Sweating, temperature, breathing… Wahoo bike computers will now be able to analyze much more data

Attached to the handlebars of a bicycle, GPS computers have the advantage of offering better autonomy than a smartphone, a more comfortable screen than a watch and real sports data.

They are thus able to display not only the cartography, speed or distance traveled thanks to GPS tracking, but also integrate numerous connections to all types of sensors. In particular, they can be connected via Bluetooth or ANT to a cardio sensor, a power sensor or a cadence sensor on the pedals.

But the Wahoo brand has announced that it wants to go even further, as reported by the BikeRadar site. Concretely, the American manufacturer will launch an update of its Wahoo Elemnt Ace, Wahoo Elemnt Roam 3 and Wahoo Elemnt Bolt 3 meters to analyze data from more original sensors offered by Core, Flowbio, hDrop and Tymewear.

Breathing, temperature or perspiration measurements

Core therefore offers body temperature sensors, like the Core 2, to be attached directly to a chest belt. Enough to analyze the effects of effort on body temperature and target certain specific areas of effort based on temperature.

For its part, Flowbio offers a sensor that analyzes perspiration to assess water and mineral losses during exercise to hydrate properly and compensate for salt losses. A principle similar to that proposed by the hDrop sensor which will also analyze perspiration and salt, but also potassium losses as well as temperature.

Tymewear offers its own belt to analyze respiratory rate as well as ventilatory thresholds during exercise to be sure to train at the desired intensity.

Concretely, these different sensors can now be connected directly to a Wahoo GPS bike computer to have an overview of the data measured directly on the screen during a bike ride.

The connection to Core sensors is already available, since this Tuesday, while the sensors of the three other brands will be integrated “later in the month”.