Originally Posted by
smarkinson
August? That's only 3 months away.
Considering how much the original design was delayed 3 months for a completely new design seems optimistic.
I wouldn't say "optimistic" so much as "delusional". It'll take 6 months just to get prototypes plus testing....and presuming they actually work, they still need to update software/firmware--then get them mass produced. Another 12 months is more realistic.
Originally Posted by
superdex
PIVOT!
So the pods are gone, and it's (only) pedals.
Must have been too difficult to get the form factor nailed down. New date: August.
I wonder how they will honor early backers (and anyone who pre-ordered and don't want to change pedals)...
The good? They got rid of the q-factor issue some people complained about. The bad? No pods? August?
https://www.iqsquare.com/
(And who rides Keo mountain pedals?)
Not too difficult to nail down a form factor....read between the lines....the people at iQ apparently didn't employ someone who knew about how strain gauges work--or really thought about implementing them. Because looking at it, it is a "no $%^&, Sherlock" their pod design wouldn't work. You have a sensor accurate to nanometers, and you have not 1 but two sets of thread the pod will work on/against--of course putting a strain gauge there will generate a ton of noise and unreliable data.
Maybe they thought they could clean up all the signal noise in post-processing. Who knows....either way when they say that only when they tested the "mass-production" units and found the problem....it should have been evident in prototyping it wasn't going to work.