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

Or the new Rotor LT?

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/rotor-power-lt-spotted-21-days-of-tour-tech-41631/

Nah. I already have sram cranks on all my bikes, including the sscx bike I am building. Bit of a no brainer.

Just a shame I can't use 172.5 cranks on my track bike!

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/rotor-power-lt-spotted-21-days-of-tour-tech-41631/

We know Power2Max is 100 percent accurate, so we are happy to work with them.

Way to sell someone else's power meter...

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/rotor-power-lt-spotted-21-days-of-tour-tech-41631/

Interesting that they are using a P2M type S as their 'control'. Says something in itself!

Suggests that they'll be significantly underneath the price of the P2M, which is interesting- what could/should they price in at if they want to secure a decent chunk of the market?

Suggests that they'll be significantly underneath the price of the P2M, which is interesting- what could/should they price in at if they want to secure a decent chunk of the market?

Less than Stages of course, which is itself not that much less than P2M.

And then the Rotor LT will likely only be an upgrade for those already with a 3D+ (no idea how many this is, but likely to be an order of magnitude or 4 less than Shimano).

That's my thinking, I'd get one for the cross bike - left hand 3DF crank, wallop.

What's wrong with this picture?

Too small

It spells 'MANIL' instead of 'MAMIL'?

Pointy hats for both of you.

Garmin sharp are 90% running SRMs at the tour. With vector pedals on for show.

How have you found yours?

Garmin sharp are 90% running SRMs at the tour. With vector pedals on for show.

This sounds nuts. Vectors don't seem to be the easiest PM to live with. But once you've accepted you're stuck with the pedal type, made them clear your chain, and learnt to ignore battery warnings at low/high temps. I thought the power data was good.

Running them and using SRM would still leave you with the niggles.

Well they've got to oblige the sponsor.

And they're literally running just the pedals, no pods etc.

They're accurate and consistent. As long as they're working!

No pods makes sense.

Cant figure out why. But my mate couldn't achieve the Stated clearance to chain required with a campy record or a DA chainset. Which seemed pretty stupid. Not that he's ever had any issues with either.

I've not had any issues on mine apart from the batteries running out after 6 months use, which were easy and cheap to change...

I can't comment on their accuracy as I've got no point of comparison, but they seem to be fairly consistent based on the higher average power = faster tt rigorous testing approach the I've adopted.

Surely not using them must piss off the sponsor, whatever they put on the bikes...

Pedals are and always will be a limited use item and almost the easiest thing on a bike to break. Why anyone would spend £1k+ on a pair is completely beyond me..

and don't pretty much all pro's run SRM's on their training bikes anyway (obviously switching to whichever manufacturer they are sponsored by for racing..)

Pedals are and always will be a limited use item and almost the easiest thing on a bike to break. Why anyone would spend £1k+ on a pair is completely beyond me..

Makes sense to me to measure power as close to the athlete as possible. Plus the pedal bodies are replaceable.

I was quite keen on them untill I realised how much more idiot proof my P2M was.

Pedals are and always will be a limited use item and almost the easiest thing on a bike to break. Why anyone would spend £1k+ on a pair is completely beyond me..

Makes sense to me to measure power as close to the athlete as possible. Plus the pedal bodies are replaceable.

I was quite keen on them untill I realised how much more idiot proof my P2M was.

Makes sense to me to measure power as close to the athlete as possible.

Why? Measuring at the wheel is fine, you only have to keep the chain and sprockets somewhat clean to maintain precision, and having the chain in play as a pure-tensile load transfer mechanism eliminates the errors which any pedal/crank/spider based system can suffer from off-axis loads.

I was thinking in terms of monitoring your performance, as opposed to output to the road. I wasn't really thinking as deeply as that either.

I use my pm as a leg death predictor more than anything else. Seems to be great for that.