Stages Power Meter
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Re: Stages Power Meter
Postby ianlisle » Fri Jul 26, 2013 11:55 am
I've had 3 supplied from there, my SRAM (Rival, the only SRAM one as higher groups are carbon cranks), an Ultegra 6700 and a 9000 series Dura Ace.
No issues, easy to deal with and always responded to emails. They also set out an email to advise to update firmware
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Re: Stages Power Meter
Postby dalai47 » Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:58 pm
How long ago? On Transitions tri forum recent post suggests they have stopped sending OS. Stages have openly stated they aren't shipping OS at this time so probably had a quiet word with fitwerx...ianlisle wrote:fitwerx dot com
I'm still wary of products that only measure one side (Stages and Ergomo) and assume equal balance. Would rather a used SRM or powertap. Even the P2Max V2 have sorted the temp drift issue of V1 and doesn't cost much more than the Stages.
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Re: Stages Power Meter
Postby ianlisle » Fri Jul 26, 2013 4:19 pm
I mentioned in an earlier message that I have no comparison data of my own, I've found it a great tool in its own right, but can't prove one way or the other what it's absolute accuracy is. In my case I got tired of waiting for the Garmin pedals, had considered the p2Max as well, but went with the lower price point as an entry into power training, and so far have been happy with my purchasing decision - certainly not for everybody though.
I linked to the latest DC Rainmaker post only to highlight the difference of opinion that he has had.
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Re: Stages Power Meter
Postby dale79 » Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:47 pm
mine is on its way from them nowdalai47 wrote:How long ago? On Transitions tri forum recent post suggests they have stopped sending OS. Stages have openly stated they aren't shipping OS at this time so probably had a quiet word with fitwerx...ianlisle wrote:fitwerx dot com
I'm still wary of products that only measure one side (Stages and Ergomo) and assume equal balance. Would rather a used SRM or powertap. Even the P2Max V2 have sorted the temp drift issue of V1 and doesn't cost much more than the Stages.
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Re: Stages Power Meter
Postby dale79 » Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:22 pm
the PT wheel is great, but its heavy and wasn't great for racing on.. I have 2 road bikes and 3 sets of wheels (dura ace tubs for racing, Fulcrum Quattors and RS61 shimano setup tubeless for training on) so racing was never really a option with the PT..Xplora wrote:Hey Dale, can you give some details about what kit you're using that made you think "stages"? (Posting here as it might answer some questions for others). How many wheels? How many bikes? How many crank sizes? Was it mainly the money - but you just sold a powertap trainer wheel...
I have a ultegra arm coming and ill swap it between my 2 bikes..
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Re: Stages Power Meter
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Re: Stages Power Meter
Postby ianlisle » Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:08 am
Absolutely. It would simply be mismatched, but would definitely work. On SRAM if you have a higher level groupset you have no option except to go with a mismatched crank arm as both Force and Red groups have carbon cranks and Stages only works with aluminium (Rival)Xplora wrote:Could you physically attach the 105 crank arm to the 6700/6800/9000 cranks? That seems like the best plan to me. Could even get a mismatched colour just to make it obvious you were running power lol
As for how its going, my own experiences are all positive which is why I purchased a second one when I bought a new bike (went from SRAM to Shimano).
I have had no issues with either of mine thankfully.
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Re: Stages Power Meter
Postby Xplora » Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:46 am
The 105 is 200 bucks cheaper than the DA9000 and let's get serious here... you're paying for the technology, the actual arm is worth about 50 bucks on a DA crank.
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Re: Stages Power Meter
Postby ParkertR » Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:52 am
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Re: Stages Power Meter
Postby ParkertR » Wed Aug 07, 2013 2:06 am
"As of two weeks ago, we have been told by Stages that they will have a distributor in Australia in the next 1-2 months and that we can no longer ship to folks out of the country on new orders. I'm sorry that we cannot help directly with this any longer as the only way we can provide a Sages is in shop or to ship to a U.S. address. Hope this helps and we will be fulfilling any outstanding current orders we have for your mates in Australia... Ian"
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Re: Stages Power Meter
Postby Xplora » Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:00 am
I don't get it. All purchases are routed through the Stages website. There is no reason for them to waste time with a local distributor unless they are expecting a lot of warranty claims.
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Re: Stages Power Meter
Postby dalai47 » Wed Aug 07, 2013 6:44 pm
Perhaps not... From http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum ... 5#p1005498" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;ozdavo wrote:***cough*** http://www.myus.com/ ***cough***
just got my order cancelled cause I tried getting to shipped to a Freight Forwarder. Anyone managed to get it shipped international from any 3rd party dealers?
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Re: Stages Power Meter
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Re: Stages Power Meter
Postby Evo6point5 » Wed Aug 07, 2013 10:15 pm
The closest option would be Power2Max at nearly double the price or a Powertap which is useless to me as I use different wheelsets. Not interested in buying a power meter second hand.
That said, will probably wait for Aussie dealer since I imagine returning it would be a bitch if purchased from overseas as they may well refuse local support which would suck
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