Four-Time Olympic Cycling Coach Tests The Blackburn Motivator

Roger Young States "The Exerscape display is
without a doubt the best of any other training device!"

(Salt Lake City, UT July 12, 2000)-Roger Young, ex-Olympian and professional cyclist, four-time Olympic Cycling Coach and President of In-Training, Inc., a sports promotions and team management company, recently tested a pre-production version of the Exerscape-equipped Blackburn Motivator Digital Interactive Training System. The test group consisted of twelve riders within the target market of the Motivator system: ages 20-65, income over $60,000 per year, most recreational riders who ride 2-6 times/week, a couple of racers. According to Mr. Young, the results showed "In my opinion the Exerscape is an important product and should be on the market. It has two distinct features that answer two important problems:

1. The interactive display makes indoor training interesting.
2. It automatically saves training data.

Mr. Young continued, "The Exerscape display is without a doubt the best of any other training device. The ability to inspire by putting the rider on a real trail or in a real bike race is valuable. The ability to inspire riders is important in keeping them riding longer and using the equipment more often."

Test rider comments included:

• "I love the fantasy of riding with pro riders and riding trails I'd have to travel hundreds of miles to get to!"
• "I would definitely send training data out [to the National Team coach] if I had one of these."

Mr. Young was also impressed with the ease of saving workout data: "The greatest asset the Exerscape system provides for coaches is its ability to auto-save and transmit data. Other systems like Polar, UltraCoach, SRM, CompuTrainer, etc. have the ability to save and transmit data, but without the automation. Speaking as a cycling coach with a little experience, the auto feature is very very important since even elite riders are hard-pressed to record, download, attach, and transmit files. Furthermore most other systems gather too much data for the average coach or rider. Its like your blender with all the buttons; how many do you really use? What's important is how fast you go versus how hard you are working - and Exerscape retains that data very well."

The Blackburn Motivator Digital Interactive Training System is the first product based on the new patented Exerscape™ variable rate digital video technology invented by IXR Corp. Exerscape smoothly varies the video speed under the control of the wheel speed. As you pedal faster, you go faster through the helmet cam video filmed on location. Self-selected music, played from the Internet or a CD, enhances the Exerscape experience. Workout data is saved for review. The Exerscape.com Web database will enable users to share their workout information with coaches, rehabilitation specialists, and others. The Motivator will be shipping to Blackburn dealers on July 21, 2000, at a suggested retail price of $399.

The included WebDVD will also contain over three hours of MPEG2 video filmed on location on and around the White Rim Trail through Canyonlands National Park. Mr. Grissom captured the best parts of this world-famous 106-mile trail, riding a motorcycle behind Olympic medalist Susan DeMattei and professional mountain bike racer Carmen Richardson. Visually stunning, the included Motivator DVD mentally transports users to Canyonlands as they ride through the desert cliff, controlling their speed by pedaling faster or slower. Bonus footage includes 1999 US Professional Champion Marty Jemison riding and racing in the Monterey area, and actual racing footage from the last ten years of Paris-Roubaix Classic. Future versions may dynamically control the resistance level, based on the presence of hills in the video. A growing library of WebDVD titles will feature famous races and beautiful places.

IXR's breakthrough Exerscape™ technology provides an unmatched level of realism by seamlessly varying the video rate of high-quality MPEG2 video. As Jim Taylor, noted author of "DVD Demystified", stated, "Exerscape is an unparalleled advancement of stunning simplicity." Originally conceived and invented by IXR founder Bruce Ewert, Exerscape™ enables high-quality digital video speed to be manipulated at will. Mr. Ewert, with his Speilbergian visage and varied sporting and technologic background, notes "this is just the first step of where we want to take users as we continue to push the frontiers of realistic POV capture and user-driven displays, with real-time Internet connectivity!"

In-Training, Inc. is based in Corona del Mar, California. Mr. Young may be reached by telephone at 949-720-9303 or by e-mail at RogetY@aol.com.

IXR Corp. is a private software development company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Blackburn Design is one of the family of high-quality brands, including Bell, Giro, Rhode Gear and Vistalite, of Bell Sports, one of the largest helmet and accessory companies in the bicycle industry with over $210 million in 1998 sales. Motivator and Digital Interactive Training System are trademarks of Bell Sports. Exerscape, Exerscape-equipped, physio-interactive and RIDE.moab are trademarks of IXR Corp. Windows 98 is a trademark of Microsoft.

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