Originally Posted by
carleton
Cadence is needed to calculate Power. If Cadence is late, Power will be, too.
The Wired SRM PC5 was great for standing starts because it could be equipped with TWO reed switches. Meaning it got cadence readings every HALF pedal stroke. You need 2 readings to calculate the time between readings (rate). Using a PC5, you could get 2 readings in 1 rotation of the crank...thus making Cadence available for the Power calculation faster than any other system...twice as fast as even a PC5 system with a single reed switch.
SRM stopped putting 2 reed switches on their SRMs back in like 2011 or 2012. They also removed that "Two Reed Switch" option in their software.
The earlier road Quarqs, ones that required a magnet, had multiple switches (as I recall 4). They primarily used that to verify direction of crank rotation, you could zero the meter by pedaling backwards.
This is a potential advantage for wheel based systems like Power tap. Update frequency for wheel rotation speed as the "v" in the power equation is 3 to 3.5 times the crank "v" for typical gearing.