Renting a powermeter?

steve2021

Does anyone have any experiences of renting a powermeter from cyclepowermeters.com?

I'm keen to give it a go but are there any pitfalls I should be aware of?

BeaconRuth

I shouldn't think there are any pitfalls to worry about at all. Bob Tobin who runs the company is a great guy who really knows his onions and is a huge powermeter enthusiast. I'm sure he will be extremely helpful and put to bed any concerns you may have if you have a chat to him.

Ruth

liversedge

Yep, Ruth is bang on. Had a Powertap Wheel systems on Mavic open pro for a couple of years and Bob is great. I have no hesitation in recommending cyclepowemeters.com.

steve2021

Thanks everyone - I've put my order in today. You're right - they were extremely helpful!

guv001

liversedge wrote:

Yep, Ruth is bang on. Had a Powertap Wheel systems on Mavic open pro for a couple of years and Bob is great. I have no hesitation in recommending cyclepowemeters.com.

+1

bahzob

Another thumbs up. Very helpful over phone and when had a problem with ergometer head unit and they sent me a FOC replacement which arrived next day.

hopper1

steve2021, glad you posted this, as I'll be following the same path next month... Can't wait

steve2021

I cant wait for it to arrive. I'll be interested to hear how you get on!

cswebbo

Now you've got me tempted too...
I've got a power reading on my tacx turbo trainer, would be interested to see how this compares to 'real life'.

nmcgann

cswebbo wrote:

Now you've got me tempted too...
I've got a power reading on my tacx turbo trainer, would be interested to see how this compares to 'real life'.

Real life (as measured by powertap) is less flattering than the Tacx

Neil

genki

nmcgann wrote:

cswebbo wrote:

Now you've got me tempted too...
I've got a power reading on my tacx turbo trainer, would be interested to see how this compares to 'real life'.

Real life (as measured by powertap) is less flattering than the Tacx

Neil

It really depends on how you've got your Tacx calibrated. I rented a PT earlier this year and found they were within 2% of each other across a wide range of power levels. My tacx is an i-magic and I use a scale factor of 110 and calibration around +1.0. But I know if I used a different tacx calibration and set-up it could be out by more than 10% and not necessariy overestimating the actual power.

willbevan

another thumbs up for there

Had two problems that were resolved next day, first had a mount that had been stuck back together so couldn't flip it between bar or stem, just emailed them to let them know as it wasn't bothering me, had a replacement next day!

When i went to change the batteries, emailed them as having trouble getting the cover offthe hub, had not come with the special tool (didn't know about this), again delivered next day:)

Once they are doing upgraded SL 2.4s that have ANT+ ability I will be changing to that, no reservation etc, as a very good business to deal with!