Development and validation of a track bicycle instrument for torque measurement using the zigbee wireless sensor network

Abstract

This study evaluates the consistency between the bicycle torque of the proposed system, and a Schoberer Rad Messtechnik (SRM) system. The torque was measured while a trainer was cycling indoors, and the measured values were compared with those of the SRM system. A Bland-Altman statistical analysis indicated that the measured values agreed with the SRM within 95%. The mean absolute percentage error and root mean square error between the measurements of the proposed system and the SRM system were 8.25%, and 1.86, respectively. The results show that the bicycle torque can be measured accurately and transmitted using ZigBee wireless protocol.