Which power meters to use?

AircraftHandler1979

About to embark in the myriad of looking at power meters. I have a Garmin Edge 1000 and have seen the Vector pedals but they look very expensive.

What other options are there? I know I'm going to open up a can of worms here but please help me.

Regards

wongataa

I went for Power2Max.

Palladium

I went for 4iiii LHS PM.

stueys

It all depends on how you want to use the power meter. Pedal systems are great for ease of transferability between bikes, if you want to keep the power meter on one bike only then I think a crank based system is probably the most proven and robust system.

I run both Vector and Power2Max, the P2M has proven more reliable and robust than the Vector.

fenix

Don't overlook a powertap hub built up into a wheel. Transferable between bikes very easily. Lots out there second hand too.

N0bodyOfTheGoat

Palladium wrote:

I went for 4iiii LHS PM.

£300 at Probikekit at the mo for 105 crank.

Palladium

NitrousOxide wrote:

Palladium wrote:

I went for 4iiii LHS PM.

£300 at Probikekit at the mo for 105 crank.

I paid £322 for mine, it was on ribblecycles for £278 on Sunday

mr_mojo

I use the Pioneer one but to make full use of all days available you need to use the Pioneer Cyclo computer too.

Grill

Fenix wrote:

Don't overlook a powertap hub built up into a wheel. Transferable between bikes very easily. Lots out there second hand too.

This.

sloppyschleckonds

Powertap, Quarq, P2M

gethinceri

BePro

StillGoing

Power2max. It's as quick to swap a crankset as pedals if the bikes have the same bottom bracket.

MiddleRinger

Budget? Intended use? Do you need to swap between bikes?

Do some research: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/09/power-meters-buyers-guide2016-edition.html

And some reading: https://www.velopress.com/books/training-and-racing-with-a-power-meter/

Enjoy.

meanredspider

philthy3 wrote:

Power2max. It's as quick to swap a crankset as pedals if the bikes have the same bottom bracket.

....and you run the same chain rings. Less good if you run a mix.

cgfw201

Got a Quarq which has been excellent for 8 months so far.

schlepcycling

meanredspider wrote:

philthy3 wrote:

Power2max. It's as quick to swap a crankset as pedals if the bikes have the same bottom bracket.

....and you run the same chain rings. Less good if you run a mix.

I regularly swap mine between my Shimano and Campag equipped bikes and have never had a problem

bigmat

schlepcycling wrote:

meanredspider wrote:

philthy3 wrote:

Power2max. It's as quick to swap a crankset as pedals if the bikes have the same bottom bracket.

....and you run the same chain rings. Less good if you run a mix.

I regularly swap mine between my Shimano and Campag equipped bikes and have never had a problem

I think he meant the same size rings? I have 3 bikes, one 53/39, one 54/39 and one 52/36 (sometimes 50/34). Easier to swap pedals for me. (plus I run ultratorque, so no "budget" option available for crank based power).