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Polar Look Keo Power System–Pedal Based Power Meter–In-Depth Review

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The 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 Meter Buyers Guide–2018 Edition

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Once 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

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Once 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

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Once 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.

Garmin Rally Power Meter In-Depth Review (SPD/SPD-SL/LOOK KEO)

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Garmin 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.

The Power Meters Buyer’s Guide–2015 Edition

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Once 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.

Specialized Power Cranks Power Meter In-Depth Review

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Today 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

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How 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.

Kinetic inRide Bluetooth Smart Power Meter Accessory In-Depth Review

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The inRide Bluetooth Smart accessory (tiny pod above) is the first Bluetooth Smart power meter to hit the market, just ahead of other Bluetooth Smart power meters. … Now, some might finagle with the terminology around ‘power meter’, but since it’s ultimately giving you a metric of power, I’m sticking with that term for now.

The Power Meter Buyer’s Guide – 2013 Edition

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With 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.

Garmin Vector 3 Power Meter In-Depth Review

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It’s been exactly three months (plus a day) since Garmin announced their latest power meter, Vector 3. … The left power will simply be doubled to produce total power (identical to how other left-only products, like Stages Power, work).

SRM X-Power SPD Power Meter In-Depth Review

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It'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

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It’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.

Power Meter Pedal Shootout: Vector 3 vs PowerTap P1 vs Assioma

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Over the course of the summer we’ve seen both Garmin and Favero roll out new pedal power meters. … Meanwhile, PowerTap has had their P1 pedals in the market for over two years now – effectively raking in the cash over their competitors.

Shimano Dura-Ace R9100P Power Meter In-Depth Review

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It’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

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Alongside 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

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4iiii 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.

Apple Watch Power Meter Support: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know

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One 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

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It’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.

Garmin announces Vector S: $899 power meter, also announces Cycling Dynamics

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The first is unveiling the Vector S power meter, while the second is announcing upcoming ‘Cycling Dynamics’ metrics that will be applicable to full-fledged Vector owners. … Here’s the simplest way to think of Vector S: Half the power meter for half the price.

ROTOR introduces new ROTOR Power LT power meter

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ROTOR 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.

Hands-on: Garmin Vector 3 Power Meter

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Today Garmin announced their third generation of power meters, Vector 3. … I’ve been riding with them for over a month now – and have a pretty good grasp on where things stand with the latest power meter to hit the market (the second power meter announced this week at Eurobike).

The Pioneer Power Meter System In-Depth Review

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It’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

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Of 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.

SRAM RED 2012 Quarq Power Meter In-Depth Review

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Earlier this year Quarq announced their new SRAM RED Quarq 2012 power meter, alongside the SRAM RED 2012 group set. … It would also mark the introduction of new features to the existing Quarq power meter lineup, as well as a break from compatibility with existing group sets.

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