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Old 10-07-15 | 09:43 AM
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echappist
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both are somehow rather irksome

Originally Posted by furiousferret
DC Rainmaker's power meter buyer's guide is out:

The Power Meters Buyer?s Guide?2015 Edition | DC Rainmaker
everything is based on price and price alone with no mention of historical issues when it comes to reliability. i especially like how he dismisses the more mature products out there (Quarq, SRM, and Pioneer) and also calls the "gold standard" label undeserved.
Also, I found this interesting....those Zipp's are awesome but too many watts and you'd go into low gravity. How is it faster than last year? More dimples! All about them dimples.

eta: i take back the point in the second one a bit as it could have been incredibly windy, in which case savings at >10degree yaw becomes significant. However, still irresponsible not to include the testing conditions, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUdC3mrHcc8
those pseudo-scientific speed tests are quite misleading. 9% (380 to 345) in savings due to wheels alone at 41kph when wheels usually save ~18W at 30 mph (and more like 13W at 41 kph)? I'm calling BS here

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