Here is a little video about a new product we are working on - the Quarq Qollector:

SRAM showed off the new BB30 version of the SRAM CinQo powermeter at the Interbike Outdoor Demo. The new S975 crankset is Red-level with hollow carbon arms and a choice of BB30 or GXP bottom brackets. A sweet addition to any BB30 bike.

We held the first ever Quarq Power Camp with Hunter Allen a few weeks ago here in Spearfish, SD. The camp was a great success; good weather and a great bunch of riders, including four from the Fly V Australia pro team.

Below are some photos from the camp as well as a great writeup from Ben Day of the Fly V Australia team. (www.ben-day.com) BEN DAY'S CAMP WRITEUP

Yes, those are buffalo!

Beulah, WY

Jim and Hunter

The Needles, Custer State Park

Taking a break at the Needles, Custer State Park.

Nathan O'Neill just outsprinting Jim

Bonus ride to WY on Sunday

Climbing up to the Needles

Join Hunter Allen and Quarq Technology for our 2009 QUARQ POWER CAMP!

Come spend 4 days and three nights riding some of the most scenic roads in the Black Hills of South Dakota, passing through historic Deadwood, scenic Spearfish Canyon, Keystone, beautiful Custer State Park (watch out for the buffalo!), Needles Highway, Iron Mountain Road, all capped off by ending one ride at Mt. Rushmore!

Quarq CinQo Saturn powermeters and Garmin Edge 705 computers will be available to camp attendees for the duration of the camp.  Quarq will also offer a 25% discount to any camp attendee that wants to buy a CinQo Saturn powermeter.

CAMP FLYER:   Quarq_Power_Camp.pdf

RESERVE NOW or call Peaks Coaching Group for additional information: 540-587-9025.

Bike Routes For the Camp

Sturgis - Deadwood - Spearfish Canyon:

http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=44766 

Spearfish - Belle Fourche - St. Onge:

http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=45043

Needles - Iron Mountain Road - Mt. Rushmore:

http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=44770

Needles - Iron Mountain Road - Mt. Rushmore (Short Option):

http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=44774 

Coach BJ Basham takes a look at Tom Soladay's winning race file from the Beaufort Crit:

BJ's article at www.gamjams.net

Tom is a Team Mountain Khaki's pro rider who uses the CinQo Saturn power meter.  

Tom Soladay racing smart with his CinQo Saturn

BJ Basham is a USA Cycling Level II Certified Coach with Peaks Coaching Group. To learn more about his coaching practice and philosophy, visit his website at PowerTrainingCoach.com.  

The power gurus from Wiredbike.com have done a nice writeup on the CinQo for PezCycling:

http://pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=6991&status=True&catname=Latest%20News

Garmin has released a new firmware update v2.7; it can be downloaded here:

http://www8.garmin.com/products/webupdater/howtoinstall.jsp

Highlights of the update from v2.6 to v2.7 are:

• Improved data recording in once per second mode
• Added ability to set averaging method for power and cadence
• Removed cadence filtering for power meters
• Made improvements to try to prevent spurious Auto Pauses

We've also been working on more CinQo models. Below are a couple pre-production units were testing at the moment.

We can't give an exact release date for these CinQo versions since there are still variables in place to get them through production. We're targeting late spring / early summer at this point. The same applies for compact versions of the CinQo for the SRAM S900, FSA Team Issue and Rotor Agilis cranks.

Again, this is only a rough estimate. We'll be sending out an email to our announcement list as soon as we have the new versions of the CinQo ready.

Ok, so really I signed up for Twitter a while back. It seems like a fun and quick way to send updates to our followers so we'll try to "tweet" more frequently now to keep you all in the loop.

Another Pro bike for everyone.   This time in Velonews is a bit about Kristin Armstong's S2.    We have a bit of the TestTeam at work here as she is using a 110BCD version of the CinQo Saturn for Rotor.

Photo: Joe Savola and Kristin Armstrong (velonews.com)

Cyclingnews.com has a feature up on Carlos Sastre's new Cervelo S3.   You can check out his build and the CinQo Saturn on the prototype Rotor crankset.

 There is also another interview article on Sastre: The Dark Horse.    It also includes a sweet squinting-in-the-sun-with-odd-facial-expressions photo of Mieke and I with Carlos at the TestTeam launch.

Photo ©: Shane Stokes (cyclingnews.com)

We've been getting a lot of inquiries about the ring of Saturn. In particular, folks are wondering if we have a customized inner chainring. 

The answer is no, the inner chainring is not custom made by us.  We just use the stock chainrings that come with the cranks. Here are some photos that will hopefully help clarify that.  You should be able to use most any off the shelf chainrings with the Saturn, provided they have the correct bolt circle diameter. (130 BCD or 110 BCD, depending on the CinQo)