Hi all,
I’ve had my bike a a good few months, and being from a tech background I’m wanting to lean into the numbers side of things a little more when I ride. I ride an Endurace CF 7 AXS with a SRAM Rival group set.
I see a lot of talk about cadence and power meters that can measure this data. Which would be a good starting point for me? I’d also like it to connect to my Garmin Edge 840 if possible?
Thanks in advance
by CarbonM4
6 Comments
Rival has a quite cost efficient Powermeter where you just have to change the left crank.
Other sensors are all available inside the Garmin ecosystem, I would suggest you start looking there.
In my experience, as for a good starting point, a cadence sensor can be more useful to you in the beginning than a power meter – which is still a great and almost critical investment once you enter serious training plans etc.
For a start, however, the investment cost of a cadence sensor (Garmin offers one that you can easily pair with your bike computer) is much lower and will give you a lot of bang for the buck. Learn to stay at 90-100 rpm during your rides (you might feel like a hamster on speed at first) and check your breathing/HR to monitor the zones you are in. For your Z2 rides, this will be more than enough.
Once you have mastered this, you can start looking at power meters, which will cost significantly more, but will bring your training to the next level, especially if you plan to do structured interval training at specific percentages of your FTP etc.
I have this exact bike and I also enjoy seeing as much data as I can get. I recently put on the new Assioma mx power meter pedals (they also have an older SPD-sl version which is great) and works perfectly with my garmin 830.
I considered the sram power meter crank as it is a cheaper option but opted for the power meter pedals as I can swap them easily if I (inevitably) get a new bike in the future.
Sick looking bike!
1) Get one of these: https://www.sram.com/en/sram/models/pm-riv-d1
2) Connect it to your Garmin (very easy)
3) ???
4) Profit
Favero Assioma UNO would be my advice if you want to go for the pedal option. You can get them for around 400€ I think. Rival powermeter is good too, but I like the fact that I can swap them over to another bike if I want too.
Look them up on YT and you will see that they are used as reference powermeter for a lot of tests because they are very reliable and consistent.