Power Meter Pedals – Bike Rider’s Guide to Compare Garmin, Favero and PowerTap (not a review)
Power Meter Pedals are the best choice for most bike riders. Is Garmin? Favero? PowerTap? Which is best? Let’s see…
Left :: Right Power Imbalance
I’ve liked the various iterations of the Garmin Vector power pedals over the last couple of years. The extra 2-legged metrics are interesting but probably were out of most people’s budgets. 2015 has seen Powertap’s P1 equivalents and Favero’s even cheaper bePro pedals. Since the Vectors in early 2014 I’ve been dual-sided power free for…
Power Meter 101 – ‘Cheap’ Enough for Everyone – Almost
Middle-aged guys and gals across the land have ditched the putting greens of pristine golf courses in droves over the last few years to splash around in lakes and generally ‘do triathlons’. All very worthy and good from a health point-of-view. From a wallet point-of-view it’s not so good as competitive cycling equipment is either…
Torque Effectiveness on the Garmin Vector
So here is how your downwards power can be effectively applied throughout your pedal stroke. As you may have guessed most of it is when you push down. But look, when your foot is rising you can STILL apply some downwards pressure. If you do that it will reduce the effectiveness of what the other…
