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…
30% off Stages Shimano Ultegra 6800. Yep THIRTY percent 30%.
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
OK smarty-pants, how well do you know your power meters? 1. Power Meter 101 2. Power Meter Know-It-All
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Any hilariously named product has to be from either 4iiii or WAHOO. This time it’s the turn of 4iiii with an announcement today for a dual-sided, dual-band, crank-based power meter with Q1.2018 availability firmed up/announced in January 4iiii always seem to add an innovative twist or two and this announcement is no exception Features: Power accuracy +/-…
Assioma Review – Favero’s Duo (Uno) Models This Favero Assioma Review looks in great detail at Favero’s successor to the popular bePRO power meter pedals. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better…it did. The ASSIOMA is a candidate for the Best Power Meter. Favero ASSIOMA Review Favero surprised us with the BePro…
Watteam Powerbeat Review This Watteam Powerbeat Review takes a close look at an accurate, budget, crank-based powermeter system with lots of options.WatTeam recently released their 2nd generation of power meter. It’s dual-sided and dual-band (ANT+ & BTLE). That makes it generally appealing to a wider market. However at $499 it also comes with an attractively…
Here’s a little bit of athletic psycho-analysis for you from STRYD; well physiological analysis, perhaps. One of the problems many of us have is that we have lots of fitness data. Lots of hours and minutes and cadences and power and paces and speeds. Some of that data might be organised in laps or zones; further…
Many of us predicted last year that 2017 would be a good year for STRYD as Running With Power gains more mass acceptance. That seems to be coming true.
Some of the OTHER stuff there was interesting in the WRONG kind of way
WATTEAM’s Powerbeat power meter is now shipping and available at PowerMeterCity. Just when you thought it was safe to go out on the streets without finding yet another new place to stick a power meter… What’s special? Relatively easy installation – nothing needs to be replaced, you add it on to your existing cranks; Novel…
For those of you looking at STAGES for a crank-based power meter solution you can now buy them online AND you can get 10% off with the Power Meter City code: the5krunner10. Stages have held off from dealing through online channels for longer than most of their competitors. There are now selected online dealers offering…
10% Discount off most power meters and accessories International buyers will need to consider import duties for their country. Just enter the COUPON CODE: ‘the5krunner10’ at checkout until 31st December 2016
