Power meters have long been a source of discord in the WorldTour package. The verbal exchange began in the context of professional careers for many years and referred to names such as Alberto Contador, who warned that the elimination of the generation would “equal things” after The Team Sky will exercise the ubiquitous tactic at the top of the mountains. The current director of the Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme, went so far as to say that the meters of force “annihilate the excellent uncertainty of the sport”.
Apart from all this, force sensors remain a component of the professional platoon and yet the 2019 Tour de France was seen as one of the most exciting of all time. Beaten at their own pace through Jumbo Visma, however, the race remains as explosive as ever, and the force counters gain much more advantages than drivers on the road. Thanks to the runners who share their knowledge of Strava, we can marvel big. numbers, just like we did with Pogacar’s strength in the Peyresourde.
In recent years, force meters have advanced considerably. Combined with cycling counters, knowledge of strength is instantly gained, allowing cyclists to see their effort in real time and calculate their race accordingly to make sure they don’t go too far and too soon.
Cyclometers can also do much more than just capture this data. The most productive features can do everything from GPS maps to showing the direction to follow on a fast descent, offer previews of upcoming climbs so cyclists can see how far away cyclists are and show the kilojoules spent on a cyclist replenish accordingly. They say wisdom is power, and it’s true that there was supposed to be abundant merit for a team with a larger motorcycle computer.
We’ve already made the Tour de France helmets and the Tour de France shoes, so without further ado, let’s take an in-depth look at which equipment uses which force sensor, which meter you have and, above all, where you can buy one. that you too can be as fast as Primoz Roglic . . . wait, no, that’s not how it works, I’m sorry.
Garmin is fine and, in fact, is heading for a monopoly on the Tour de France platoon, with more than part of the race using Garmin computers for knowledge gathering. Diversity includes several models of other sizes, weights and feature lists. Some drivers prefer the Edge 1030 Plus’s big screen, while drivers like George Bennett prefer the low weight presented through the small 130 between them, the maximum drivers opted for the smaller, feature-rich Edge 530 and 830 touchscreen.
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The challenger of the market leader in the world of cycle computers is Wahoo, and in terms of representation of the Tour de France, it can be discovered on 4-team motorcycles, but it will also place your turbo coaches outdoors from the bus. of ineos Grenadiers. . Teams can choose between two computers, the latest Elemnt Roam and the smaller Elemnt Bolt.
A smart credit for Wahoo groups is that Elemnt computers can be screwed into the stand, which officially makes it a permanent device and therefore counts within the 6. 8 kg weight limit.
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Last January, Nathan Haas of Cofidis and Adam Hansen of Lotto-Soudal gave us a review of the professional platoon’s knowledge screens Both use SRM computers, and either talked about the advantages of getting the kilojoule to make sure they know how the day was complicated, so they can refuel accordingly.
The SRM may be the authority in the force measurement game, however, your PC8 renounces mapping, so runners may be at a disadvantage when it comes to descending to uncharted territory.
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We also took a look at Alex Dowsett’s Bryton computer, which was talking about the merit of map screens, allowing you a deep view of corners, so you know whether to slow down or send it.
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Stages only has its generation on board the motorcycles of a Tour de France team, however, it is well chosen, with the Colnago motorcycles of the UAE Team Emirates. They have a selection between the Dash L50 and the smaller Dash M50.
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In terms of relegation, few have inspired this year’s Tour more than Marc Hirschi of Team Sunweb. The big screen and the launch of Sigma Rox 12. 0 will have helped you along the way.
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Like its dominance in group betting (used in 14 of the 19 WorldTour groups), Shimano also dominates the representation of force sensors on WorldTour bikes, and in the Tour de France, thirteen of the 22 groups use Shimano’s R9100-P force. pedals, which independently measures the strength of the left and right legs for even more granular data.
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With PC8 SRM computers, the same two groups use SRM wattmeters related to Campagnolo groups. SRM invented the bike strength sensor in the last 1980s and has long been the authority in this area. The SRM wattmeter used through these two groups affirms an accuracy of approximately 1%.
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A subsidiary of SRAM organization giant Quarq gives a built-in force measure with the SRAM Red pedal used through both teams. The strange thing about those force sensors is that they are attached to the crank trays, so when you finally use them, you will I want to buy a new force sensor. It’s not a challenge for guys who casually use trays that aren’t available to the public.
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Combined with its Stages Dash computers, UAE Team Emirates also uses Stages force sensors, which necessarily integrate the voltage meter into a crank corresponding to your organization of choice. . . in this case, the Campagnolo Super Record.
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Despite the use of the Shimano group, AG2R La Mondiale uses Rotor cranks and, with it, the 2in1Power sensor from the same company.
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Power2Max, a German company specializing in wattmeters, offers spider wattmeters compatible with one of the cranks, in this case related to FSA cranks and used with Shimano’s Dura-Ace organization.
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4iiii promises “WorldTour quality at the expense of the industry”, and works in the same way as Stages in that its generation is fixed to the cranks of organization manufacturers. In this case, this is the Dura-Ace crank, supplied with the Precision Pro Force Sensor.
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