What Power Meter do you use?

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Powertap SL 2.4 mounted on Bontrager Aeolus 5.0 wheel.

I have a Polar PM since Xmas 04.

This year i have aks Santa for a SRM Pro, i have been very good and hope that Santa will grant my "WHICH" :D ,Ride Hard ,Musher

Ergomo Pro

I have the Performance Bike (made by Elite) Real Axiom VR Trainer. I find the speedometer on the trainer reads about 1 mph slower than both my Polar 725x and VDO cyclometers.

I'm wondering if anyone has done any comparisons with regard to the accuracy, or lack thereof, of the electronic ergometer/trainer power meters versus the on-the-bike power meters.
Please Email me at mgroszko1@aol.com. I have some questions (off lime) about the Real Axiom software.

thanks,

Mick

Woohoo! As of yesterday I've joined the power club. Powertap SL laced to bontrager x lite aeros. I bought it used from a teammate, great deal. Spent last night fidgeting around to get TrainingPeaks working on my non-intel Mac. Once I did, i found it to be pretty seamless (if slow...but thats not the programs fault). Looking forward to better targeting my training as the season almost hits full gear.

I voted for other, but actually I'm using a polar CS600 power output. It has is limitations but so have the others. IBike is like a gadget, SRM is too expensive and doesn't allow the change of bikes. The powertap is less expensive but doesn't allow the use of more wheel sets. The Ergomo is between Powertap and SRM regarding price but doesn't allow multiple bikes. Polar is sh..t as it isn't accurate in short power bursts and has some faulty battery connections.

So when will the ideal power meter be invented?????

This poll is between the bad and the ugly.........

I rely on 5 wired Polar Powermeter and they aren't shit to me. They're accurate in the bike workout power levels, but probably not in the 53/11 combo at high speeds. Just not good at high speed sprint power levels maybe, but I'm happier with my Polar than my unreliable ergomo with it's $700 computer that goes bad.

I rely on 5 wired Polar Powermeter and they aren't shit to me. They're accurate in the bike workout power levels, but probably not in the 53/11 combo at high speeds. Just not good at high speed sprint power levels maybe, but I'm happier with my Polar than my unreliable ergomo with it's $700 computer that goes bad.
And that's exactly why I voted other as none of the PM's seem to work OK in all fields..
For the next years I'll stick to the faulty polar CS600 as I know which faults it has and I don't have to get accustomed to the other faults of other PM's.

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... SRM is too expensive and doesn't allow the change of bikes. The powertap is less expensive but doesn't allow the use of more wheel sets. ..


SRM costs 2x Powertap.

SRM Dura-Ace Professional you can swap it between bikes in under 5 minutes.

So, depending on how much racing you are doing, say you have a TT bike and a road bike. And you share a training set and race set of wheels between the two bikes.

Cost between a DA Professional SRM and Powertap is 1:2. You need 2 Powertaps to train and race with power in this situation.

Dead set easy to swap the DA SRM between two bikes. Perhaps not as easy as the quick release on a bike wheel, but still, within the realms of performing anytime.

This poll is between the bad and the ugly.........You've obviously never used an SRM.

Polar S725 and a day old PT SL2.4

bought an SL 2.4 as my polar PM run out its battery and i couldnt find any battery.

i like the features of the polar especially as you can monitor your power without recording. powertap once running has no button to stop recording and no capability of just monitoring. once the wheel rolls then it records.

but for power measurement, i think i like the PT SL 2.4 more.
i lace it on an american classic cr420 and used the original spokes of the am classic.

I have an ergomo pro and use it on two bikes with a bb mounted on each. Total cost for the full set up was $1,000 (thanks to ebay and ideal exchange rates for me being european).:D

I love it.:cool: On the TT bike the setup was right from the start and for the race bike to show accurate readings it took me some weeks to fiddle with the k-factor but now both read fairly accurate (compared RPE, time, mileage and HR on a reference hill of 5% to take away the advantage of the TT bike). I have to admit it was a PITA :( at first with the fiddling but now as they work properly I really enjoy all the nice features it provides. :) It's a shame that this company ist bust!:eek:

You've obviously never used an SRM.
I, for one, wouldn't be too sure about that. I purchased a DA Compact SRM in Feb '07. In ~1.5 years it has been sent in at least 4 times for repairs. In February of this year the PowerMeter had to be replaced. Beginning in July I started to lose cadence & power readings after anywhere from 3 min's to 2 hours of riding. I have sent it in twice in the past 6 weeks and they've not been able to diagnose the cause (after speaking with one of their Tech's we determined that it wasn't my set up).

What's scary to me is that an SRM is probably the most reliable of all the PM's currently out there as they've been around so much longer.

Dave