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Perhaps. But ok, you can discontinue the older X style but why discontinue replacement parts such as cleats? To make me basically have to throw away fully functional pedals because the cleats are no longer made? That does not engender customer support and loyalty. Yes, the Zeros were the newer evolution of the original design. That said, I had no need to buy Zeros when my Xs worked just fine. I ride Campy 11 speed. 12 and now 13 has been out for a few years, but there is no reason to retire my 11 and also 10 speed groups which work perfectly fine. I can still buy parts for Campy 9 speed and earlier if I need. This is what builds and maintains customer loyalty. IMHO. I liked Speedplay as this smaller San Diego based company. Unfortunately no longer.
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Perhaps. But ok, you can discontinue the older X style but why discontinue replacement parts such as cleats? To make me basically have to throw away fully functional pedals because the cleats are no longer made? That does not engender customer support and loyalty. Yes, the Zeros were the newer evolution of the original design. That said, I had no need to buy Zeros when my Xs worked just fine. I ride Campy 11 speed. 12 and now 13 has been out for a few years, but there is no reason to retire my 11 and also 10 speed groups which work perfectly fine. I can still buy parts for Campy 9 speed and earlier if I need. This is what builds and maintains customer loyalty. IMHO. I liked Speedplay as this smaller San Diego based company. Unfortunately no longer.
Now do you want to talk about their power meters or not?
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The initial reviews are quite favorable, and review units have been out for a much longer period of time than many other products so the results are probably robust. Congratulations to Wahoo.
That said, here's Wahoo's problem: their share of the pedal market is small. If 1) I were a Speedplay Zero user, 2) didn't already have a power meter, and 3) were in the market to jump onto the power meter bandwagon, I'd be on this in a New York minute. However, if I weren't already a Speedplay user, this probably isn't enough to get me to switch, or to switch on all my bikes. That said, looks like a good implementation.
That said, here's Wahoo's problem: their share of the pedal market is small. If 1) I were a Speedplay Zero user, 2) didn't already have a power meter, and 3) were in the market to jump onto the power meter bandwagon, I'd be on this in a New York minute. However, if I weren't already a Speedplay user, this probably isn't enough to get me to switch, or to switch on all my bikes. That said, looks like a good implementation.
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My next bike will probably get these. Unless somehow I manage to somehow figure a way to use a Left side 11s Record crankarm (stages) which seems unlikely.
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I'm not supporting Wahoo but the pedals look interesting for Speedplay users. I just started using a dual-sided powermeter crank and do like the power readings a lot. It will be interesting to see if these pedals take off.