Power Meters / Powermeters (SRM, Powertap, Quarq, Ergomo, Vector, Stages, power2max, P2M, 4iii, InPower, Cinch)

WKO eats your tears

What was NP for both?

Those were NP rather than average power.
Average was 147 vs 193

147 avg 170 NP
193 avg 217 NP

Hmm. Legs AIDS. Definitely leg AIDS.

Sorry to do this. And don’t ban me fat boy.

But can someone recommend a good ant+ heart rate monitor?

Wahoo Tickr. Ant+ and BLE.

I've started wearing a HRM again for turbo sessions, just to give me something else to look out.
I've got a whole collection of Powertap ones and another one that I think is Bluetooth-only.

NB. about Powertap HRMs when you change the battery the fucking ID changes so you have to remove the old one from Garmin and find the new one.

banned for not posting in HRM thread

@Dubtap recommends the Decathlon one which has both Ant+ and BLE:
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/14098148/

I have a Polar strap with a Garmin Ant+ unit and will probably upgrade soon too.

I’ve got a tickr, which is good, but digs in a bit on the chest (plastic ends to the strap where the snap rivets connect to the pod)

Thanks, I've two garmin ones and neither work. Tried batteries and straps.

Post me a powertap one If you've spare.

Thanks, will get one. If hippy doesn't have a spare to give.

Have they ever worked? There is a common problem when the battery runs low, that even when you put a new battery in it stays dormant. Quick fix is to put the battery in backwards for a couple of seconds, then put it in properly. Should sort it.

I tried that battery trick but didn’t help. It will pair but then says my heart rate is like 90 or 70 or some other bullshit number. Occasionally it gives a sensible reading, but then it’ll just drop out or go back to a wrong number

Is that outside assistance? :P

You sure you didn't put the flat battery back in? I've known people to do that.

(Yes, it was probably me)

I'll have a look through my stuff.

I'm pretty sure. I'll try another battery later and see.

Good luck...

I LOLd

But imagine if all those bikes were in a London flat...

It'd look like yours?

Yeah, no pool though. #sadface

The old solid strap Garmin HRs seem to be bomb proof in comparison to the soft straps that can’t cope with salty sweat.

Dunno. Had my soft strap for I think 5 years now and drowned it in enough salty sweat to fill the dead sea.

I am having similar problems with my NG eco, power drop outs, warnings the battery is nearly flat etc. power2max say it is a firmware issue and that I need to update firmware, however I don't have an android device.

What solutions have you found?