Body Rocket: Real-time measurement of aerodynamic drag for athletes

Body Rocket将凭借独特的专利传感系统和方法，为全球运动自行车市场带来空气动力学阻力测量(CDA)的革命性变化，该系统和方法可提供准确、经济高效的自行车测量。这将是世界上第一个能够提供风洞精确测量的自行车设备，允许空气从风洞移动到骑自行车的人真正骑过的道路上。风洞和基于赛车场的服务是目前准确确定CDA的选择。这些自行车的容量非常有限，成本很高，只有一小部分精英运动员可以使用。提高成绩是全世界600多万名竞技自行车手和150万铁人三项运动员的目标，但对更快、更量化和比较成绩的兴趣延伸到数千万非赛车手的大众市场。这一点从功率计市场和骑行记录和比较平台Strava的增长中可见一斑。对航空的兴趣具体体现在航空框架公路自行车和其他设备的大幅增长上，但这些只占自行车总阻力的一小部分。有了超过80%的空气动力学阻力到你的身体(位置、衣服、运动)，你就可以获得更大的收益。电力表帮助骑自行车的人更努力地训练，产生更快的速度，CDA测量系统通过更智能的定位，即自由速度，帮助骑车人以更少的努力产生更大的速度。需求通过运动员调查、行业支持和开发合作以及投资者承诺得到验证。Body Rocket已经证明了概念/方法的可行性，并在风洞中进行了运动员骑自行车的全尺寸测试，但需要进一步的传感器创新。道路测试和数据分析，以实施实用、经济高效的道路可用解决方案。

Body Rocket will revolutionise aerodynamic drag measurement (CdA) for the global sports cycling market with a unique patented sensing system and approach that offers accurate, cost-effective, on-bike measurement. It will be the world's first on-bike device capable of offering wind-tunnel-precise measurement, allowing aero to move out of the wind tunnel and onto the road, where cyclists actually ride.Wind tunnel and velodrome-based services are the current options for accurate determination of CdA. With very limited capacity and high cost these are only accessible to a small proportion of elite athletes.Improving performance is the goal of all of the over 6 million competitive racing cyclists and 1.5 million triathletes worldwide but interest in going faster, quantifying and comparing performance extends to the mass market of tens of millions more non-racing cyclists. This is evidenced by the growth of the power meter market and ride logging and comparison platform, Strava.Interest in aero specifically is demonstrated by the massive growth in aero-framed road bikes and other equipment but these only account for a small proportion of overall cyclist drag. With over 80% of aerodynamic drag down to your body (position, clothing, movement) there are much greater gains to be had.Where power meters helped cyclists to train to work harder to generate more speed, the CdA measurement system helps the rider generate greater speed for less effort by smarter positioning i.e. free speed.Demand is validated via athlete surveys, industry support and development partnerships as well as investor commitment.Body Rocket has demonstrated the feasibility of the concept/methodology and validated this with full-scale athlete-on-bicycle testing in a wind tunnel but requires further sensor innovation, road testing and data analytics to implement a practical cost-effective road-usable solution.