A NEW feature in the ‘Our Sporting Life’ exhibition at the Manx Museum will give visitors the chance to take up a bike riding challenge to test riders and their ability to challenge the likes of Mark Cavendish.
A ‘Wattbike’ - created to assess the ability riders of all ages and skill levels - will be featured at the museum’s Body Shack Fitness Centre on January 28 and is available free for all visitors to join in the fun.
A spokesman said today, “Whether you’re hotly competitive or a more relaxed rider, join in the fun anytime between 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm.”
The ‘Wattbike’ was created with British Cycling to provide an affordable indoor bike for training and testing that is suitable for everyone from school children to Olympic gold medallists. Within seconds you can be accurately measuring your power output, your pedalling technique and heart rate.
Each bike is linked to a computer and riders can race against one another, with their progress and current performance data displayed on a screen. A range of track and road racing events can be replicated effectively making ‘Wattbike’ racing excellent for teaching, training and just for fun. Multiple race types are available - team sprint, points, devil, win and out, handicap, time trial and Course des Primes.
Tickets are also on sale now for the next event in the Manx Museum’s Sporty Saturday series, ‘Ultimate Sports Science’ on Saturday February 18. This interactive day at the Manx Museum is hand’s on and bodies on as UK based sports and Olympic event specialists ‘By Design’ put all the family through their paces!
Learn about reactions, balance, forces, inertia, sound, energy, friction and their role in different types of sports. It is an unmissable opportunity to compete on state of the art sports equipment used by Olympic and elite athletes all over the world; including Watt Bikes, Photoelectric Sprint Timing Cells, a Batak reaction board, Speed Cage and Radar Gun!
Tickets are £20 per family (two adults, two students/children) or £7.50 per adult, £5 per child/student available from the Manx Museum Shop (648000). Choose from sessions 10am to midday or 1pm to 3pm. Places are limited so it is advised to book early to avoid disappointment.
‘Our Sporting Life’ celebrates the commitments and achievements of the Manx sporting community and displays some fantastic pieces of sporting history and asks what does sport mean to you. The colourful and interactive exhibition has a virtual gaming area and objects and stories that will interest all the family.
Hosted to coincide with the Olympics and with changeable exhibits throughout the year, the exhibition is on display until September 29 at the Manx Museum, open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm.
