I'm hoping someone can advise me on the issues I'm experiencing with my new PowerTap SL.
Model:
PT SL '07 (wired) with coded HR strap.
Issue:
Permanent hub dropouts. The hub works for the first 2-3 minutes of a ride then drops, the icon in the top left goes away and does not return for until the hub is reset. This issue is intermittent, but almost guaranteed to take place on my morning commute (4 out of 4 times so far)!
Further Detail:
Reception from the PT hub drops and does not return until the hub is reset, either by waiting 3-4minutes for the hub to shut off, or by removing and reinserting the batteries.
Troubleshooting to date:
- Head unit battery replaced.
- Hub batteries replaced.
- A different harness (on another bike) tested.
- Moving the sharkfin pickup from chain stay to seat stay (and
pointing the protruding circle outwards).
Other notes:
The hub reception is rock solid on the home trainer, 0 dropouts. The hub on occasion works flawlessly for road rides. 108km in the hills yesterday, 48km of short hill repeats today. I'm happy with a few "----"s then having the hub return within a few seconds, which happens on occasion with different pickup mounting points, but once the hub goes into 'coma' mode its game over. It appears the data stream from the hub itself is corrupted and only returns to normal once the hub is reset. All guesswork at the moment, as I'm not across the exact workings of the data transmission.
I've spent a few weeks searching for a resolution online and testing different pickup mount locations, to a point where I thought I had it nailed... but it wasn't to be. I chose the wired PT over the 2.4 to ensure I didn't have these kind of issues, but this one has been biting at me!
Model:
PT SL '07 (wired) with coded HR strap.
Issue:
Permanent hub dropouts. The hub works for the first 2-3 minutes of a ride then drops, the icon in the top left goes away and does not return for until the hub is reset. This issue is intermittent, but almost guaranteed to take place on my morning commute (4 out of 4 times so far)!
Further Detail:
Reception from the PT hub drops and does not return until the hub is reset, either by waiting 3-4minutes for the hub to shut off, or by removing and reinserting the batteries.
Troubleshooting to date:
- Head unit battery replaced.
- Hub batteries replaced.
- A different harness (on another bike) tested.
- Moving the sharkfin pickup from chain stay to seat stay (and
pointing the protruding circle outwards).
Other notes:
The hub reception is rock solid on the home trainer, 0 dropouts. The hub on occasion works flawlessly for road rides. 108km in the hills yesterday, 48km of short hill repeats today. I'm happy with a few "----"s then having the hub return within a few seconds, which happens on occasion with different pickup mounting points, but once the hub goes into 'coma' mode its game over. It appears the data stream from the hub itself is corrupted and only returns to normal once the hub is reset. All guesswork at the moment, as I'm not across the exact workings of the data transmission.
I've spent a few weeks searching for a resolution online and testing different pickup mount locations, to a point where I thought I had it nailed... but it wasn't to be. I chose the wired PT over the 2.4 to ensure I didn't have these kind of issues, but this one has been biting at me!