Anyone using IBike?

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Permalink Reply by Chris Mayhew on August 18, 2010 at 10:45am

save your money. it is not worth it in general. futhermore the power data from 'cross races s not worth very much [either during the race or after] so there's another reason to skip a powermeter that is basically taking a guess.

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Permalink Reply by DStudley on August 18, 2010 at 11:26am

My understanding of how the Ibike worked was using altitude changes, wind, movement/speed to "calculate" power than actually "measuring" power output. I assume this works on the road but off road IE cyclocross the variations in wheel resistance between mud, grass, dirt and pavement would render it basically useless.

http://ibikeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1369

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Permalink Reply by Michael Schlitzer on October 15, 2010 at 9:41am

I have an iBike and I use it on the road, but it's also on my bike for CX. I agree with Chris. The power data is basically worthless for CX.

By the time the unit registers power in a race, you're off the gas to make a turn.

The only time it's good is on your sprint.

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