Just curious - do all you folks who have crank or pedal-based powermeters change them between bikes easily and frequently like it’s no big deal? Or is it a mild enough hassle that you won’t bother for easier rides?
I don’t have a crank/pedal system - I have a Powertap rear wheel (which has been rock-solid and working very well from the day I got it) that I change between my TT bike and road bike. I will admit that when I was using regular lube and not WAX, I would not change the wheel between bikes for easy rides since even though it’s a very quick swap, I hated getting grease on hands/gloves. Now that I’m on a waxxed chain though, it’s super easy - easy enough that I use that same wheel on EVERY ride, even the easy/recovery ones or quick spins with friends since it’s so trivial to do.
I might upgrade down the road if I get back into serious bike training (swim/run training right now), and the one bummer about the Powertap is that you can’t have a matching set of race wheels. (Not that it would change much - I use a wheelcover disc and like it!)
I have a Quarq that I switch between my road bike and TT bike once or twice a week during the summer. I don’t even have a second crankset for those bikes.
I swap my P1 pedals between road and tri bike at home, and with my “spare” road bike at the cottage, and recently also to my son’s bike when he’s on Zwift. Incredibly easy. Actually easier than the swapperoo of wheels when he decides to ride (horizontal dropouts on my tri bike - ugh).
The trainer was actually the main driver for replacing my PT hub with the pedals - I would not ride with my PM outside in the shoulder seasons because swapping tires gets old really quick. After like one attempt.
I swap my P1 pedals between road and tri bike at home, and with my “spare” road bike at the cottage, and recently also to my son’s bike when he’s on Zwift. Incredibly easy. Actually easier than the swapperoo of wheels when he decides to ride (horizontal dropouts on my tri bike - ugh).
The trainer was actually the main driver for replacing my PT hub with the pedals - I would not ride with my PM outside in the shoulder seasons because swapping tires gets old really quick. After like one attempt.
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How do your pedals work with zwift? any problems? Planning on getting a P1 pedal set and plan on using them for zwift as well
I swap my P1 pedals between road and tri bike at home, and with my “spare” road bike at the cottage, and recently also to my son’s bike when he’s on Zwift. Incredibly easy. Actually easier than the swapperoo of wheels when he decides to ride (horizontal dropouts on my tri bike - ugh).
The trainer was actually the main driver for replacing my PT hub with the pedals - I would not ride with my PM outside in the shoulder seasons because swapping tires gets old really quick. After like one attempt.
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How do your pedals work with zwift? any problems? Planning on getting a P1 pedal set and plan on using them for zwift as well
No problems. Just make sure you have a USB extension cord so you can bring the ANT+ dongle closer to the PM. I typically stick the cable through the front brake and drape it over the bottle cage.
I have a Quarq that I switch between my road bike and TT bike once or twice a week during the summer. I don’t even have a second crankset for those bikes.
I have a Quarq that I switch between my road bike and TT bike once or twice a week during the summer. I don’t even have a second crankset for those bikes.
This has gotta be bloody exhausting!!! 😕😕😕
I swapped my wife’s P1s until a dirty ride caused me to strip the threads on both cranksets. After that was sorted, the P1s just stayed on the tri bike and she uses the old Powertap wheel on her road bike. I’m at the point where I just sort of think that with PMs like the DZero available WITH crankarms for $780, and cheaper options available from P2M and others, it’s got to be worth it for most serious triathletes to just get a PM for each bike and call it a day. That’s cheaper than a lot of front wheels…
I have a Quarq that I switch between my road bike and TT bike once or twice a week during the summer. I don’t even have a second crankset for those bikes.
This has gotta be bloody exhausting!!! 😕😕😕
To offer a different response, I got sick of swapping my crank, C1, between my road and tri bike so I just leave it on my tri bike.
Went on Online Swap Meet and found a cheap, used $250 Stages PM for my road bike.
It works just fine, power seems to be consistent enough and I don’t have to change anything.
Some might consider it an expensive solution to an easy problem, but it’s worth it to me.
When I get a chance to ride, I want to spend all my time riding, not fussing with cranks.
Just my $0.02…
Switch my P1’s out all the time- Literally takes less than 2 minutes. SUPER accurate and EASY! I’ve owned Quarq’s and Stages in the past. Stages are total crap- went through 3 on warranty, Quarq was great but I will never go back to crank based EVER! May give the new Garmin’s a try now that they don’t need to be calibrated every swap…
i spent a while swapping my vectors between bikes but i pretty much alternate rides between roadie and tri bike during tri season so that got old fast (time poor) and i was worried i would end up stripping threads doing it all the time. also my dual vectors allowed me to be confident that i am pretty evenly and consistently balanced so i got a single-sided 4iiii precision for the tri bike at relatively low cost
Nah. Too much work. I bought a second instead - one Quarq on on the TT and another on the road. It works well.
I originally planned to swap things around and share the older Quarq - but it was GXP based on 110BCD and the new TT was BB30 on 130BCD. I figured BMC had a reason for that and I liked the larger chain ring options that 130BCD offers so I went with a second instead. I ride the TT more often as a trainer bike so both get used fairly regularly.