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World's Smallest Power Meter - Here we go again!

Old 09-22-17, 07:04 AM
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World's Smallest Power Meter - Here we go again!

Arofly, the worlds's smallest power meter? | VeloNews.com

https://road.cc/content/review/227916-arofly-power-meter


And it's CARBON. Still mounts to the valve stem?
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Old 09-22-17, 08:45 AM
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I'll wait until I see real world accuracy numbers. I can't really see it working any better than the other terrible options for aerodynamic meters.
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I will wait for DCRainmaker to weigh in on this one.
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I have no idea how well it works, but I did say all along that the measurement method was about pressure changes due to rider effort in the tires. That seems to be confirmed now. What I don't get is how it is calibrated to rider and bike weight, etc.
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I think potential users could save themselves $139 and 11g by simply recording their ride on their smartphone. The data won't be filled with as much noise.
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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker
I have no idea how well it works, but I did say all along that the measurement method was about pressure changes due to rider effort in the tires. That seems to be confirmed now. What I don't get is how it is calibrated to rider and bike weight, etc.
FWIW rider weight doesn't change the pressure in the tire, but I doubt that it works much better now than it did in round 1. A disappointment for sure.
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Old 09-23-17, 08:25 AM
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Hopped on my road bike this morning. My first thought was dang I wish this SRM was smaller...
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Look at it this way, folks..At the very least, you'll have a really expensive(and unattractive) presta valve cap.
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Old 09-23-17, 05:00 PM
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I just want a pressure meter that alerts when tire is dangerously low.

Can't it do that instead?
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