swak

Ive been looking around, and the crank setup is most appealing to me, but from your experiences, what is the best power meter setup to go with/ what is the most cost efficient?

I dont want to spend a tonn, but definitely looking to train with one in the coming season.

rffffffff

I use a powertap because I got it cheap on ebay. =o) Competitive cyclist has a really good deal for a $660 (I think) wired powertap wheel, computer, the whole works. (not compatible with garmin or anything else). A bike shop quote me 850 for the lowest end wireless powertap deal. Quarq cranks are ~$1500. SRM stuff seems to be $2500 up, but I could be wrong there.

The bottom line to me (budget limited) was that my $350 ebay wired powertap wheel makes my training every bit as good as any of the other options, but was, in some cases, less than 10% of the cost of some of the other options. If bling isn't necessarily a factor, and you could use the saved money to buy other things, I vote for cheap!

Its amazing to me how the gps unit was the most important thing to me until I got my powertap and now i don't even care where I went, just how hard I pushed to get there. =o)

swak

Sweet!

I found a really damn good deal on a used SRM 'cranks' power meter.
However it is on an older crank set.
Is it possible to swap out the cranks/chainrings still?
Or would i have to buy another setup?

rushbikes

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ing-with-Power

brian416

Chainrings are easy to swap on SRM, Swapping rings generally doesn't mess with the slope of an SRM.

I love my SRM, I've only had it since March, but its been perfectly reliable since then, not one data drop with wireless. The downside to them is that you have to solder a new battery in, but it is very very easy to do. The plus side is that they are reliable and you can run whatever wheels you want