Wednesday, December 21, 2011

3rd Day of Christmas: Three Visions of Sugarplums and Really Sweet Gear!

The third day of Christmas, and now I'm dreaming. Here is some of my dream gear. Remember, I have two little kids now, so I doubt I'll see these dreams come true for a while.

1. Power meter: I want a real, no-kidding power meter that works in all places and at all times. Right now, I use the "meter" that comes in the Kurt Kinetic wireless bike computer, and it calculates the power rather than measures the power. It works good enough for what I bought it for. But I want something that is always truly measuring the power and will give me the downloads of data for analyzing it like some freak scientist.



2. Computrainer: These look sooooooo AWESOME! I honestly have never had the opportunity to ride on one, but how could the theory go wrong. All reviews are that it is quite realistic. The premise is that the computer changes the difficulty of your trainer compared to the elevation and other factors of the course you are riding. You can make up courses with topo maps (ie the course you've ridden three times weekly for the past five years), or you can buy courses that also come with live video as if you were riding down the road.



3 Endless Pool: I have the place already picked out where this will be put in our yard and attached to the house. Now I just have to win the lottery! Wouldn't it be great to have this at home for a 30 minute swim every morning without the pain of dealing with a packed pool and the denizens of the local pool? I can only dream of this sort of thing!




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