Quarq's TyreWiz Shows Real-Time Tire Pressures - Sea Otter Classic 5

Like knowing exactly what's in your tires? Link these sensors to your phone or cycling computer to know on the go.

bturman
4/30/2018 3:35pm
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As the years go on, we're likely to see more and more practical applications of once-expensive sensors moving into our daily lives. Quarq, the makers of ShockWiz, presented some new tire pressure sensors at the Sea Otter Classic. The TyreWiz system is compatible with any tire that uses a removable Presta valve core (tubed and tubeless), as well as tire sealants.

If connected to a phone, the TyreWiz application can deliver personalized recommendations and pressure alerts, in addition to current pressures. Perhaps most useful, we like that each TyreWiz has an LED light to indicate when pressure is outside the target range.

Quarq TyreWiz Highlights

  • Designed for road and mountain bike riders
  • Personalized tire recommendations in the smartphone app for iOS and Android
  • NFC pairing for fast and easy connection by BLE to a phone
  • Also works with Garmin or Wahoo cycling computers
  • Data reported with +/- 2% accuracy at 0.1 PSI resolution
  • Broadly compatible with tires that use a Presta-style valve core
  • Inexpensive, user-replaceable CR1632 battery lasts for 300 hours
  • IP67 dustproof/waterproof rating
  • 300 hour battery life (claimed)
  • Box includes two sensors, batteries, and valve core removal tool for installation
  • MSRP: $199 per pair
  • Available June 1, 2018

Visit www.quarq.com for more details.

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jeff.brines
6 years ago
Guessing the refresh rate isn't going to be fast enough when paired to a phone, but like jcook was getting at, the awesomeness isn't knowing your tire pressure, its what that can tell you.

To me, the greatest challenge with riding a bike is weighting the tire appropriately in a given condition .So often we want-to-be-fast guys are in the back seat, not pressuring the front tire enough causing ill handling (push). Sure, I like to blame bike setup, which is for sure part of the equation, but this is a great teaching tool to show weight distribution on the bike, as well as a good piece of objective feedback to showcase if someone is riding too far back or forward on the bike.

Obviously, that isn't what this is doing in current form, but I'm just saying, there is potential for this.
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jcook
6 years ago
Hear me out on this one - depending on the response time of the sensor and data acquisition rate of the phone interface, this could be insanely useful for tuning the dampening characteristics of tire inserts (much like what their shock version does, not that I’ve ever used it). Probably only a matter of time until we have multiple “durometers” of inserts with various compression/rebound rates to really fine tune feel much like tokens in an air shock and clicks of rebound, at which point this tool would really shine.

Until then, I can usually tell when I’m outside my desired operating pressure