Power-meter-equipped indoor bike draws on company's history
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Stages Indoor Cycling launched at a fitness show in Los Angeles in March(Image credit: Courtesy)
Stages Indoor Cycling uses a Gates carbon belt drive on its fly wheel(Image credit: Courtesy)
The so-called SprintShift lever (in silver) lets you quickly adjust tension, much like shifting from the big to the small chainring. There are three SprintShift settings. The blue knob gradually adjusts tension like you'd find on most gym bikes(Image credit: Courtesy)
The bike-powered computer provides a digital dashboard and is USB-downloadble(Image credit: Courtesy)
Stages Indoor Cycling will be sold to gyms and individuals. Pricing has yet to be announced(Image credit: Courtesy)
There is a Stages power meter on the SC3 - on the left crank, naturally(Image credit: Courtesy)
Power-meter company Stages Cycling today launched Stages Indoor Cycling with two models of indoor bikes, the power-meter-equipped SC3 and the SC2.
Stages Cycling jumped into the power-meter game at the end of 2012, but its parent company, Foundation Fitness, had already been producing indoor bikes for two decades. In fact, the genesis of the left-crank power meter Stages now sells came from Foundation Fitness.
The Stages Indoor Cycling bikes will be sold to gyms and individuals. Unlike many one-size-fits-all gym bikes, the SC3 and SC2 were clearly designed by cyclists. BikeRadar had a chance to ride the SC3, and a few things were notable. The Gates carbon belt drive is smooth and quiet. Height and fore/aft adjustments are quick and easy for the saddle and the handlebars. The company's patent-pending 'SprintShift' lets you quickly change resistance similar to shifting chainrings. So you can do a hard effort, then immediately drop the resistance. There are three SprintShift settings. Then there is also a big dial for gradually adjusting tension like you'd find on most gym bikes. And, of course, on the top-end SC3 you get power data.
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