Team Strawberry

Team Strawberry[1] was a professional bicycle racing team that participated in experiments on human power/performance conducted by their primary sponsor, Balboa Instruments of Newport Beach, California. The Team[2] was founded in 1988 by team captain Alan R. McDonald. It lasted 2 years for the purpose of testing Bicycle aerodynamics and power, human power measurement/logging, and competing in the 1989 HPV Race Across America (HPV RAAM).[3] McDonald acquired New Zealand rider John Harvey, also an Ultra Marathon cyclist. They were later joined by Greg Ewing and Mike Haluza. During the 1989 RAAM, the team used the hi-tech prototype cyclocomputer called the "Power Pacer"[4] designed by Balboa Instruments. The device measured each rider's individual performance (for the total 2911 miles) in terms of power output (in watts) and calories burned through an output device built into the rear wheel hub.[5][6][7]

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  3. ^ "Ultra Cycling". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
  4. ^ Training Smart Archived 2009-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Chris Kostman". Archived from the original on 2015-05-31. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
  6. ^ Rainer Pivit
  7. ^ "Leonard W. Brownlie" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2009-05-01.