My wife has a '18 Giant Revolt Advanced 2 and wants a power meter for training/racing purposes. It has the Praxis Alba 2D crankset and a Praxis BB86 24 bottom bracket.
I've been looking for an affordable power meter, similar to the 4iii I have on my bike. Are there any that you people can recommend? We have Assiomo's on our Tri bikes but they are Look/Keo and not gravel shoe compatible.
I just bought the new XC100 Garmin pedal and it has worked perfectly with my cleats. It was pricey, but I was able to get rid of my other sensors on my bike.
Max wrote:OP, 4iiii should be able to retrofit a PM to your wife's existing crank. I recently had my Sram Red crank arm retrofitted, really good service.
I'll reach out to them. I didnt think they could because this particular crank isn't on their list but can't hurt to ask. Thanks!
Good luck with that! I spent the winter trying to get a stages or 4iii power meter on my bike, but never got a response back from the vendors. Could be partially my fault. I decided to support my LBS and went through them. Seems to me they did a poor job on follow through too, but the whole thing was a cluster. I did try to contact stages last summer and they never got back to me either, so something is messed up. Lord knows there are serious pandemic related supply chain issues in the bike industry these days.
I did what renegade did, and bought the pricy Garmin pedal. I've been waiting for something like this for ~5 years, so I just bit the bullet and got one (not two). Works great, simple to install. Originally I was sold on this idea because I could use for my Gravel bike in the summer, and my track bike in the winter, and even use it for my road bike or mountain bike if I felt like it. But given that I ride my gravel bike for everything from crit races to endurance rides, to gravel, to single track - I may never take it off the bike.
But for those who really need versatility, you can even switch between SPD mountain and mountain bike pedals with the same power meter (same spindle) if you really want to.
Hi all I've bought Favero pedals and then weelgo W01. Changed the inner spin and now powermeter favero on weelgo with spd cheats. Measurements are equals. Very happy! Ernesto
chas wrote:Good luck with that! I spent the winter trying to get a stages or 4iii power meter on my bike, but never got a response back from the vendors. Could be partially my fault. I decided to support my LBS and went through them. Seems to me they did a poor job on follow through too, but the whole thing was a cluster. I did try to contact stages last summer and they never got back to me either, so something is messed up. Lord knows there are serious pandemic related supply chain issues in the bike industry these days.
Yeah, I went direct to 4iiii (Canada), 3 weeks turnaround to retrofit my crank, zero issues.
Max wrote: Yeah, I went direct to 4iiii (Canada), 3 weeks turnaround to retrofit my crank, zero issues.
Ugh, I'm blaming my LBS then. I'd think they would appreciate the business during the off season, but guess not. They are usually too busy goofing off in the winter...
edibetta wrote:Hi all I've bought Favero pedals and then weelgo W01. Changed the inner spin and now powermeter favero on weelgo with spd cheats. Measurements are equals. Very happy! Ernesto
I've heard of swapping the Favero cleat. I may hit you up for some details, if it is OK with you.
Not sure if Praxis and 4iiii had a divorce or what, but there used to be a power option for Zayante cranks with a 4iiii arm meter(s) already installed. That's gone, and 4iiii won't even do the factory install now.
One cheap(ish) option if you want to stay with a super or sub compact crank is an FSA Energy ($200) crank with a 4iiii meter ($300). It may actually be the only option since the 2x 810 GRX crank is basically not available. I looked into options pretty extensively for a sub compact crank earlier in the year, and decided to just wait.
Like Chas said, I love the flexibility of the Garmin pedal and being able to switch the pedal between bikes. I like the market is finally giving us some different options.
For my gravel bike I went with a Rotor spindle-based power meter. No more or less expensive than others, but for the sometimes muddy and "gravely" environment I ride in, the spindle-based option seems more protected than a crank-based power meeting.
edibetta wrote:Hi all I've bought Favero pedals and then weelgo W01. Changed the inner spin and now powermeter favero on weelgo with spd cheats. Measurements are equals. Very happy! Ernesto
Yep, I did the same but with Xpedo CXR's - working flawlessly. Saved a $heap over the new Garmin option (which wasn't available when I did the Assioma conversion).
I think, with the interchangeability of the new Garmin system across cleat platforms, I'd probably go with the Garmin product suite if I did it today, AND I needed the interoperability of the system they offer.
That being said, should get a very long life from the Assioma SPD's I've got on my graveller, and I've got Vector V3's on my Tri and Road bikes.
Max wrote:OP, 4iiii should be able to retrofit a PM to your wife's existing crank. I recently had my Sram Red crank arm retrofitted, really good service.
4iii quickly responded to my query. Unfortunately, the Praxis Alba 2D isn't compatible at this time.
I decided to go with the Assioma's and Wellgo W01's. $535 total. My wife and I both have Assioma's on our Tri-bikes, so we are experienced (and happy) with the product.
The pedal body swap was a success, Assiomas and Wellgo W01s. I had to modify the gravel shoe with a dremel cutting wheel (cut off one block of the sole). $535 and about an hours time.
I just started riding Garmin Rally XC 200 pedals and thus far am really happy with them. They are perhaps not "affordable" as the OP specified but they are easy to swap between bikes. That was one my top two reasons for going that route.
