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Can anyone recommend a good power meter, Did not want to use the rear hub ones. What do you use and how do you rate them.
You have a choice of pedal or crank based strain gauges. I borrowed some Stages crank based strain gauges, and used a Garmin to do the voodoo. They did work very well, but the battery drain was epic.Can anyone recommend a good power meter, Did not want to use the rear hub ones. What do you use and how do you rate them.
Can anyone recommend a good power meter, Did not want to use the rear hub ones.
So you can look at your stem all the time like Froome dog.Standard response: why do you want one and what do you hope to achieve with it?
Standard for on here. Sensible would be i use so and so they are great i would recommend them or notStandard response: why do you want one and what do you hope to achieve with it?
You cannot trust reviews, i would rather here from someone on here who has used one, and hear what they thought of them.That doesn't really help unfortunately. On that basis, it would be just as easy to browse DC Rainmaker's site and see what the various systems offer in the hope of identifying some of the features you might require.
Thanks for that, i am only asking as a friend i ride with wants them, she does not race, She just has to have all the gear,I have used Limits, and presently use a Stages on the MTB and a Powermeter C1 chainring on the road bike.
The limits powermeter is a adaptor that goes between the pedal and crank therefore moving the pedal out a cm or so. I found it un-reliable and gave silly readings a lot. I gave up on it.
The Stages is a single crank arm, as @Racing roadkill says it eats batterries but this is due to a known common Stages fault, the bluetooth/wireless stays on . This common fault has been around since 2014 you would think they would fix it and have elimanated by now. I should send it back for repair but I could not be bothered and I just remove the battery after each ride instead. Readings are consistent and rarely needs calibrating. Fairly bombproof, I have smacked it on rocks, deluged it in water and it still runs.
The Powertap Chainring is chainrings with a powermeter attached, you get left right power etc. I find its excellent apart from one thing, The chainrings are made of cheese, the big ring is starting to show signs of wear and I am fairly small at 69 kilos( teeth starting to "lean" forwards) after 1,000 miles approx. They cost 200 quid to replace, not impressed.
However all are bloody useless unless you know what to do with them, I dont so I hired someone who did. ( I tried reading books on the subject but gave up) Since starting with them nearly 3 months ago my FTP is up 20 odd watts and a race I did last year, I did this year nearly a minute a lap faster ( avg 15 mins last year, 14 this)
I can track my improvement and quite importantly my fatigue as I am getting older and need to train smart not just hard. Overall I would recommned them if you want to race but if you dont know how to write your own training plan and interperet the data they are useless. I find the combination of a coach and powermeters invaluable.
Thanks for that, i am only asking as a friend i ride with wants them, she does not race, She just has to have all the gear,