Power meters.......
Discussion
langy said:
AyBee said:
That's a brilliant deal. I'm about to pull the trigger on a Quarq Dzero, just trying to work out which crank length would work best.
Same length as existing cranks.... langy said:
Well after less than a month, the my Quarq Dzero has developed a fault and needs to be replaced...... Not very happy.
I think it's fair to say that all power meters have there faults and none are 100% reliable, not matter what people say.
After a few weeks of discussing with Wiggle and as they don't have any stock (in fairness, neither does anywhere else), money has been refunded and I've switched the BB to run my original crank set. I think it's fair to say that all power meters have there faults and none are 100% reliable, not matter what people say.
Guess that is the problem with crank based systems, if they aren't compatible with your original BB and they develop a fault, you need to change your BB.
I'll be ordering another unit when somewhere gets them back in stock.
langy said:
langy said:
Well after less than a month, the my Quarq Dzero has developed a fault and needs to be replaced...... Not very happy.
I think it's fair to say that all power meters have there faults and none are 100% reliable, not matter what people say.
After a few weeks of discussing with Wiggle and as they don't have any stock (in fairness, neither does anywhere else), money has been refunded and I've switched the BB to run my original crank set. I think it's fair to say that all power meters have there faults and none are 100% reliable, not matter what people say.
Guess that is the problem with crank based systems, if they aren't compatible with your original BB and they develop a fault, you need to change your BB.
I'll be ordering another unit when somewhere gets them back in stock.
langy said:
Dannbodge said:
Have a look at the Powerpod.
It's claimed to be as accurate as pedal based systems and is less than £300.
I have had a look at those and at £250 (from probikekit), it's tempting, however, as it works on wind resistance, it won't be any good on the turbo, unless I can connect my speed sensor to a fan and blow in the right amount of air..... It's claimed to be as accurate as pedal based systems and is less than £300.
AyBee said:
Aah, ok. What was wrong with it out of interest? I've just started using one myself...
Honestly don't know. I was out for a ride, chain came of the inner chain ring, I put chain back on and power reading was 9697W..... When I recalibrated it, the offset was -1000 ish rather than the normal 200 ish.Contacted Quarq and they asked me to reset the unit (which didn't work), so returned it.
Hopefully yours will be problem free.
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