At first glance, this thing looks amazing – power meter integrated into the axles of Speedplay pedals. Sounds like both pedals so you could theortically get power readings for each leg independently? I wonder if you could apply this to other pedal technologies too?
http://www.velonews.com/photo/98530
http://www.velonews.com/article/98514
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1enfeqsPqB0
http://www.roadbikeaction.com/fly.aspx?layout=content&taxid=67&cid=2321
Welcome to the party.
Dang it!
How do you order one?
Right now it is vaporware as they just had some prototypes at the show. Their target date of release was Q1 2010 which usually means summer at the earliest.
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http://www.metrigear.com/blog/
They are testing prototypes and data now.
Although I’ve got a powertap wheel, I’ve got speedplays on both my road and tri bikes, so I am definitely watching intently for the release of this product.
Until it is available for sale it is still vaporware to consumers. It’s better that they test it thoroughly instead of releasing a substandard product and watching the excitement fizzle though.
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An update from Metrigear. Disappointing to see another delay but it hopefully is “real” and coming at some stage. Interesting to note the comments regarding pedal selection.
They seem to be working on a lot of highly technical aspects to the system, which could be making it overly complicated with time to market. I’d be happy to see a “Lite” version that just does plain old POWER, with upgrades later. As with most technology these days, it’s significantly over-engineered and we use just a fraction of the product’s full potential.
Vector Availability
And what about Vector availability? We get numerous inquiries about the timing of Vector’s release. You are being both supportive and patient. Thank you. The truth is, predicting Vector’s release is proving to be as difficult as the vector math! We’ve been encouraged by the progress over the past few months, so we’re disappointed to deliver the news that our previous estimate of “late Q2″ is not feasible. The good news is that we haven’t uncovered any new or major technical hurdles thus far, but our diligence is taking more time than we had anticipated. Because we still have considerable development and testing ahead of us, we’re simply going to say that we’re targeting a release in 2010. We’re communicating this now because, as we’ve said in the past, we don’t want cyclists to wait to ride/train/race without power if they are ready to pounce on a system. We just want you to know where we are, and that we’re committed to delivering a reliable, easy to own system.
Vector Pedal Platform Support
On a separate yet significant note, you may notice that we are now only showing Vector integrated into spindles (and no pedal bodies) on our web site. Vector will still include a set of pedals, but we are currently re-evaluating the pedal platform Vector will use to make its market entry. We’re in the process of evaluating several options, and will continue to do so in parallel with our development and test phases. We understand that there will be a lot of questions on this critical decision, so we will be more specific as soon as we have something definitive to share.CC from:
http://www.metrigear.com/news/
I wonder if Speedplay is jerking them around too much (or not getting back to them at all), hence that statement.
Its been said that they are very controlling about their pedals. So I bet they havent come to an agreement on who was going to sell the end product.
This could be great news if you don’t like speedplays–look style here we come!
I was thinking the same thing when I read that. While I must admit that I have never used speedplay pedals the huge open cleat thing just looks like a disaster for triathlon where we often end up running through mud. It is not surprising that the date keeps getting pushed back, they should have waited until this year to show up at interbike when they actually had done the product testing.
I was thinking the same thing when I read that. While I must admit that I have never used speedplay pedals the huge open cleat thing just looks like a disaster for triathlon where we often end up running through mud. It is not surprising that the date keeps getting pushed back, they should have waited until this year to show up at interbike when they actually had done the product testing.
If you never take your shoes off your bike this really isnt an issue.
While that is true it is not particularly useful in races where you are not allowed to keep your shoes on the bike. Further, I find it pretty damn easy to put my shoes on, run in them to the mount line then hop on and go. Saves on drama and I never find myself getting passed by someone perfectly executing a flying mount. However, I often find myself passing someone who is not pedaling very hard as they are screwing around, weaving around trying to get their feet in the shoes and get them tight coming out of transition.
Point is really that limiting a product to being used with one brand of pedals seems short sighted.
More pedal independence is likely the driver. Being wed to a single pedal style is very limiting even if the pedal is a good one.