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

Body Rocket将为全球运动自行车市场带来革命性的空气动力学阻力测量（CdA），其独特的专利传感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，使空气动力学能够从风洞移动到道路上，骑自行车的人实际上在那里骑自行车。风洞和基于速度场的服务是目前准确确定CdA的选择。由于容量非常有限且成本高昂，只有一小部分精英运动员才能使用这些技术。提高成绩是全球600多万竞技自行车运动员和150万铁人三项运动员的目标，但对更快、量化和比较成绩的兴趣延伸到了数千万非竞技自行车运动员的大众市场。动力计市场和骑行记录和比较平台Strava的增长证明了这一点。对空气动力学的兴趣特别体现在空气动力学框架公路自行车和其他设备的大规模增长上，但这些仅占整体自行车阻力的一小部分。超过80%的空气动力阻力会作用在你的身体上（位置、服装、运动）有更大的收益。功率计帮助骑自行车的人训练更努力地工作以产生更快的速度，CdA测量系统通过更智能的定位（即自由速度）帮助骑自行车的人产生更快的速度。需求通过运动员调查进行验证，行业支持和发展伙伴关系以及投资者承诺。Body Rocket已经证明了概念/方法的可行性，并通过风洞中的全尺寸运动员自行车测试验证了这一点，但需要进一步的传感器创新，道路测试和数据分析，以实施实用的、具有成本效益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.