Anybody use a power tap pro?

Not I but a riding friend of mine does and he swears by it. Mucho dollars though..

brainman said:

Anybody have any experiance using the power tap pro. Or what power do you use and why. Im looking in to training next year with power and wanted some ideas. Thanks!

brainman said:

Anybody have any experiance using the power tap pro. Or what power do you use and why. Im looking in to training next year with power and wanted some ideas. Thanks!

I have a few PowerTaps and a SRM, and I used to have a Polar with the Power option.

Most of the questions you may have will be answered here:

http://www.midweekclub.ca/powerFAQ.htm

If you have more after reading that, try the training with power forum, right here!

The current issue of Bicycling magazine has a section on training with power including comparison which is pretty accurate compared to what you hear around here.

I have used the Polar Power Kit, and found it to be more quirky and problematic to the point that I got tired of trying to coax it into funtioning properly so that I got my training data. That was really disappointing because I like everything else about using Polar, and their ride journal/data software is really great.

I am testing a PowerTap Pro at the moment. I really like it. The power data seems to be a lot more reliable and accurate. The Powerlink software that it comes with leaves a whole lot to be desired though. The current Windows beta version that you can download is prone to freezes and doesn't appear to interface Java and XP SP2 properly. I have been using cyclingpeaks software and find it to be a whole lot better fit for what I am looking for after using Polar's journal and ride data software. But that is more of a personal thing.

As for training with power, I love it. I can do a whole lot better job of dialing in my workouts now, especially in terms of eliminating garbage miles and sloppy technique.
Hope this helps, and good luck! 😉