Nope. If budget's an issue, look for a used one. There will surely be weight weenies selling their old ones to get the new SL.

Here's the rub, though... until now, they've all been only for Shimano. I mean c'mon, who runs Shimano? :-) So, with the older version, you'd need the Wheels Manufacturing cassette, which tacks on another $140 or so. Might as well get the new one.

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I don't think the price will drop. I think that the price for the PT Pro (cost me about $720 at Performancebike.com with 20% web coupon, and 10% team performance discount) is worth it. I've found that the PT works flawlessly!



I've started some webpages on the PowerTap you might find interesting if you are considering buying one... http://www.angelfire.com/.../355_rider/power.htm

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why are you still running the cycle-computer? Tad redundant isn't it?

Perhaps he needs the computer for RPM. This way, my friend Goodtime can correlate wattage, with speed, RPM, heart rate and perceived exertion...with all that data, I'd bonk just analyzing the data at mile 110 on the bike course at Ironman Lake Placid as you come up Papa Bear :-). Than again, I bonk without the data !

The powertap does collect speed and cadence data, although the cadence is interpolated it seems to be accurate.

No. The pro version (shown) measures cadence directly unless the owner chooses to use the calculated cadence.

Quote: "Here's the rub, though... until now, they've all been only for Shimano. I mean c'mon, who runs Shimano? :-) So, with the older version, you'd need the Wheels Manufacturing cassette, which tacks on another $140 or so. Might as well get the new one."




Aztec,

The other part you left out was that with a "converted" Power Tap Pro for a Campy bike, you still cannot use the smallest cog on your cassette.

So you might as well wait and get the Pro SL with a Campy hub and then you can use all your Campy cassettes instead of buying Wheels or American Classic cassettes and not be able to use the smallest cog on any of those cassettes.

It may cost more in the beginning, but in the long run it will probably cost less, a lot less.

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Wants2,

Are you sure about that? I'm one of the suckers who didn't pay attention and bought it (only to figure out later that the conversion required the spendy Wheels Manuf cassette, not a cheapo adapter). I run their 11-27, and am actually in the 11 now and then without issue. Well, not entirely without issue... every time I use it I think of the extra dosh it took to get it on there.

Maybe you are referring to the fact that you HAVE to use an 11 tooth smallest cog? I can't recall the reason, but ALL Campy hubs using a PT converted via the Wheels Manuf cassette need to start w/ an 11t.

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"The powertap does collect speed and cadence data, although the cadence is interpolated it seems to be accurate."

What do you mean by interpolated? I ask because the powertap units have a cadence pickup (as goodtime has so graciously demonstrated in this photo at the bottom of the page).

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AJHull,

Why wouldn't you expect that the Power Tap Pro to be discontinued and replaced with the Power Tap Pro SL?

They have probably discontinued manufacture of the Power Tap Pro already and the only ones remaining are the ones left in stock, i.e. supply chain.

The "new" SL has a redesigned hub. One of the ways to recover the cost of the redesign would be to discontinue manufacture of older designs forcing consumers to invest in the "new" technology and eliminate the costs of two manufacturing processes.

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Interesting perspective but that would mean they would also drop the entry level standard PowerTap which would be a bad move IMHO.

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