Power Meter Rental - Athlete Service

Power Meter Rental

A lot of physiological training advice and training programs are based around using wattage output as a more accurate means to measure performance over time. Our athletes all tend to use power meters to monitor progress alongside physiological testing in the lab and a decent training programme they can be a great tool.

However decent power meter systems start at around £1000 and for a lot of people looking for the next step to help them improve their training and competition it can be a big investment. So as well as selling Powertap systems (available in training wheels as well as a variety of race wheels) and Quarq power meters, we now have three Powertap rental systems for customers to try on medium-long term basis to see the potential benefits of usign a power meter before investing.

Please email sales@athleteservice.com for more detailed information and availability but the basic costs are outlined below. We have tried to keep this as simple as possible!

Spec: All three wheel systems available are built with Mavic CXP22 rims, 32 spoke version with the top of the range SL+ hub. The SL+ systems are all ANT+ compatible so you can use a Garmin or other cycling computer/heart rate monitor if you have one already. Otherwise we can provide the standard Powertap CPU and heart rate monitor or alternatively we have a Garmin 705 computer or the new Cyclops Joule 2.0 computer available to rent. We have freehubs for both Shimano and Campagnolo systems available (please specify, default is Shimano/SRAM).

Power meter rental is very popular so allocated on a first come first served basis. The wheel systems are new as of June 2010 and at present two systems are available to rent.

Rental costs (all per month including VAT)

Wheel Rental
Powertap SL+ Wheel Only - £60/month

CPU Rental
Powertap SL+ Standard CPU and heart rate belt plus USB download cradle - £10/month
Garmin 705 with heart rate belt (includes European Maps) - £15/month
Cyclops Joule 2.0 CPU with heart rate belt - £17.50/month

All include a pack including the PowerAgent software to download the workouts.

Deposit / Courier
We ask for a £75 deposit for the wheel and £10 courier to deliver to your address (in the UK)