Bought a Stages 6800 Ultegra power meter on Friday. Been fancying one all year, but price was a tiny bit much for me to risk. Tredz have them on offer for £389, having bought up 75 of them to shift quickly at a great price.
First impressions are that this is the tool for me. I love looking at data, and will now mess around with positioning, kit, and approaches to climbs and longer TT efforts.
Testing on the coldest and wettest windy day in a while was never going to be ideal. Especially considering that the three year f us had all agreed that we were going to have an ultra chilled ride.
I was pleasantly surprised that I appear to have a smooth pedal stroke. Only basing that on what I saw and read online mind you. The reviews suggest not to look at the current power figure and to use the 3s and 10s average figure, until you get used to it. The basis being that the current power will be very erratic if you don’t have a smooth pedal stroke. Mine was pretty close on all three when on the flat or steady climb.
First impressions are that this is the tool for me. I love looking at data, and will now mess around with positioning, kit, and approaches to climbs and longer TT efforts.
Testing on the coldest and wettest windy day in a while was never going to be ideal. Especially considering that the three year f us had all agreed that we were going to have an ultra chilled ride.
I was pleasantly surprised that I appear to have a smooth pedal stroke. Only basing that on what I saw and read online mind you. The reviews suggest not to look at the current power figure and to use the 3s and 10s average figure, until you get used to it. The basis being that the current power will be very erratic if you don’t have a smooth pedal stroke. Mine was pretty close on all three when on the flat or steady climb.