Originally Posted by
dalava
Merlin, sounds like fa63 has made up his mind about getting an iBike, so let him enjoy that. iBike's marketing targets exactly the segment of cyclists fa63 falls into, which values mobility and simplicity. Accuracy be damned.
I am not exactly sure what kind of cyclist I constitute, and I am also not sure what you mean about mobility, but I do not really value simplicity (I build/fix/maintain my own and others' bikes) if that is what you mean. I am also an engineer so I value accuracy very much. Anyways, the iBike is still intriguing to me. If the iBike works as mentioned (and a third party comparison by at least one reputable publication is showing negligible differences between the iBike data and other reputable power meters), then I cannot see how a PT would be that much better, at least for what I want it to do. If I get to a level where I think I will benefit from 2% accuracy of say, the SRM unit, then I would go for that. But how much accuracy does one really need?