I'm the one at Quarq that Ritterview spoke to on the phone last week. He emailed us and suggested we respond to this thread. We've tried to stay out of the forum chat for the most part (although we stay up on what people are writing). We realize that until we have something actually for sale, any claims and hype we generate are pretty much just marketing.

That being said, I'm not sure who Mr. Dopolina met with a year ago that said we were almost ready to introduce our powermeter to the marketplace. We did start a teaser blog in Feb. 07 with the hopes of having things for sale by Christmas 07. The delay is not caused by technical, financial or patent issues. Since we are a new company building our first products, we could only estimate the time it would take for all the designers, engineers, compliance testers, etc. to complete their parts. We do expect to be shipping the first CinQos at the end of March (I know, it's only hype until we deliver).

We don't blame anyone waiting for the early adopters to report back before you make a decision on our powermeter; it is a big investment for a lot of folks. Lucky for us, there seems to be plenty of early adopters interested.

Regarding the cranks, as Mr. Dopolina said, we do not really want to be in the crank business. We think there are plenty of alternatives out there and would rather invest our resources into making a great power sensor. We fully recognize there are a lot of people wanting a CinQo version that is compatible with Shimano or Campy, so we'll see what we can do in the future. In the meantime, we want to get another alternative out there for people interested in training with power.

We really appreciate the interest from those of you that have been following our progress and who have emailed us with suggestions and questions. Feel free to email me if you have any other questions.

Thanks,
Mieke Meyer
thinkfast@quarq.us
www.quarq.us