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Old 08-10-18, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by JimiMimni
Yup.Ironically I trouble shoot power meters all day, then come here and talk about them in my free time.
Dude, the track power meter market is wiiiiiide open.

The British, Dutch, and I think Australian have all been photographed with prototype or custom power meters.

There are needs that simply are not being met in the Track sector. Mostly with head units, but also with the power meters themselves.

Track always gets hand-me-down tech from the road/TT world. I wish it were not this way.

Let's list some very standard track gear that is old, hand-me-down tech:

- Shimano Dura Ace 7710 (OCTALINK!) track cranks.
- Shimano SPD-SL 7819 pedals (to put straps on)
- SRM Track PM
- EV-ER-RY cycling head unit on the market. Every. Single. One.
- Zipp track wheels
- Mavic track wheels.
- Chainrings.
- Cogs.
- Chains (most are simply BMX chains. The KMC-K710 is a beefy street freestyle chain.)
- LOOK 496, Felt TK1, etc...are all adapted from road TT frames (it's true...look it up ). I would venture to guess the same goes for Avanti.
- BTs current designs are dated.
- EVERY home trainer (of whatever style). I don't think any are purposely designed to accommodate track bikes. This usually comes via some hack.

I could go on.

I think 3T Scatto bars are the only significantly advanced track-specific product introduced to the market in the past 10 years. Seriously.

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