Essentially, the software attempts to tackle two problems associated with indoor cycle training - the first is the boredom factor and the second is how to monitor your training session and then accurately analyse your performance.Even the most passionate indoor cyclist would struggle to disagree with the fact that cycling on an indoor bike can become tedious unless you have something to motivate you. That can be in the form of a cycling DVD or more recently software based applications, such as World Tours, that offer an interactive means of monitoring your training session.
By recording and displaying key performance measurements and then allowing you to analyse your performance over the training session, World Tours 2.0 adds a new dimension to indoor cycle training. Being able to then compare performance between different training sessions, therefore monitoring how your cycling and fitness is improving, takes it onto a whole different level. And in many ways that's the key to World Tours 2.0 - whilst visually it's very appealing (incorporating Bing Maps and video imagery of certain rides) it's the information that's captured for analysis that will appeal to those cyclists who want to improve their fitness and riding capabilities.
There are lots of predefined tours or routes for you to select - one of our favourites was to cycle the ascent of Mount Fuji - or you can create your own cycling route. This means that you can recreate your favourite ride. Imagine the power of being able to cycle that route whilst collecting your performance data throughout the ride (including cadence; Watts; heart rate; speed etc.). When you've reached your destination you can then analyse your ride - where your peaks are and where you struggled to keep up the pace. With that knowledge, how would you change your riding pattern when you next attempt the route? As we said earlier, for us it's this information that is key to making you want to get on the bike time after time. Graphically it's great but you can't beat a bit of data to get you thinking about how you can improve.
It's simple to get World Tours working in the way that you want - you can change the way that information is presented to you on screen and equally you can set up different users for the same piece of equipment. So, before deciding on your training route, you log into your own profile where all past data is stored and where new training routes can be chosen. You can even connect to World Tours online to compare and race against others who are anywhere in the world.
All in all, this is a great concept that has been executed extremely well by Kettler. Coupled with the Kettler Racer 9 it's hard to find a reason why this isn't the best value for money indoor bike trainer in the UK today.
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