-
Great summary. Thanks.
I'd kind of decided on the Sinewave if I was to get another road bike for bikepacking type stuff so that I could swap the whole setup onto my TT bike for longer audaxes or TT training. But then I could always just get two Plugs and really, if I'm training for ultra stuff and DO get a new bike then maybe I'll retire the Stealth TT bike anyway as I should be spending my time on the new bike.
Do the Plug III bungs or whatever work ok with carbon steerer tubes?
hippy-
Almost certain it comes with a compression plug and bolts onto that like a stem cap would. Pretty sure they ran one on some Whiskey 29er forks, seem to remember them drilling a little hole near the crown but that was for the cable routing rather than function.
-
@coldharbour couldn't get a plug 3 on my easton ec90xd due it's expander bung having no holes to get the cables through
atk
laner
Had a chat with them last night...
They sell a lot of Plug IIIs and it's also their go-to device on their own bikes (used for on and offroad tours of Iceland, Scottish Highlands, Wales, Morocco etc.). There were issues with the previous versions not being completely sealed but that seems to be resolved with the current version and haven't had any returns. They've had issues with the Cinq powerpack battery thing and believe it's not sufficiently sealed.
They had good things to say about the Sinewave Revolution and their mechanic used one for the Kiwi Brevet and 3 months touring round New Zealand, no problems to report there. They knew a few people with the Sinewave Reactor but weren't keen to recommend it after some issues with the weatherproofing (or lack of...).
The Plug has the advantage of being easily attached to the bike and they liked the fact you can see when it's charging (little green LED), whereas the Sinewave Revolution was a bit of a pain to mount to the bike (depending on set up) and usually ended up being stuffed in a top tube bag, so you don't see if the cable's popped out or something until it's too late and your battery/phone/other device isn't charged.
I'm undecided which to go for at the moment, the plug is neater but the revolution might be more practical as it's easier to switch between bikes (although there's a slight chance of it ending up being dropped/lost or pinched...)