power meter on Ride to work scheme -

[PorkRind]

Why not eh, 25% off and stretch it over a year 46 quid a month for a quark...

Which system would you buy?!

Also, if I'm getting a quark what would the bcd be for my cranks (50-34x172,5mm(11-28 ultegras)

THanks

[counterofbeans]

You want a power meter and you ride 50-34?

Do you live in the Alps?

[Master Bean]

counterofbeans said:

You want a power meter and you ride 50-34?

Do you live in the Alps?

The alps can be done on a 53-39. It's the buggers around here that are 18% that require a 34.

[rs4al]

counterofbeans said:

You want a power meter and you ride 50-34?

Do you live in the Alps?

Does it really wind you up that he has a compact ? So do I, so there. Blinking macho *******

[Scabutz]

PorkRind said:

Why not eh, 25% off and stretch it over a year 46 quid a month for a quark...

Which system would you buy?!

Also, if I'm getting a quark what would the bcd be for my cranks (50-34x172,5mm(11-28 ultegras)

THanks

PMs are not on the allowed list of accessories for the cycle to work schemes, so unless you have a friendly cycle shop willing to bend the rules for you, you will be out of luck.

[louiebaby]

counterofbeans said:

You want a power meter and you ride 50-34?

Do you live in the Alps?

If you're spinning out 50/34 11-28, you don't need a Pro-Compact, you need a Pro Contract.

[SoliD]

Scabutz said:

PMs are not on the allowed list of accessories for the cycle to work schemes, so unless you have a friendly cycle shop willing to bend the rules for you, you will be out of luck.

Depends which option, if you conviently get pedal based one this counts as a legitimate accessory does it not as many bikes dont come with pedals, just they may cost you about £700-800 ie I've got Vectors through the scheme in the past.

[PorkRind]

SoliD said:

Depends which option, if you conviently get pedal based one this counts as a legitimate accessory does it not as many bikes dont come with pedals, just they may cost you about £700-800 ie I've got Vectors through the scheme in the past.

Cheers, might take a look. Will ask around and see if they'll do cranks, quark look quite good.

[Magic919]

Quarq are even better.

[AyBee]

louiebaby said:

counterofbeans said:

You want a power meter and you ride 50-34?

Do you live in the Alps?

If you're spinning out 50/34 11-28, you don't need a Pro-Compact, you need a Pro Contract.

You what? It's easy to spin out 50-11 in this country!

[PorkRind]

AyBee said:

You what? It's easy to spin out 50-11 in this country!

Exactly.

[Scabutz]

SoliD said:

Scabutz said:

PMs are not on the allowed list of accessories for the cycle to work schemes, so unless you have a friendly cycle shop willing to bend the rules for you, you will be out of luck.

Depends which option, if you conviently get pedal based one this counts as a legitimate accessory does it not as many bikes dont come with pedals, just they may cost you about £700-800 ie I've got Vectors through the scheme in the past.

It depends on how willing the bike shop is to bend the rules. They may be willing to fill out an invoice for a £200 rattler with some Vectors attached

[PorkRind]

Magic919 said:

Quarq are even better.

Which quark though, their product line up is a bit of a minefield !
I did like the look of the new dura ace ones, but no real tests on them yet.

[Magic919]

I only have experience of the Elsa RS and they have been fine. The Dzero is newer, but someone on here had one which went wrong.

Once you decide whether you want one or both sides, which groupset and which BB, you should narrow down the choice.

[okgo]

Quarq - it doesn't have a K in it...

Yes, the Dzero seems to be a pretty solid product used by many. I've got 3 x Elsa units and no issues.

[PulsatingStar]

PorkRind said:

Which quark though, their product line up is a bit of a minefield !
I did like the look of the new dura ace ones, but no real tests on them yet.

The lineup is a lot simpler now. They are basically all the same, just with different fitment options to cater for bottom brackets or trying to make it match an existing groupset.

Id rather get a D Zero and new chain rings to go on it than try and get a D-Four to use existing Shimano rings. Youll also need a new bottom bracket if youre changing from Shimano, even if you get a D-Four.

[PorkRind]

PulsatingStar said:

The lineup is a lot simpler now. They are basically all the same, just with different fitment options to cater for bottom brackets or trying to make it match an existing groupset.

Id rather get a D Zero and new chain rings to go on it than try and get a D-Four to use existing Shimano rings. Youll also need a new bottom bracket if youre changing from Shimano, even if you get a D-Four.

That's good to know, thanks. I've got a bb386 evo but with a shimano ultegra bb, presumably theres some kinda adaptor I've got in there that will need changing to fit a new bb and the cranks?!

[Bobley]

If you fit the Quarq GXP spindle into a 24mm shimano adapted bottom bracket then you'll need a little shim on the GXP's step down section. It gets a bit messy so I'm going to get a new GXP specific bottome bracket.

I swapped out my lads 6800 50-34 crank last night for a D Zero ali crank. It added ~150 grams to the assembly. That cost £512. This was on a training bike. He uses an Elsa R with carbon cranks on his race bike and thats much lighter so if it's your one and only special bike then stump up the extra ~£80 for the carbon arms.

You can keep your Shimano chain rings if you buy the Quarq Dfour, otherwise the D zeros need 5 bolt 110 or 130 BCD chainrings. Dfours are likely to cost £750+ but they come with carbon arms as standard. A pair of nice rings for the Dzero is going to stand you another £100 anyway so there's not much in it.

I presume your frame has some adapter to bring the BB386Evo 30mm ID down to the 24mm for the Shimano. Quarq recommend you get the BB30 version so you can go back to straight bearings set into the frame again...

https://www.quarq.com/product/quarq-dfour-power-me...

[z4RRSchris]

wasn't allowed a PM by our scheme which is done in house

[PorkRind]

Bobley said:

If you fit the Quarq GXP spindle into a 24mm shimano adapted bottom bracket then you'll need a little shim on the GXP's step down section. It gets a bit messy so I'm going to get a new GXP specific bottome bracket.

I swapped out my lads 6800 50-34 crank last night for a D Zero ali crank. It added ~150 grams to the assembly. That cost £512. This was on a training bike. He uses an Elsa R with carbon cranks on his race bike and thats much lighter so if it's your one and only special bike then stump up the extra ~£80 for the carbon arms.

You can keep your Shimano chain rings if you buy the Quarq Dfour, otherwise the D zeros need 5 bolt 110 or 130 BCD chainrings. Dfours are likely to cost £750+ but they come with carbon arms as standard. A pair of nice rings for the Dzero is going to stand you another £100 anyway so there's not much in it.

I presume your frame has some adapter to bring the BB386Evo 30mm ID down to the 24mm for the Shimano. Quarq recommend you get the BB30 version so you can go back to straight bearings set into the frame again...

https://www.quarq.com/product/quarq-dfour-power-me...

Many thanks, that's been really helpful.