One final thing to look out for is the usb to stereo cable. Racermate one allows for eight trainers to be connected. Since then its been a long road for the seattle based company as theyve sought to bring the software to reality, but i was happy to learn today. Some news on the original pioneer in the smart trainer market ceasing production, and some insight as to how the kickr came into existence. The patch below updates existing computrainer 3d v3. Because this section is pretty cool i had the racermate guys go ahead and show you a walk through of this on a quick video. This position change did not occur by any action on my part that i am aware of, but the computrainer folks recognized the problem immediately. No software no power adapter for comoutreiner plus model 8002 what you see in picture is what i have it works great or your money back. Totally new software experience for computrainer and velotron racermate one is the next generation of software for computrainer and velotron. The first release supported computrainer home users 1 or 2 computrainers. From my understanding another issue that plagued racermate was their desire to control the computrainer s software. Sometimes this is easier said than done because doing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing windows programs manually.
If youre running legacy ct software, ergvideo or perfpro studio what we use most, any chipset seems to work. My coach has asked me to purchase the racermate software, but it looks as though you need a registered version of the computrainer pc1 for it to work. Earlier today racermate, which has long made the computrainer and other high performance trainers, notified sponsored athletes that the company is shuttering their computrainer product line, as initially reported by tom demerly. Racermate one is a work in progress as time and funding allows. A look at computrainers new racermate one software suite.
While the company is no longer in business and still, nobody seems to know who purchased the computrainer assets specifically from racermate, there are undoubtedly many computrainers left in service out there. There is i believe quite a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about the calibration of this cycle trainer. Courses are available for use in racermate one rmc version, legacy 3d software 3dc version and multirider crs version. The racermate software aged for sure but there are other software options available. Keep in mind that even if the extension is supported by the racermate computrainer, it does not necessarily mean that we will be able to edit the data in this program. Computrainer comes with everything in the picture you will need a pc to connect to in order to get full benefit or you can use handlebar. Windows may attempt to open them rather than download them if you simply click the link. Just recently i purchased the perfpro bridge that allows the computrainer to send wifi signals so it is controlled just like the newer trainers with i suspect most software training programs today. Rather than opening the software to the public, the software hardware for the most part was proprietary which hampered any innovation by outside vendors. Our builtin antivirus scanned this download and rated it as 100% safe.
Check your adapters compatibility by going to racermates website other. Ive used a computrainer for a long time, but the computrainer software utterly and completely sucks at converting map data into ride simulations ing crashes. Originally making its debut in 1986, its the first electronic bicycle trainerergometer with interactive motivational software and course creation all. Open up your racermate one software and click the file saving tab. Classic multirider may be retired with the advent of other 3rdparty applications.
Earlier this year i decided to give the new wahoo kickr a try, and thought id share my thoughts on how it compares to the tried and true racermate computrainer ct. Racermate one is a replacement for all previous software applications created for computrainer. Solution is to simply move yourself back to the first position. I bought my first ct in 2008 and within minutes had it connected to an old dell laptop spinning to racermate s original software. The parent company, racermate, and sales of the velotron bicycle ergometer, will still keep going, as will its sister company floscan. The exception will be for wingate software, which the only update you will see is a patch for and not a. Many 8001s still had the prolific chipset in the cable and that wont work. The exception will be for wingate software, which the only update you will see is a patch for and not a full version as for all other applications.
The following list is a list of file extensions with which the racermate computrainer can operate, both in terms of editing data in files, as well as their conversion. I then hook up my mac to a 40 inch led screen via hdmi. An update on the computrainer racermate one suite dc. By this evening i was able to confirm those reports directly with the company, as well as get a bit more detail. Support for your computrainer or velotron in the way of software updates is. Racermate establishes replacement parts program for computrainer owners. Support for your velotron in the way of software updates is typically limited to. Until racermate one is a replacement for all previous velotron software applications, the following links are to support the current software supplied with velotron. I have had my trainers since 2003, they make it easy to update and repair when needed, you can always speak to a live person when needed. Computrainer by racermate is perhaps one of the longest running training products on the market. The new software suite dubbed racermate one would integrate all of the existing software components together under one roof, while also cleaning up much of the under the covers programmatic detail to a far cleaner setup read. Computrainer came out with a long awaited upgrade to their software a couple weeks ago. This in turn leads to riders not getting the best out of these devices and often not.
Glad to have trainerroad and sufferfest up and running. The email was sent to all those who bought a computrainer directly from them since june of 2010, which qualified for the free upgrade that was when the new software suite was first announced. First verify that you are using ftdibased usbserial adapters. Note the instructions below for downloading the racermate one rmc courses. Racermate, computrainer, and velotron trainingpeaks help. Are there any alternatives to the computrainer that do a decent job of allowing you. Download the appropriate computrainer ftdi driver for your trainer.
Wahoo kickr worth the upgrade over a com putrainer. However, for those diehards weve got a new solution on the old block. When it appears ergvideo cannot find your computrainer, generally you have done something wrong, misconfigured something, or there are broken wires. And aside from a handful connected with the once available kinomap water bottle solution, all the remainder are connected by a christmas trees worth of cables. As the first firm in the market, ct excelled at the actual product and, with little competition, did not have to develop quality. Ive been playing around with it the past few days and really like what im seeing. Handlebar controller options for computrainer users with perfpro studio the rider has total control of their ride using the ct handlebar controller. Up for auction is a racermate computrainer pro 8002. Racermate computrainer resolves racermate one contract. Racemate computrainer racermate computrainer pro used for indoor training works good do not have heart rate sensor comes with cadence sensor have not used for sometime probably needs software upgrade. Disclaimer the text above is not a piece of advice to remove computrainer coaching software 1. I had engaged computrainer to ask about a firmware upgrade.
Provides the ability to maintain and update a mysql database with the results obtained from the html output of racermate. Additionally, you can combine that with the dropdown to ride that section of the course forward, in reverse, and by doing it as an out and back. Just, the legendary computrainer smart trainer was set to cease as a model. Upload to trainingpeaks account via one of the following methods. Computrainer 3d the patch below updates existing computrainer 3d v3. Second, make sure the connections are per racermate instructions from pc to handlebar unit. Computrainer setup guide disc computrainer software installation dvdpacked with original shipment computrainer racermate one v4. This free program is an intellectual property of racermate inc.
Classic multirider may be retired with the advent of other 3rd. Our website provides a free download of computrainer 3d 3. Racermate computrainer download information about the. Racermate one advancing athletes online sports store. Does anyone know if the registered racermate software will upload, even though i only have the obsolete pc1 software for my computrainer lab. I am the original owner and the trainer has only been used with one bike.