The Power Meter Buyers Guide–2018 Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/11/power-meter-buyers-2018.htmlOnce again, it’s time for the annual power meter buyer’s guide! It’s where I round-up every cycling power meter on the market, and talk through what’s happened in the last year. … I give my opinions of every single power meter on the market, as well as some general guidance on choosing a power meter.
The Power Meters Buyer’s Guide–2017 Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/11/power-meters-annual-buyers-guide-2017-edition.htmlOnce again, it’s time for the annual power meter buyer’s guide! It’s where I round-up every cycling power meter on the market, and talk through what’s happened in the last year. … I give my opinions of every single power meter on the market, as well as some general guidance on choosing a power meter.
The Power Meters Buyer’s Guide–2016 Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/09/power-meters-buyers-guide2016-edition.htmlOnce again, it’s time for the annual power meter buyer’s guide. … While the last month hasn’t seen a ton of new power meters, if you take the entire year in review, you’ll see it’s been quite busy with not only new players – but also totally new methods of buying a power meter…such as subscription based power meters.
Polar Look Keo Power System–Pedal Based Power Meter–In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/07/polar-look-keo-power-systempedal-based.htmlThe Polar Look Keo Power System is the first pedal based power meter to make it to market, meaning, you can actually go out and buy one. … The question is, does it justify the high price – and, are pedal based power meters the future? Well, stick around to find out.
The Power Meters Buyer’s Guide–2015 Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/10/buyers-guide2015-edition.htmlOnce again, it’s time for the annual power meter buyer's guide. … We’ve also seen both new and existing brands dramatically drop the price bar to power meters.
Stages Power Meter In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/01/stages-power-meter-in-depth-review.htmlSince its announcement at Interbike this past year, no power meter has caused as much Internet discussion and debate than the Stages power meter. … [Please Note: As of June 18th, 2013 I have published an in-depth update for the Stages Power, based on new firmware.
Specialized Power Cranks Power Meter In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/03/specialized-power-cranks-power-meter-review.htmlToday Specialized has finally announced their new power meter crankset, aptly called Power Cranks. … The unit is offered not just on Specialized bikes, but also as a product you can buy like any other power meter.
The Power Meters Buyer’s Guide–2014 Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/09/buyers-guide2014-edition.htmlHow quickly a year has gone by since my last power meter buyers guide. … In that time we’ve seen an explosion of new entrants into the power meter industry, some even actually coming to market with products you can walk into a store a buy.
How to: Troubleshooting Power Meter and Trainer Accuracy Issues
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/12/how-to-troubleshooting-power-meter-and-trainer-accuracy-issues.htmlIn today’s post, I’ll be focusing on power meter and trainer accuracy issues. … No matter the product, eventually, for every product review I post, sooner or later someone has a power related accuracy issue with their unit.
The Power Meter Buyer’s Guide – 2013 Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/09/power-buyers-edition.htmlWith all the new power meter products on the market recently, I figured it’s time to do a bit of a re-group and explain the options and some of my recommendations. … I’m not going to cover why you’d use a power meter here, nor how to use it.
SRM X-Power SPD Power Meter In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/03/srm-x-spd-power-meter-in-depth-review.htmlIt's been a long time since a major brand new power meter was announced, and today’s post…well…it doesn’t change that. … In fact, the SRM X-Power was announced some 18 months ago, and started shipping in super limited quantities nearly a year ago.
Power Meter Pedal Buyer’s Guide: Garmin Rally vs Wahoo POWRLINK vs Favero Assioma vs SRM X-Power
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/04/power-meter-pedal-buyers-guide.htmlIt’s been about five years since I’ve last done a power meter pedal comparison post. … Further, after the SRAM acquisition, they killed off sales of the PowerTap pedal lineup.
Garmin Rally Power Meter In-Depth Review (SPD/SPD-SL/LOOK KEO)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/03/garmin-rally-power-meter-review-spd-spd-sl-look-keo.htmlGarmin has launched three new power meters today, all under the new ‘Garmin Rally’ brand, which supersedes the Garmin Vector power meter lineup. … However, if there are two takeaways to know from this review, it’s this: The Garmin Rally series power meter is but a spindle that fits into multiple pedal platform types that you can choose from – at least, as long as those choices are Look KEO/SPD/SPD-SL.
Shimano Dura-Ace R9100P Power Meter In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/04/shimano-dura-ace-r9100p-power-meter-in-depth-review.htmlIt’s been almost two years since Shimano first announced their intentions to sell a power meter developed in-house, launched in the lead-up to the Tour de France in June 2016. … And that’s what I’ve been doing for the couple months or so with a final R9100P unit – seeing how it compares to other trusted power meters and trainers on the market.
SRAM Apex AXS & Power Meter In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/06/sram-apex-axs-power-meter-review.htmlAlongside that, SRAM Apex also brings 12-speed to the groupset while concurrently gaining a power meter option. … I’ve been riding the SRAM Apex AXS with the new power meter for the past few weeks, on all sorts of road surfaces – from road to gravel to beach, and some occasionally questionable mountain bike trails.
4iiii Precision 3+ Pro Power Meter In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/02/4iiii-precision-3plus-pro-power-review.html4iiii has just released its latest power meter, the 4iiii Precision 3+ Pro dual-sided power meter. … These days, when it comes to power meters, the changes are incremental at best.
StageONE $699 ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart crank-based power meter announced
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/09/stageone-699-ant-bluetooth-smart-crank.htmlThis morning, Stages Cycling announced a new crank-based power meter, StageONE, which will be available for $699US. … The power meter includes both ANT+ and Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE/BLE/Bluetooth Smart), allowing you to connect to any of the ANT+ power meter heads out on the market today, as well as all of the phone based Bluetooth Smart phone apps and devices coming down the line.
Polar announces new Keo Power systems, and V800/V650 power meter update plans, and more!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/08/announces-v800v650-update.htmlToday at Eurobike Polar announced and showed off a slew of power meter specific features and products – all of which are scheduled to hit the market in the next 60 days. … Just as Garmin announced yesterday a roughly half-priced version of their Vector pedal, today Polar did the same with their new Keo Power Essential power meter offering.
Apple Watch Power Meter Support: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/07/apple-watch-power-meters-support-everything-wanted.htmlOne item that seemed to surprise many was the announcement that Apple would be adding support for cycling power meters (among other cycling sensor types). … In this post, I’m going to dive into how power meters work on the Apple Watch, now that Apple has transitioned from developer beta to public.
Stages Power Meter In-Depth Review Update
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/06/stages-review-update.htmlIt’s been a touch over four months since I first published the Stages Power Meter In-Depth Review. … As a result of that review, Stages made a number of updates to their power meter firmware since then, including addressing specific items that were raised as concerns during the review.
ROTOR introduces new ROTOR Power LT power meter
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/07/rotor-introduces-power.htmlROTOR has officially announced their newest power meter offering, the ROTOR Power LT. … The LT stands for ‘lite’, but it could also actually stand for ‘Left’, which is because unlike their higher end power meter the LT is a left-leg only system.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Polar/Look Keo Power pedal-based power meter
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/09/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know_19.html(Above: The shipping/retail box for Keo Power) By most accounts, the Polar/Look Keo Power pedal based power meter system is the closest pedal based power meter to public availability. … However, there’s still been quite a few questions about how the Keo power meter will work.
The Polar/Look Power Meters & Power2Max Power Meter
www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/09/polarlook-power-meters-power2max-power.html(Administrative note: Looking for the usual Weekly Mailbag? No worries, it’s still a staple – but I’ve got some cool news coming about that on Tuesday…so hang onto your helmets and we’ll get there.) Some of you may have seen the recent announcements earlier this week regarding a new power meter from Polar (in conjunction with Look), and also a new power meter called Power2Max from a separate company. … And if you speak/read German…well, you’ll just have a field day! Oh – and if you aren’t quite sure what a power meter is, then start here with this quick primer.
The Pioneer Power Meter System In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/05/pioneer-system-review.htmlIt’s been nearly 3 years since Pioneer seemingly stumbled onto the bike power meter scene. … Then, last month the company dropped the hammer on prices – introducing what is quite arguably the best value in the power meter market today.
Stages LR (Dual-Sided) Power Meter In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/02/stages-lr-dual-sided-power-meter-in-depth-review.htmlOf course, Stages got its start prior to Team Sky with their left only power meter (now rebranded Stages L), but it wasn’t till their sponsorship of Team Sky that the company and its products took off. … What you see above is basically par for the course on cranksets, since it’s largely taking an existing Shimano Ultegra crankset and rebranding the box, plopping on the Stages power meter pieces, and then calling it macaroni.
