Originally Posted by
waters60
Consider what you will be using your PM pedals for. Indoor and outdoor are very different situations. Indoors PM pedals are ( for me ) a critical part of my training. Outdoors, unless you are very disciplined, power is harder to use. I keep an eye on it, often using it on long climbs to keep at or below my FTP. It seems you need to have a course you do regularly to plan your workout using power so you can track changes over time.
I use my Favero Assiomas with a Bolt. Works flawlessly.
Totally agree. I seldom do intervals outdoors, but that's an exception. Other than that, the main use outside is when I'm going hard and want to know if I can sustain the power. In non-covid times, I participate in group rides where there are organized mini-races ranging from a few hundred meters to maybe 5 miles. If I'm going hard and I have some idea of the distance to come, I'll look at power to make sure I can hold that power without blowing up before the finish.
And the knowledge of what power I can put out for a given time or distance comes from my indoor work.