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I am literally buying a PM to get more data on Strava, I am target market.
I understand that Stages is a bit of a bastard thing, and the figures they spit out aren't a perfect mapping of irl power, but if it's moderately reliable I don't see what everyone's issue is? I'm loathe to describe it as snobbishness, but if the data is close enough, I don't see why what works for the sportive tosser wouldn't work for anyone else.
All my cycling is on a pretty tight budget atm, and all I hear from P2M and Powertap is people sending them back for calibration, and if that's how my future looks I'd rather have one crank (and it's replacement) than send my spider or a rear wheel off...
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I understand that Stages is a bit of a bastard thing, and the figures they spit out aren't a perfect mapping of irl power
So, why not save a wad of cash and let strava do the guessing?
if the data is close enough
Therein lies the issue. If you're not actually concerned with accuracy, why bother?
All my cycling is on a pretty tight budget
dafuq are you looking at powermeters for then?
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You haven't been following this thread have you?
I, like many, many others, have been using a power2max for 2 years without a single issue. They are pretty much fault less now.
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Are stages "moderately reliable"? Google 'stages battery issues' and you'll find a number of mega-threads which suggest not. Given that and the left-leg-only limitation, save up for the P2M.
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Another very satisfied P2M user here. I have 3, a 2nd gen classic, a road type S and a track type S. The classic has approaching 15k km and has been faultless only requiring a half dozen or so battery changes. The other two are much newer but both still have over 3k km each, again without a single hicup. All have been used in all weathers, the track one is on my fixed road trainer. Given how much bad press there is about Stages, I think the small premium for a P2M is absolutely worth it.
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Buy cheap, buy twice.
I'm sure it does the job for the all the kiddies that want to see how they compare with Wiggo on their local 100k Epic Super Adventure Challenge Ride to Raise Money for Sportive Awareness and Support Survivors of Epic Suffering.