Originally Posted by
Bacciagalupe
I just want to be clear on this. Someone who has the mechanical skills to swap a BB is going to find it a challenge to swap a pair of pedals and a pod? Seriously?
I never said that. I said it's going to take more time to swap the pedals than swap cranksets. And as you see in the video link, you don't have to change the bb to swap a Quarq out.
And setting up the Vector is a bit more involved than just swapping pedals:
From the Cycling News link:
"Installing the Garmin Vector is little more complicated than setting up a standard set of road pedals. In essence, it’s just a matter of screwing them in and tightening them down to a torque value of 34-40Nm. That said, there are a few key differences.
One is the addition of the pedal pods, which house the battery and ANT+ transmitter hardware. They should be oriented so that each one is hanging straight down when the corresponding pedal is in the forward position. You must also ensure that there’s a slight gap between the outer face of the crank arm and the pedal pod’s backing plate. Included spacers are added as needed, depending on how recessed the pedal sockets are on the crank arms."
And if you read the DC Rainmaker review, the power was inaccurate until he figured out he didn't have them tight enough.
None of this is to suggest its unduely difficult to install Vectors. It is to suggest that's there no swappability advantage to Vectors, over the swap process with a Quarq shown in the video,