Powertap + Planet X Carbon Clinchers

1981.
1981. Posts: 270
edited October 2013 in Road buying advice
So, I've managed to convince the Mrs that the one thing missing from our lives is a Powertap...

However, I've only got one pair of decent wheels, Planet X Carbon Clinchers - which for me bimbling around in the 4th Cats and dry Sunday rides, are perfect.

Problem is the Powertap is +100g heavier than the hub already in the clinchers.

Do I get the Powertap built into these wheels and live with them being a little heavier (am I likely to notice the + 100g), and use it on the turbo for winter or go looking for a specific training wheel to get it built into (although money is an object)

Any advice more than welcome.
FIXIES.HUUB

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  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    1981. wrote:
    Any advice more than welcome.
    1981. wrote:
    However, I've only got one pair of decent wheels, Planet X Carbon Clinchers - which for me bimbling around in the 4th Cats and dry Sunday rides, are perfect.

    Do you really need a powertap!?
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    It won't make you slower... will it make you faster? If used properly it will... if it's just there to show you some number to upload on Strava, then it's a waste of money
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  • 1981.
    1981. Posts: 270
    edited October 2013
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    1981. wrote:
    Any advice more than welcome.
    1981. wrote:
    However, I've only got one pair of decent wheels, Planet X Carbon Clinchers - which for me bimbling around in the 4th Cats and dry Sunday rides, are perfect.

    Do you really need a powertap!?

    I'd ideally like to stop bimbling around in the 4th cats, so want to spend the offseason training for next year.
    FIXIES.HUUB
  • 1981.
    1981. Posts: 270
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    It won't make you slower... will it make you faster? If used properly it will... if it's just there to show you some number to upload on Strava, then it's a waste of money

    Hoping that I can put it to good use, rather than parading numbers of Strava
    FIXIES.HUUB
  • buckles
    buckles Posts: 694
    As a 4th cat your own lack of physical ability (or inability to read a race, or poor cornering, or excess body fat, etc etc) is going to limit your performance than a few extra grams of metal in the centre of a wheel. I doubt you'll even notice the extra weight. If you were adding 100g to the rim, then you might feel a slight difference, but practically it wouldn't actually hamper your performance.
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  • 1981.
    1981. Posts: 270
    Buckles wrote:
    As a 4th cat your own lack of physical ability (or inability to read a race, or poor cornering, or excess body fat, etc etc) is going to limit your performance than a few extra grams of metal in the centre of a wheel. I doubt you'll even notice the extra weight. If you were adding 100g to the rim, then you might feel a slight difference, but practically it wouldn't actually hamper your performance.

    Ha Ha, harsh - but fair, my inability is the thing hampering my performance.
    FIXIES.HUUB
  • buckles
    buckles Posts: 694
    edited October 2013
    Not harsh, just honest. The same things limit me too, which is undoubtedly why I do quite badly in most races. Was just trying to point out the futility of worrying about the negligible effect of 100 hub-based grams when there are almost infinitely bigger things that will affect your performance.
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    You have to budget for new spokes as well... bladed spokes are expensive, looking at 50-60 pounds worth of spokes only... not that you have to have bladed spokes, but...
    left the forum March 2023
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    How about signing up to trainer road and doing a few power based turbo sessions, do your road sessions based on HR and RPE.
    I used to own a powertap and this is what I do now...
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  • 1981.
    1981. Posts: 270
    NapoleonD wrote:
    How about signing up to trainer road and doing a few power based turbo sessions, do your road sessions based on HR and RPE.
    I used to own a powertap and this is what I do now...

    Have signed up for Trainer Road, doing the SST Base Plan at the moment - felt that the power readings I'm getting aren't that accurate, that and I'm 40 soon - hence the big ask for an expensive cycling related present.
    FIXIES.HUUB

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