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Training Virtual Reality

- 1 - October 17, 2013

Virtual Reality

The Virtual Reality terrains are all about fun. You can free ride (with steering frame) or in a preset

course. The following terrains are included:

 Asia cycling in an Asian landscape

 Downhill Valley overwhelming nature experience in America

 Montagna mountainous terrain in Italy

 Valleggio sloping terrain in Italy

 Giro di Valleggio criterium race in an Italian village

 US Metropolitan criterium race through the streets of an American city

 Metropolitan City cycling in a metropolitan city in the United States

Choosing a VR terrain

Recent

The quickest way to start a training session is through Recent in the intro screen. A list with the last

training rides of the selected user will appear via the menu on the left. These are training rides (with

or without opponents) that you have completed in the past and may want to repeat. At the bottom

you will see an image and to the right information about the program. Select one and press the

Select for training button to start.

Select a route

At the left you select a type of training from the list. The terrains that belong to this training type will

appear on the screen. Select one and press the Select for training button to start.

You will then see the training programs that have already been made (see Training). Select a

training program.

Summary of content (12 pages)

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Training Virtual Reality Virtual Reality The Virtual Reality terrains are all about fun. You can free ride (with steering frame) or in a preset course.
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Training Virtual Reality Free training Free training is only available if you have connected the VR steering frame or the BlackTrack. This will give you the freedom to determine your own route through the terrains. At the left you choose a terrain and in the list of choices next to it you determine the starting point. Training settings At the right you set day/night, weather, wind force and wind direction. The weather types you can choose from are Clear, Cloudy, Mist, Rain and Dynamic.
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Training Virtual Reality This is also the starting sign for the opponents. In case of a false start the Countdown will begin again. Pausing during training If you stop training before crossing the finish line, a Pause pop-up will appear on the screen. It contains the pause time and current heart rate. All rider data are held during the break. When you start cycling again, the computer’s calculations will be based on these data.
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Training Virtual Reality Functions and screens during training Using up arrow you can browse through the camera angles. By pressing down arrow once you can look over your shoulder for two seconds and see your opponents’ positions in the race. In the bottom right corner of the screen you see the map. The travelled course is indicated by a colour. In the top left corner you see the positions of the opponents. Slipstream The wind blows across the terrain from one direction.
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Training Virtual Reality In the bottom bar you see the current training data with from left to right: speed, resistance, RPM, heart rate, altitude, stopwatch, slope and wind force.
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Training Virtual Reality Game mode manual You can choose from different disciplines during track races in the Velodrome and during criterium races.
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Training Virtual Reality In the Velodrome, there is a sprint lap every 10th lap. In the criterium, every other lap is a sprint lap. A bell will ring at the start of every sprint lap. In each sprint the following points can be gained: 1st = 5 points 2nd = 3 points 3rd = 2 points 4th = 1 point If a rider takes a lap lead over the largest group (the first group if groups are equally large), he gets 20 (bonus) points. If he takes another lap, he will get another 20 points, etc.
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Training Virtual Reality Elimination race Terrain compatibility: Velodrome, Metropolitan, Giro di Valleggio Number of participants: variable (from 3 to 20) Number of laps: depends on the sprint frequency setting. This is adjustable from 1 to 5 (default=2). Start position: In the Velodrome the riders are randomly lined up along the balustrade at the far end of the track. In the criterium terrains the riders are lined up about 500 metres before the starting line.
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Training Virtual Reality Pursuit Terrain compatibility: Velodrome Number of participants: 2 Number of laps: adjustable from 4 to 20 (default=16) Start position: Every rider is exactly in the middle of one side of the track behind a thin white line. Start: Before the start there are 2 laps to warm up. During warm up, the rider on the screen moves with a fixed speed, but you should start cycling to warm up and start up your brake. Only when the race starts the actual speed is taken into account.
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Training Virtual Reality Flying sprint Terrain compatibility: Velodrome Number of participants: 2 Number of laps: 3 (the actual sprint starts after 2 laps) Start position: Before the start there are 2 laps to warm up. During warm up, the rider on the screen moves with a fixed speed, but you should start cycling to warm up and start up your brake. Only when the race starts the actual speed is taken into account. Competition/winner: The fastest rider wins.
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Training Virtual Reality Criterium Terrain compatibility: Metropolitan, Giro di Valleggio Number of participants: variable (from 2 to 20) Start position: randomly beside and behind each other at the start Number of laps: adjustable from 10 to 100 Number of prizes: adjustable: none – few – average – many Overall winner The rider who crosses the line first at the end of the last lap wins the race. The bell rings at the start of the final lap.
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Training Virtual Reality taken into account. The 3 laps classification cannot start during the first X or last Y laps (see the diagram for determining the X and Y values). Premium laps cannot take place either during the 3 laps classification. Leader prize Each time a rider crosses the line first, he gets a point. At the end of the race the rider with the most points wins the leader prize. In case of an equal number of points the rider who is best ranked in the final race result wins the leader prize.