Originally Posted by patentcad
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Pros and cons of this gizmo? I may have asked this before so please indulge me.
I'm not too concerned about accuracy when it comes to watt output readings. That seems irrelevant to me, since you'd be more concerned with your RELATIVE power output (i.e., whether you're 20% higher or lower than some target range) for training purposes? Isn't that about right?
I'm clueless on this, so if that last assumption is wrong, please educate me.
And here's my take on the Garmin Edge (I have to give you weenies something go berserk about this morning):
• I know where I'm going on my bike
• I know where I've been
• All those bike data gizmos (altimeters, etc) seem to lose their relevance for me after a few months
• I need to keep it simple
That's why the IBike appeals to me. It appears to be simple.
But does it work?
In a word, no. However this is subject to what you are comparing it to. As a powermeter it is not nearly as accurate or as useful as a PowerTap, SRM or an ergomo. It's better than a HAC 4 and maybe in the slightly worse than a Polar S7xx series. I've spoken with 4 guys locally here that have used them and all of them have given up and moved to one of the 'three' actual powermeters.