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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2015 10:38:45 GMT
A company called Limits Technology have started a crowd funding campaign for their new power meter which is supposed to be "The World's Smartest Cycling Power Meter", its also relatively cheap compared to other competition.
I thought it looked quite interesting as it is connected to the crank thread therefore making your pedal width/Q-factor greater. What do you people reckon? I think I would find it weird but apparently Mark Cavendish rides with Q-Factor extenders so maybe it wouldn't make much of a difference.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2015 10:40:35 GMT
Oh just so you are aware i'm not advertising for them haha. I hate the idea of crowd funding products but am interested what people think of the power meter location on the crank arm
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Post by denkfaul on Apr 21, 2015 14:20:45 GMT
The price is great, if it works well, so I would imagine a lot of data hungry non-racers would finally have an excuse to go vegan and get a power meter. As you say, the position of it might be the controversial aspect. I would have thought the type of people who would find a use for a power meter would already have a finely tuned foot position setup. Changing your cleat position by mere millimetres can make a huge difference*, so moving the position and angle of leg movement might throw some people right out of whack.
I'll keep an eye on this, and if it turns out to be a solid product then I think that sort of price would be too hard to refuse. It would give me at least one more graph to look at.
(* so much so that I have booked in for a bike fit next week, as after much tinkering I still can't get my cleat setup perfect, and have various knee & toe discomfort and general muscle imbalances)
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Post by r0b1et on Apr 21, 2015 15:18:29 GMT
Same concern as me, if anything, I want my pedals closer together, not 3cm further out. Also 15mm each side is a lot, more than the movement available in my cleats
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