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About us

MATCHSPORTS®

WHO WE ARE

Welcome to Matchsports® 

We are an interactive sports company designing and manufacturing software and hardware products. Bcombining new technologies with traditional knowhow we create products that enables us to experience sports in new innovative ways. 

Under the SBI Group, Matchsports® is the proud owner of Matchrider®, a “best in class” indoor cycling simulator. Our flagship cycling product better knows as the “Road Indoors”. 

Matchrider®  is a revolutionary cycling-simulator designed for all indoor cycling fitness. From professional athletes training for competition to fitness enthusiasts. At home or at the gym, the Matchrider® is the ultimate indoor cycling experience.

For more information about Matchsports® or our products please enquire by subscribing. We thank you for visiting our site and look forward to a safe and healthy 2022-23 for everyone.    

Team Matchsports

Matchsports®

SBI

Matchsports®

SBI

MEDIA

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Matchrider®

introducing matchrider®

"A NEW BREED" in cycling simulation
delivering what others can only claim"

A ride that feels like you are actually out on the road and allows you to ride "toe-to-toe" with the Pros. To do this, we have reimagined the two fundamental parts of any high-end trainer:
"the hardware and the software"

The Matchrider® has dispensed with classic A-frame design or the need to remove the rear wheel instead using a new system that is gentle on the bike yet feels most natural to ride. In turn the built-in software runs Matchfiles. Captured video data of iconic rides with synced performance data, so that you can precisely match:
"ride conditions and tactics"

"let's take you through in a bit more detail"
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new Breed

BUILT WITH CARE AND A SINGLE PURPOSE "TO BE THE ROAD INDOORS", FOR EVERY RIDER ON ANY BIKE.

new breed

reinvention

FROM A BLANK CANVAS WE RE-IMAGINED THE HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND ELECTRONICS

the road

indoors

reimagined

Starting with the hardware, we incorporated the “roller road feel” whilst eliminating all the associated risks that come with riding the traditional roller systems.

We’ve improved on the A-frame system  and provide unconstraint functionality for leaning, sprinting without imposing any torsional stress onto the frame. The software is designed to be immersive, interactive and easily controlled by a smart device as our internal electronics elegantly bridge the gap between the two. A precision environment for simulation with biometric accuracy and HD video quality up to 60 fps. Sophisticated in its simplicity the Matchrider® is ideal for all skill levels and bike sizes.

we created

"A ride that feels like you are out on the road & allows you to go to-to-toe with the pros"

forgiving

platform

forgiving platform

Forgiving on the body and the bike, the Matchrider moves naturally with the rider, allowing normal rock and sway rhythm. Our patented cradle provides safe balance, making it feel just like the last interval or hill session!

The Matchrider and bike move together as one stimulating the entire kinetic chain from the brain to the feet allowing you to maintain the natural feel for your bike whilst maintaining cycle specific proprioception. This assists to maintain movement patterns specific to cycling your own bike so you never feel “rusty” if you can’t get outdoors on your bike. Lower limb biomechanic alignment is optimised as the bike conforms to your riding commands allowing for lower limb biomechanics, specifically the critical lumbopelvic and patellofemoral angles to closely simulate outdoor riding. While Matchsports cannot claim an overuse injury rate lower than outdoor riding, the Matchrider certainly provides cycling enjoyment in a safe environment, away from the danger of motor cars or air pollution.”

Dr Tony Page – All Blacks team doctor 
Sport and Exercise Medicine specialist
Australasian College of Sports Physicians.

Doctor Tony Page
Doctor Tony Page
All Blacks Team Doctor



The Matchrider and bike move together as one stimulating the entire kinetic chain from the brain to the feet allowing you to maintain the natural feel for your bike whilst maintaining cycle specific proprioception. This assists to maintain movement patterns specific to cycling your own bike so you never feel “rusty” if you can’t get outdoors on your bike. Lower limb biomechanic alignment is optimised as the bike conforms to your riding commands allowing for lower limb biomechanics, specifically the critical lumbopelvic and patellofemoral angles to closely simulate outdoor riding. While Matchsports cannot claim an overuse injury rate lower than outdoor riding, the Matchrider certainly provides cycling enjoyment in a safe environment, away from the danger of motor cars or air pollution.”

Dr Tony Page
All Blacks team doctor 
Sport and Exercise Medicine specialist
Australasian College of Sports Physicians.

stability

"all benefits of a roller with the added safety of controllable stability".

variable

stability

Variable Stability

With safety and balance at the heart of the Matchrider’s patented clamping system there is no constraint on the way you ride a ride. You can select a variable stability setting that suits your skill level ranging from the free feeling sensation of rollers down to the rigidity of an A-frame.

A dedicated built in motor electronically controls the variable stability setting allowing you to adjust the support to suit “your feel”.  For beginners as they increase their riding skill or a person undergoing a rehabilitation routine, there is substantial stability control available. Built of the highest quality material, the Matchrider’s clamping system locks out at 4 degrees. This provides a failsafe from falling, no matter how hard the ride.

best in class

"the smartest of trainers, built from the finest materials & manufacturing processes"

standing

leaning

looks and brains

Real indoor riding simulation is substantially more complicated than applying simple resistance. For simulation standards,  consistent data is essential. The Matchrider® has all the smarts built-in including the on-board power meter which never needs calibration.  

 

The Matchrider® is controlled electronically and therefore calibrated to a constant electrical current. This means it never needs calibration. Our power is the measurement of net power to the road or in our case the back wheel. It is therefore constant and reliable for comparison. We collect more than 500 data points every second therefore within every pedal stroke we measure precise acceleration or lull. In real life, natural riding is not a smooth constant and as such we also provide assistance to simulate archived inertia and resistance to counter acceleration. Even when you soft pedal (as we do on the road) the electronics will recognize this and provide a natural assistance accordingly. There is no need for Bluetooth or ANT+ connectivity for Watts Cadence or Speed as these effort outputs are calculated directly onboard the Matchrider®.

matchfiles®

"immersive pov video files embedded with biometric data exclusive only to the matchrider"

embedded

biometrics

matching performance

Exclusive to the Matchrider®, Matchfiles® are a recorded POV riding sessions with the relevant biometric data of the ride embedded within to be-ridden or “Matched”. When a file is Matched a user experiences in real-time a Graded relativity of their performance against the original. 

Matchfiles® can be created by anyone and shared with everyone. They can be produced  by pro’s during competition or coaches for pre-race (reconnaissance) warm-up and of course by individuals for any number of reasons. There is no limitation to what type of sessions can be turned into a Matchfiles®. 

A unique characteristic to Matchfiles® is the crystalize of the environmental conditions at the exact moment they are created. These conditions provide high level relativity for performance training when “Matched” in future. Reconnaissance, educational, social, competition and tactical. Create & share precise and immersive rides exclusively on the Matchrider®.

At first glance Matchfiles® appear to be normal training sessions, in reality they are a great deal more. To create a Matchfile we synchronize the data points to a video at 60 frames per second and  allocate where all the watts (power) created get  apportioned.  Every watt created is allocated to its own loss category such as  wind, rolling resistance, bike friction, rider weight and gravity.

Only then can we take the net watts to measure acceleration. The more data we have from the environment the more accurate the Matchfile®. In this regard power meters are used by our pro-riders when creating Matchfiles®.

THE MODES

"Manual, ERGO, Freewheel, MATCHING, VIRTUAL & 3rd PARTY COMPATIBILITY"

native

COMPATIBLE

ONE PLATFORM ALL MODES

“Native modes as well compatibility with all  main third party platform offers up endless indoor riding possibilities for fitness or recreation”.  The Matchrider® covers all bases.

Manually at home or in the gym select or create the routes or environments you like. Add hill climb, flat Road, perhaps a head or tail wind. The options are limitless. Structured workouts are also at your fingertips and for further ease we have also created experiences for you.

In Matching mode challenge your performance and skill with that of a pro athlete. Being graded has never been this fun. Based on your relative weight we create the resistance required to ride as the pro has in the matchfile so if you fall behind we simply drop you down through the grades until you find your level.

B grade is 80%, C grade is 60% of the required effort and so forth all the way down to F grade. This is an extraordinary feature allowing you to learn how the pros race, think how they corner, where they apply effort and where they surf, creep and free wheel. All these tactics can be learned at your own level with our grading system.

Also available are erg, and freewheel as well as VR being (one of the most immersive modes). An entirely new world that takes full advantage of the Match riders® Road like simulation and mechanical design.

The precision of the Matchrider translates extremely well in the virtual space offering absolute freedom for your Matchworld persona’s motion. Leaning and steering together provide the realistic turning sensation for the virtual world and Matchrider is sensor ready to enter it. 

app ready

"Use your favorite device to control and manage your rides"

ios

android

app ready

Use your favorite device to control and manage your rides,  adjust your profile or favorite settings. A single button connects your mobile device quickly via Bluetooth to your Matchrider®.

With all the electronics inside the Matchrider intelligently calculates power, speed and cadence without the need to connect to any of your bike sensors. It does this this via Bluetooth, turning your smart phone into both the controller and (where possible) the viewing screen. If you ride to heart rate, then there is a USB port to plug in a Ant+ dongle and your’e connected. Choosing your preferred layout is also an option as well as the location to display your records, “all material features of our APP”. When finished sessions can be saved or uploaded for further  analysis.

VR ready

"Turning requires leaning and steering. The matchrider® is sensor for this experience"

STEARING

turning

virtual world

Keeping in line with the overgrowing  presence of VR we made certain that the Matchrider®  hardware be compatible and ready. 

Turning a bike is achieved by leaning and counter steering so the Matchrider’s® leaning feature makes it the only hardware solution in the marketplace for the VR experience. Riding with a group is a large part of cycling community and being able to interact accurately with the group (drafting, making position etc) is the future of indoor cycling. The current model is ready to be plugged into this new world.

silent & clean

"esthetics, no noise or lubrication". Matchrider® not only brings the road indoors but the training right back it the living room.

SILENT

CLEAN

LIVING ROOM FRIENDLY

To really bring the indoor riding experience back into the house from our garages and basements we needed the Matchrider® to be aesthetic quiet and clean.

With no more noise than a normal computer fan the Matchrider achieves it’s goal of being quiet. The noisiest part now is the mechanical movements of the bike. We also needed the Matchrider to be clean. By using different manufacturing materials we have eliminated all exposed lubrication so there is nothing to make a mess. It is built to be a piece of engineering art and for some a display feature for their prized bike.

road

Matchrider®

the road

indoors

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From a distance.2 

Date

2021

Team

Matchsports

5150

2121

What we did

design reimagined

Birdseye

matchrider®

bird's eye


THE
ROAD
INDOORS

BIRDSEYE
BIRDSEYE

the
road
indoors

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FRONT CRADLE
The cradle is fully adjustable to fit tires sizes 21mm to 61mm. By design it only grips the tire & will not damage the rim. Two o-rings will securely hold in a rider during an aggressive effort and there is a 10 degree movement for riders to steer naturally & steady their balance. In built sensors collect all left right movement data and used in conjunction with the left right leaning data as we use realistic counter steering to measure actual road steering. The clamp is also designed with a calculated angle compensating the fork angle elevating additional stress and avoiding torsional twisting.
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ADJUSTABLE ARM
Adjusts to any size bike, (smallest kids bike to the largest of mountain bikes), by sliding the inner tube to fit the wheel base. Locks into place to secure bike. Doubles as the arm to move the Matchrider around the home with help of the rear rollers.
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HOLDING CLAMP
With no weight on the bottom bracket of the bike (all weight dispersed to the wheels) the clamping system is simply there to stop you falling sideways. The frame will not slip off du to the four rubber pads. A ratchet system design fits all bike designs and locks in securely. The adjustable straps can be wound to length, fine adjusted to the locking position. The system is rated to 150kg, can hold the full side weight of a large rider. Even on a high end carbon race frame without fear of bike damage. Less than 2 minutes set up
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STABILITY
Matchrider offers freedom of movement sideways up to 4 degrees with a safety lock out . A natural riding motion as on the road. To counter assist the stability has been made variable. From a rigid setting, similar to the stability of a traditional A frame, to no assistance giving a feel of rollers). The default setting is stable so you adjust to the feeling and progress to your own skill balance level.
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FRAME REST
The core where the bike frame will rest securely. A strong rubber anti slip pad protects and supports the bike frame.
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E-BOX
Doubling as a sturdy platform to support the rider, it is also the casing for all electronic hardware. The hub that connects a rider to the world". A built in universal power supply works in all counties via a standard 3 pin cable. Custom electronics run the drive roller as well as the on board computer. Connecting wirelessly to any smart phone/tablet as the controller. The units will feed back out as data cadence, left/right peddle strokes, speed and power.
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ROLLERS
What we refer to as the ROAD, a dual roller system with built in motor thats adjust forwards and accommodates any bike size bike. Contained within the front roller is an electric motor that can produce more than 3200 watts and 109 kph. More than 500 times a second (@30kmph) it pulses/ brakes to generate an accurate and smooth environment. It can simulate any desired input and supports multiples modes. i.e (Manual, Matching, VR, ERG). Fully adjustable to position the rear wheel of any size bike and a rubber grade prevents slippage with minimal wear.
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STRONG BACK
The "backbone" of the Matchrider®. Running from the e-box to the back plate, it supports the roller system in its adjustability to fit any size bike.
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FEET
As a platform to substitute the road the unit is solid at 35kg of precision machined aluminum and brass. Adding wheels makes it easy to maneuver by lifting the front cradle and then rolling the unit into position. This can be done with or without the bike attached. In smaller spaces the wheels are easily removed.


THE
ROAD
INDOORS

road

matchrider®

bird's eye

combined engineering of software, mechanical together with electronic harnessing of physics give Matchrider its signature realistic feel.
"it's not just one thing"
"it's not just one thing"
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