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My Stages, Gen2 GXP, is pissing me right off, the range is awful and drops out quite a bit, can't use it on an out front mount (and it's crap on the stem too). Gonna try and get a replacement unit soon.
If you don't need to move between bikes, p2m or Quarq Dzero would be my choice right now. If you must go crank arm I'm yet to hear anyone ever say anything bad about Pioneer.
spinnnout-
Hmm, that doesn't sound too promising. The best deal I can find for the 6800 stages PM looks to be £444 from Merlin (with their 10% off offer until midnight).
I think I read that Pioneer has to be zeroed before every ride, but can't remember reading any other downsides to them. I also don't remember reading anything like your issue in any reviews of stages, but the stages reviews definitely aren't unanimously great.
I think I'd prefer a spider-based PM, but it's hard to justify the extra cost. I don't race (at the mo') and only have the one do-it-all type road bike, so it'd be more just for training/fitness/geeky stats.
TurtleRecall
I'm thinking of getting a Stages left crank, ideally 6800 G2. Is the G1 worth looking at at all? Is a stages worth looking at at all? Anyone got a Stages on a 175mm HT2 crank for sale?