This is one of the best, quickest and cheapest ways to start cycling with power. You can easily install the crank, with little more than just having to tighten two bolts. A single-side crank is relatively easily moved between bikes and would probably take about the same time as swapping over two pedals and with…
Detailed STRYD Review, Running Power Meter, updated for 2019. Discount Code & Promotion if seasonally available
This post contains a link to a running power zone calculator spreadsheet at the end. First some background… I’ve always used Joe Friel’s calculations for cycling power zones and ‘something similar’ for running power. These zones are important for guiding your efforts to achieve certain bodily adaptations to the inputs of the rigours of your…
Starting at $490, power2max power meters feature dual-leg power measurement, left/right balance, Bluetooth SMART, ANT+ and auto-zero, among other features. power2max fits virtually every crankset, including SRAM, FSA, ROTOR, Cannondale, Specialized and more. Yep, even cyclo crossers, MTBers and track cyclists might have a smile on their face with these 😉 Claimed accuracy: 99% Format:…
The PowerTap P2 is now listed at powertap.com but as of 16October there is nothing there except a name and placeholder. Josh from PowerMeterCity has given me the specs he has from the PowerTap rep, listed below. Even though there is a dearth of information out there; fear not, you can pre-order these babies right…
The Garmin leak is further down in the post, I will just quickly put this in context first. I speculated a while back that Garmin were due to release ANT+/BLE-enabled sensors. My speculation was that there would be a HRM and a new footpod. It wouldn’t then be too much of a leap to expect…
The choice for the best power meter pedals was, until recently, limited to Garmin Vector, Favero Assioma and Powertap P1. SRM EXACT pedals are now available for pre-order. You can now pre-order the SRM LOOK EXACT pedals from Power Meter City. Headlines: Claimed +/- 1.5% accuracy BLE + ANT+ 100 Hour battery from a 5…
Garmin have issued a detailed service advisory here (link to:garmin.com). If you do not feel comfortable doing it yourself then you can send them off to be serviced by Garmin. You should also receive a CODE for a free set of UPGRADED battery door covers. If that isn’t enough there is also a firmware v3.50…
The IQ2 Power Meter Kickstarter campaign had to hit is £87,464 goal by 24 May 2018 and, at the time of writing, has 3,216 backers amounting to a whopping £722,168. The goal for shipping is 1st October 2018. What’s the big deal? There are lots of ‘ifs’ around this one but if a reasonably accurate…
2019 Update: Power Meter Pedals are the best choice for most bike riders. Is Garmin? Favero? PowerTap? Which is best? Let’s see…
What’s going to be new on the Power Meter front in 2018? We’ve had a lot of new PM products to potentially buy over the last couple of years. Sometimes there is quite a delay between announcement and availability. So I approach this year thinking “It’s going to be a quiet one“. That could turn…
STRYD have just announced an important firmware upgrade for those of you who have WALK/HIKE sections of trail runs. Even in competitive trail events there are sections where walking may be more efficient than running, such as on very steep gradients. Previously STRYD did not produce power on walk sections. There is now a firmware…
For those of you looking to improve the stability of the watts in your Garmin Running Power numbers then the new STRYD Light (STRYD Live) could be a sensible way forwards for a half the cost of the full STRYD solution. This particular approach might be useful if you have already built up some history…
Garmin’s Running Power app today just crossed over the 8000 downloads. That’s a lot of people running with power. Downloads have more than doubled from 3445 on 18th December. But that’s still behind STRYD (>10,000) despite Christmas and despite Garmin Running Power being free. I’m not so sure of the quality of the power data…
Trainesense have been on the radar for almost a year now and I have briefly mentioned them a few times, including here. It looks much closer to market now. Exciting! So we are looking at a tool which can measure the 3D force vectors from a hand paddle. OK it excludes total drag and propulsion…
Garmin’s recent Running Power app/data field threw a bit of a curve ball…it included WIND in the calculation. STRYD and RunScribe don’t do that. Well, at least not yet. STRYD apparently have had a plan to include it for a while. Let’s put to one side that Garmin are using a dated, offline weather forecast…
I started leafing through coach Jim Vance’s book “Run with Power” a couple of months ago and never quite found the time to settle down to read it all through properly. I seem to spend WAY more time writing than reading and finding a couple of free hours is always tricky with ‘the day job’.…
It might seem superficially obvious to some people that “the most accurate power meter” might be the best power meter. Or maybe the most repeatably accurate powermeter is the best? But then maybe the most repeatably accurate powermeter involves: a huge sum of money; an inconvenient placement on your bike; and a usage case totally…
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Garmin Running Power to be added to existing Garmin High-End hardware from November 2017 onwards via a free CIQ app. Also requires HRM-TRI, or similar
