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News April 11, 2024

Pre-May 2023 4iiii Power Meters Have a Plastic Problem

A friend recently noticed that the plastic housing around the power meter pod on their crank was cracking. As the PM was still under warranty they reached out to 4iiii for assistance and found out that this is a larger issue with the plastic formulation used in pre-May 2023 power meters. If you have one of these, it would be a good idea to be extra careful. Or maybe the opposite :).…

News August 3, 2023

4iiii Adds Apple “Find My” To Precision 3+ Power Meters

This is legit cool, on so many levels. TL;DR 4iiii is making it possible to track your power meter like an AirTag. If you already have a Precision 3 PM, there’s a $30 upgrade path. I don’t know how this will impact other PMs that are manufactured and supported by 4iiii, like my Specialized Power Cranks. I have emailed 4iiii, but I’m not expecting much. It’s old enough and niche enough, that…

News November 19, 2022

Wait, what? IQ² is actually going to deliver something?

There is no version of reality in which I expected to find an email from IQ² indicating that they still exist, and are starting production for the power meter pedal* that I backed 4 years ago (?). NGL, it’s been so long since the last update, I just assumed that they had gone bankrupt so quickly that the lights got turned off before anyone could setup a dead-man’s switch. This is awesome…

News June 15, 2022

Garmin Rally 100/200 Firmware 4.0 Available

I was able to apply the update, but just like the last time there was weirdness where the Connect mobile app didn’t recognize that the update applied and kept wanting to offer it. Having seen this before, I checked with my Edge 530, and it went on the first time. So don’t be surprised if you see this on your end as well. It will be interesting to see if I notice…

Blog November 21, 2021

PSA: Used Vector 3 + Rally XC Conversion Kit is a great cheap SPD Power Meter

DCR made a video about this when the Garmin Rally power meter pedals launched, so I knew it was possible. But, I hadn’t actually ever done the math around whether it would be worth it if you didn’t already have a set of Vector 3s laying around. Yesterday a friend of mine mentioned that he did exactly that over the summer; back when the Rally XC 200 were in short supply and…

News March 23, 2021

Garmin’s Rally XC SPD Power Meter Pedal Information Leaked

While SPD is clearly the best pedal system available, one drawback is that there aren’t many (read, only one) pedal based power meters available for the platform. It looks like that is changing though, with Garmin bringing out some new “Rally” pedals. Which alongside the SPD, there are also SPD-SL and Keo options (not that it matters ;)). This is all thanks to a post on Trainer Road’s forum, which has since…

Blog Featured October 29, 2020

Advocating for Dual-Sided Power Meters

Single-sided power meters are far and away the most popular kind of power meter. There are a few reasons for that, but the biggest are that it’s cheaper and easier to do it that way. Buy a new crank arm with a power pod, and swap it for the left arm on your bike. Done. For an experienced mechanic, this should only take about five minutes. While that is cheap[er] and easy,…

Blog August 11, 2020

Pioneer SBT-Series Power Meter Magnet Template

The zip file linked below contains two scans of the Pioneer SBT-Series mounting template. template…

Blog Featured August 10, 2020

Specialized S-Works Power Cranks Broken

It’s never great when something breaks, but when that thing is an expensive power meter, it really sucks… In this case, it’s the right side power meter – which while everything looks good in the Specialized Power Cranks app, just isn’t reporting any power. My “solution” so far has to been to remove the battery from the right crank, and just run one-sided, so at least the left-side doubles the power and…

News May 5, 2020

Left side only!!! WTF

I mentioned that I had some concerns around iQ² making a big deal about shipping a one set of pedals to DC Rainmaker, but it turns out that it’s much worse than I thought. They actually only shipped a single sided power meter. Yeah, two years in, and they can only do single-sided power. SMH… Anyway, as he does, Ray digs into the pros, cons, and other in this first-look.…

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