the field of hometrainers, bicycle trainers, and more. With a wide range of innovative and reliable exercise equipment, CycleOps aims to provide cyclists with the best tools to enhance their indoor training experience.
CycleOps offers a diverse range of products designed to meet the varying needs of cyclists. Their product range includes hometrainers, bicycle trainers, power meters, and accessories. Whether you are a professional cyclist or a fitness enthusiast, CycleOps has the perfect solution to help you achieve your training goals.
CycleOps hometrainers and bicycle trainers are designed to provide an immersive and realistic cycling experience indoors. These trainers utilize advanced technology to simulate different road conditions, allowing users to train effectively without leaving their homes. The user manual for these trainers provides detailed instructions on how to set up and use the equipment, ensuring a seamless experience for all users.
CycleOps also offers power meters, which accurately measure the power output of a cyclist during their training sessions. These power meters help cyclists track and analyze their performance, thereby enabling them to optimize their workouts and improve overall efficiency. The user manual for CycleOps power meters contains valuable information on how to install and calibrate the device, ensuring accurate power measurement every time.
In addition to their main product ranges, CycleOps also offers a wide range of accessories to enhance the training experience. These accessories include trainer accessories, bike mounts, and replacement parts to ensure the longevity of CycleOps products. The user manual for these accessories provides comprehensive instructions on installation and maintenance, allowing users to make the most of their equipment.
CycleOps's product vision revolves around delivering cutting-edge technology and superior performance to cyclists of all levels. By continuously innovating and refining their product offerings, CycleOps aims to provide cyclists with the tools they need to achieve their highest potential.
To learn more about CycleOps products and access the user manuals, visit the official CycleOps website. Get started with your CycleOps equipment by referring to the user manual and unlock the full potential of your indoor cycling training.
In many ways, the Joule acts both as a head unit during a ride, but also as a bit of a historical computer. Most head units these days focus on gathering data, whereas the heavy analysis is done afterwards on the computer. And while the Joule can definitely do this as well, it also features the most comprehensive on-unit analysis and display of your ride history.
Additionally, you can also modify the quantity of fields displayed, reducing the total number shown to three main metrics on the left side (one big one up top, and two lower), plus the two side metrics along the right side.
In addition to analyzing historical information, you can also create basic workouts. The workout creator allows you to add segments, with each segment having a specific goal. These goals in turn are controlled by the resistance unit. The duration can be specified as either time or distance.
On the hardware front, the key piece of functionality that the PowerBeam Pro does is to transmit the ANT+ power meter data stream back out as standard ANT+ data. This is an area that differentiates itself from competitor LeMond Fitness with their trainer, which requires you to utilize their head unit to access the ANT+ data stream.
With the PowerBeam Pro though, you can directly pair any ANT+ head unit that supports the standard ANT+ power meter profile. The most common ones are the Edge 500/Edge 705/Edge 800, the Garmin FR310XT/FR910XT and the Timex Global Trainer. Soon, also the Magellan Switch. There are of course a gazillion Apps that support it as well, via both Android and iPhone.
Update/Edit: In 2013, CycleOps changes the way they bundle the software. Previously the trainer included a desktop version of the below training suite in most cases. Now however, that suite is no longer included (the price dropped substantially) and instead you pay a subscription service to their training suite, which I reviewed here.
1. Based on the way you use a trainer (coach/training plan custom workouts). If you owned a computrainer, Tracx Bushido, and Powerbeam Pro. Which would you have setup and be training on???
2. Will any of the 3 I mentioned work with my garmin speed/cadence sensor???
3. Do you think it wise to waiting till computrainers new software and the new powerbeam software can be compared???
This is the major beef of mine with the Joule, and I really wish I had a start/stop button a la Garmin. How does this start/stop recording work with a Joule when riding outdoors and hitting a traffic light?
Pricing on the software side would be great. Any idea if the $1,200 for the unit will include access to the software when released? Also as asked above, will there be separate charges for downloaded content?
What would be really nice to see is the ability for users to upload routes. From a quality standpoint (especially with video) that may be tricky, but could open the door to a huge amount of variety and options!
Looks like the future software will allow us to upload courses from my Edge 800 and then ride those courses. The resistance would be changed based on elevation like the 3d or real life videos in the CT. Correct? It would be a good way to ride my regular outside courses indoors.
Yup, absolutely. You could design a workout around the video, and then transfer it over. Alternatively, look for TrainerRoad to help out in this space and with the PowerBeam pro here shortly (they do lots of Sufferfest integration).
You can use workouts from ErgDB . So you can write your workout once by FTP and update accordingly. Sufferfest videos area already there ;). Any workout you create can be used on the CT, Tacx or Powerbeam Pro.
I purchased the Powerbeam pro about 2 weeks ago and have done a workout everydey with it. I also own a Powertap wheel. There is a pretty consistant 10% error high from the Powerbeam pro compared to the Powertap wheel. I even sent my Powertap wheel back for recalibration because I thought that was the issue. I love the trainer just not happy with the accuracy. Just my 2 cents.
I just wanted to follow up with my post above about accuracy. I found out that you can tweak the powerbeam settings to match another power device that you have mounted on the bike. I have a powertap and went into the Joule sensor settings for the trainer and adjusted the Powerbeams ITU value so its power matches my powertap. Now both the powertap and powerbeam are close enough on power readings.
Hi
I stumbled onto your site and would like to compliment you on your work. i love the in depth nature and independent thought. Its all about whats practical after all.
I am weighing up a few trainers. AM interested in which you find the quietest?
Cyclops powerbeam pro vs bushido vs kurt kinetic (have you ridden on the rock and roll unit?)
Thanks for your help and if youre ever in the opposite hemisphere (Perth Western Australia), give me a holler.
Lorry
What do you know about Cycleops doing a design change of the Powerbeam and do you think the software will be delayed to release with the new Powerbeam which is hopefully going to be available this winter?
Now, I have discovered that the Virtual Training software is an additional $245? That strikes me as really weak. If I had waited and bought the trainer today, it would have come packaged with the trainer. I feel screwed.
Hi there,
Thanks so much for the in depth review. I was wondering if the new joule would work with a trainer unit that was bought a few years ago. so would it work with a trainer bought in 2009?
Thanks!
Martin, I have had the same results as you have had with the power overestimation. What I did was adjust the trainers ITU value through joule 3 to match my Powertap output. Now they are very close to each other.
Current Cyclops website is confusing compared to your review. No control unit is shown on the Cyclops Power Beam Pro trainer and the other option indicates it is paired with a Joule GPS and the instructions that I downloaded indicated same. Does control on current versions only come from the software?
Unless I missed it, the instruction does not indicate any type of controller(3.0) is included and Joule GPS is optional. Pictures for the two models illustrate no controller on the base model and a Joule GPS is pictured and referenced in the model title description. Either this is correct or the Cyclops website and instructions leave a lot to be desired. I could make no sense of them. To be fair, there are many more TACX models and no tool to compare the features.
Like an above comment, I bought a Powerbeam Pro earlier this year with the idea that the software would be out now. However, I did not anticipate it being $349. Cycleops customer service indicated that they raised the price on the trainer to compensate for the software. Am I incorrect in thinking the trainer was $1199 (with no software) up until very recently, but is now $1299 for the same trainer and the software? If their goal is to attract more and more users to the software to build up a following and customer base, am I the only one that thinks $349 is a little steep when I already have the $1200 trainer?
Larry, I use the head unit to control the trainer for my interval training on TrainerRoad and use the PC software for just the virtual ride. I dont use the head unit with the virtual training because it kept sticking in virtual training mode when I wanted to go back to manual mode which was a real pain. I just keep my laptop close by so I can hit the few buttons that are needed to start/stop. IMO the head unit doesnt provide much value if you are using the PC virtual training software.
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