Hey guys. I have a gen 1 single sided power meter that is starting to see its end of life, so I’m researching potential replacements in the form of power pedals. I’ve read lots of good reviews on the Favero Assioma pedals and would like to know your thoughts about adjusting to Look style cleats coming from Shimano SPD-SL.
It looks like I can buy the Garmin Rally pedals for a considerable discount making them about equivalent in price to Favero. Given the choice, would you recommend one of the other? Favero or Garmin? I appreciate your input.
Apart from the cleat difference (if you can call SPD-SL and Look different as they are very similar) the only different I can see, is that you will get PCO data from the garmin pedals, something the Favero’s don’t provide.
No experience with Garmin pedals but my Assiomas have been absolutely flawless since I bought them 2 years ago. I will say I find SPD-SL slightly easier to clip into than Look, but not enough to deter me from them. If I were buying today though, I’d get the Assioma Shimano spindles and put Shimano bodies on them.
The adjustment to the different cleats with the Assiomas took about a day to get used to as far as clipping in and out. Very similar. However, I wasn’t able to replicate my cleat position exactly with the new cleats. The front of the part that actually clips into the pedal is slightly further back now, which puts my foot slightly further forward that I was used to. I adjusted to this aspect, but it took a couple weeks for it to feel natural.
I considered these as well, but the increased Q factor freaked me out. Also, I’d have to buy new pedals since my Dura Ace pedals are about 9 years old and aren’t compatible with a swap out.
Hmmmm. Good to know. No issues with difficulty clipping in or out?
Favero also has their Assioma DUO- Shi which allow for using Shimano pedals. You just need to buy the pedal and place over the power meter. My Assiomas (Look style) have been flawless as well for four years and would definitely buy again.
No, not really. You can adjust the tension and the motion to clip and unclip is the same.
I have Vector 3 pedals that i purchased after they went through all of their battery growing pains. I believe they have essentially the same spindle as the Rallys, as the garmin site says I can buy the same pedal body conversion kits as the rally pedals. They track really well with my Tacx NEO, and I’m very happy with them.
Assioma all the way. They just work. I had heard about concerns with the cleat tightness, but I also read that the Gray Look cleats solved that. So that is what I have used for 4 years (I think now). They are great only have to charge every couple of months. Have been through everything with them. Good water proof design. I would buy them again in an instant. And I did come from SPD-SL pedal. I guess the only thing that would make me think twice is if I had a bunch of other bikes with Shimano pedals. I bought a new bike this summer that has a Quark PM so I just bought a new set of Look pedals for that bike and kept my Assiomas on the old bike (which now is on my trainer). Makes for a good dual recording option and I still use the cadence from the Assioma pedals.
I know nothing about the Garmins. I really like my hacked to SPDs Favero Assiomas. They’ve continued to worked flawlessly in spite of many rock and root strikes. I’ve had no issues at all connecting them to my Garmin bike computer or phone and they seem to go months without needing a charge.
from a prior thread from 2021
in short, I like Garmin’s power pedals as I run SPD on my tri bike-I can run better in my shoes with these
mine are within ~2% consistently of my KICKR and compared to my powertap PM in my wheel outside
no experience with the other pedals but all reviews seem quite good
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the biggest advantage to my rally pedals is being able to swap pedal bodies easily if you ever get into mountain biking/gravel/cx. I also just liked them because I didn’t want to fuss with switching my cleats over to look. Speedplay power pedals should also be a consideration. They’re arguably more aero FWIW (even the non-aero version)
Faveros are great if you are on a budget. Otherwise, I know garmin will have my back in case of any issues. Not that favero won’t, but with them being based out of spain (i think?) you’ll likely get slower responses and such.
Purchased my RS200 used for $650 shipped btw, never any issues.
I agree with the above poster…check out the Wahoo (Speedplay) pedals. I’ve had Powertap, Favero, Garmin Rally and Wahoo. Never got used to the Look cleat so sold the ones with that and have Wahoos on the Road bike, Garmin Rally (SPD) on the Gravel bike. All those worked extremely well, but pick the pedal system you want as I found out.
I have been riding the Faverobfor the past four years and have not had a single problem with them. In the same timeframe my son-in-law had the garmin pedals with numerous problems and eventually gave up and installed a SRAM crank based power meter.
I just installed the Assioma DUO-Shi power meter pedals (got them from my wife as a Christmas present) and can’t wait to really start using them. I’ve only tested them up and down the street so far. The DC Rainmaker review was a selling point for me.
I have been riding the Faverobfor the past four years and have not had a single problem with them. In the same timeframe my son-in-law had the garmin pedals with numerous problems and eventually gave up and installed a SRAM crank based power meter.
Were they Garmin Vectors or Rallys? The Rallys are perfect, the Vectors were known to have issues.
Vectors
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I nearly bought the Faveros because of all the positive reviews but I got a deal on the Garmin Rally RS200. I like their versatility and their form factor (no pod) and they have worked flawlessly for me.
I have both, Assioma on my TT bike & Garmin on the gravel bike.
Assioma are much lighter but both have given me no problems at all.
Had there been an Assioma MTB/Gravel option I would have bought that instead of Garmin.
Why:
I prefer rechargeable over CR1 battery.
I can’t find a practical use for the extra Garmin metrics… maybe if I had a discrepancy between legs I might.
Assioma customer service is amazing and the spare parts catalog is outstanding.