I've been heasitant to get a power meter because of the price (yeah, $1,000 is too much).
Stages has dramatically reduced their MSRP. Maybe now is the time to get one: ● Shimano 105 R7000 Power L $299USD (was $529, left only) ● Shimano Ultegra R8000 $349USD
Been considering these, but I'm gonna wait til they've been out a while. With 4x as many surgeries on my right leg vs left, I want to get a dual sided power meter
I thought I read somewhere that the patent on SPD was expiring and that there would be a slew of SPD releases this year? I just can't live with the disadvantages of a road based cleat system. Obviously mountain biking will beat the crap out of a pedal (at least the way I ride), but there is a broad use for SPD outside of hard core mountain biking.
But it is upcoming releases like this that are prompting stages to lower their prices so dramatically. Nothing much changed in power meters last year - maybe in 2020 we'll see more SPD and more affordable solutions.
Stages customer service is excellent (never paid for a repair on G1 or G2 units) and their Gen 3 stuff is much better. Radio transmitter is 6x stronger, so no more interference or dropout issues. I don't see how you could go wrong.
I have two Stages left-only power meter cranks after starting with a set of PowerTap power meter pedals. All have worked well for me, but I wouldn't want to subject multi-hundred dollar pedals to the potential abuse from riding off road - the cranks are the way to go!
Checkout the comments on their kickstarter lol, there is no ETA and they have missed already like 4 of earlier communicated ones. I'm a backer so still very eager to receive the product and will share my experiences here!
Volsung wrote:Been considering these, but I'm gonna wait til they've been out a while. With 4x as many surgeries on my right leg vs left, I want to get a dual sided power meter
After waiting ~2 years For the first production iQ2 power meter to even show up, much less waiting a year for the bugs to get worked out of mass production, I bought a Stages meter this week (my second-first one on a road bike). They are too good and too effective to pass up at this price.
This is great news. I've been happy with the left only Stages on my road bike. Not all gravel bikes will have the chainstay clearance to allow the battery housing on the crank arm to pass, so I advise doing some homework/measuring before purchasing for your gravel steed.
With Wahoo's acquisition of Speedplay last year, there's been some talk of a power pedal from Speedplay. Until they actually release it, it's just conjecture if a power meter would be just for the road pedals or if it would also include the SYZR.
chas wrote:I've been heasitant to get a power meter because of the price (yeah, $1,000 is too much).
Stages has dramatically reduced their MSRP. Maybe now is the time to get one: ● Shimano 105 R7000 Power L $299USD (was $529, left only) ● Shimano Ultegra R8000 $349USD
Great post I am hoping I can use on a 2020 Specialized Diverge it has Praxis cranks I printed the fit guide and measured with a recommended AAA battery and it seems to fit. Does anyone have experience with this set up?
