Calvinbal6 wrote:
I have a stages that I switch between road and Tri bike. I'm not sure I like it anymore and wondering what others do. So tell me... What power meter are you using to train and why? Thanks for the input.
Hello Calvinbal6 and All, I have an SRM V (wired ... no ANT + compatible) on my old bike and I liked it but I wanted to go ANT + with the new gear and it seemed to make sense to go all SRAM.
My new bike has a Quark Red eTap Quark ..... and I use a Garmin 520 (against my skin inside the top of my bike shorts) relaying to a Garmin Varia on my sunglasses.
The setup works great so far ... no power meter or other data display gear mounted on the bike .... bike is clean .....
I had some dropouts with the Varia when the 520 was in my back jersey pocket .... putting the 520 in the upper front of my bike shorts fixed the problem .... looks like the Varia likes the 520 closer and my body may have been blocking the signal when it was in the back pocket.
I should note the Varia thickness doesn't play well with some tight fitting aero helmets (the ear flaps) and I am working on this problem.
So far ....... as Ray Rainmaker says ..... the Quark just works .......
Cheers, Neal
+1 mph Faster