Originally Posted by
fa63
If you had tried the iBike and found it to not work, I would have been more likely to listen to you recommending against getting one.
As you mentioned before, iBike Sport is not really comparable to the PT so I am not sure why you are comparing them now. I still think it is better than paying $100-$150 for a cyclo-computer, though.
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The point I am trying to make here is that people are bashing the iBike without a good basis.
I have however used a PT for a number of years, and a Quarq. I have talked to a number of people who have used the Ibike. No one I have personally met liked the Ibike, and of those people, none of them are still using it, while many of them now have Powertaps or Quarqs.
I mention the Ibike Sport to point out, its not adequate for training, so the true cost you need to look at for an Ibike is $700, not $199.
And the Ibike Sport IMHO is not better than a $100-150 computer. Its actual cost if you want cadence is $298, and it's wired, not wireless, unless you want to pay another $269 for wireless.
Wireless Ibike Pro might not be too bad if it were substantially cheaper than a PT, but it's not.
So you can go cheap and get something that's inadequate for serious training, or you can spend as much as a PT, and have a still inferior device.