Earlier immediately Supersapiens despatched a buyer e mail saying a restructuring what sounds suspiciously like the tip of the operation of the enterprise as we all know it and people heading to the Supersapiens web site are additionally now greeted with an analogous assertion.
Within the e mail the corporate outlined “vital adjustments” and a “strategic restructuring” that can impression the service going ahead. As said within the e mail, all sensors will instantly cease delivery, there will likely be no extra app updates or buyer help, and all memberships at the moment are terminated.Â
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that we announce a major transition in our operations,” the corporate mentioned on its web site. “This era of strategic restructuring is each a mirrored image of our dedication to our mission and an acknowledgment of the evolving panorama through which we function. Regardless of these adjustments, our core mission—to empower athletes with modern insights into their efficiency—stays steadfast.”
Within the e mail it additionally spelled out that the Supersapiens app will proceed to perform for the foreseeable future. This permits continued use as your present provides stay although it is clearly aimed toward winding down. Together with the lack of help, third-party integrations will cease working and the corporate recommends “reviewing any related providers to regulate your settings accordingly.”Â
The client Dashboard stays out there solely till March 31, 2024. This corresponds to the 45-60 days of historic knowledge inside the app. Supersapiens recommends downloading and saving “any knowledge you want to retain” whereas it is nonetheless out there.Â
This information comes virtually precisely a 12 months after athlete Kristen Faulkner acquired a disqualification  from the Strade Bianche Ladies for carrying a steady glucose monitoring sensor in the course of the race.Â
On the time, Faulkner maintained that her sensor was not related to her cellphone throughout Strade Bianche. The UCI nonetheless was clear that article 1.3.006bis of the UCI Rules isn’t restricted to sensors which might be actively transmitting. As a substitute saying. “UCI guidelines make it clear that ‘units which seize different physiological knowledge, together with any metabolic values comparable to however not restricted to glucose or lactate, aren’t authorised in competitors’.Â
Supersapiens highlights athletes utilizing the machine in non-UCI regulated occasions comparable to Race Throughout the West and gravel racing on the corporate weblog. The model additionally highlights various makes use of associated to coaching. Nonetheless with out a breakthrough second, “appreciable efforts to navigate an more and more difficult enterprise atmosphere” do not appear to have been sufficient.
Although, after thanking those that have joined them on the journey, Supersapiens was removed from calling it an finish within the announcement, as a substitute referring to it as a brand new chapter on the web site message.
“As we step into this new chapter, we’re full of optimism and pleasure for what the long run holds, assured that it will likely be as passionate, devoted, and dedicated to excellence as the trail we now have traveled collectively.”
Cyclingnews has reached out to the corporate for remark and additional info on the scenario.
