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Retul'ing with Sky Pro Cycling


February 22, 2010

Boulder, Colorado - Crucial Innovation Inc, makers of Retul 3D Bike Fit technology, proudly announce a multi-year partnership with the Sky Pro Cycling Team and The British Cycling Federation.    Team Sky has already incorporated Retul into their daily practices; continually monitoring and testing their riders to ensure bike fit positions are completely optimized for maximum performance.  For professional teams, Retul's bike fit system is ideal equipment to utilize due to its rider assessment repeatability, 3D accuracy under load, and portability.

Retul co-founder, Todd Carver, attended Team Sky's first training camp in Valencia Spain last month to begin the 3D bike fit evolution with Team Sky's riders and is looking forward to working with legendary British Cycling Federation's coaches and staff.  "The riders and coaches were very receptive to our fit process and the data we collected on both their road and TT bikes will be very useful for the team this season, " stated Carver. 

"We're happy to work with Retul's technology and it's definitely helped us in understanding even more about bike fitting.  At training camp, we specifically used the Retul to to make good changes to several  Team Sky's rider positions, " said Team Physio Phil Burt. 

Bike Fitting has been a widely popular and fundamental topic in the cycling industry for the past decade.  While fitting methodologies may differ between institutions, most experts agree that analyzing the cyclist while riding (or dynamic fitting) is the best practice for quality assessment.  Since launching in November 2007, Retul has demonstrated the strongest capacity for taking the art of bike fitting to a more precise and innovative level.  "We have many more software developments in the pipeline for Retul - that's the exciting part" said Cliff Simms, Founder of Retul.  "We were honored that Team Sky chose our technology.  The benefits and efficiencies of Retul have become distinctly obvious as Retul systems were also used at the Team Radio Shack, Columbia-HTC, and Garmin Transitions camps this year."

More on Retul

The Retul System is a portable, 3D motion capture technology that uses bicycle-specific, optical tracking software to capture biomechanical data of cyclists in real time.  The bicycle fitting specialist is able to accurately capture 3D rider pedal stroke data quickly and document the process of optimizing the position on the bike, based on expertise and numerous other rider factors.   Once satisfied with the rider position, Retul's Zin attachment (a handheld   wand ), digitizes the now ideal bicycle position into the software , creating an incredibly useful fit report for the cyclist.    The (re)‘tool' is accurate within one millimeter and is now being used at over 160 locations around the world.   The company launched a ‘bike fit university' last November and is the official bike fit technology for many reputable organizations.  For more information, please visit www.retul.com

More on Team Sky
Team Sky is a recently formed professional British road cycling team managed by Great Britain Olympic performance director Dave Brailsford CBE.   The Team's goals are to create the first British winner of the Tour de France within five years, inspire people of all ages and abilities to get on their bikes, and to add further support to competitive cycling in Great Britain.  Team Sky will build on the principles that make British riders a consistent success on the track and will support Sky's work as Principal Partner of British Cycling, fuelling the sport from grass roots elite level.  For more information, please visit http://www.teamsky.com


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Sky's Director of Marginal Gains, Matt Parker PhD, looks onto Juan Antonio Flecha's Retul Bike Fit

 


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