Why You Need a Power Meter and Which Power Meters Are the Best on the Market 

4iiii? Peter Sagan is using it lol

dylan, thanks for all your videos. i am loving the 6 hour training plan i bought at training peaks that you designed. keep up the good work.

Let me know when BHD has a training plan we can download

Dylan, Thank you for the great content. I'm going to try your training plans this year. I used Trainer Road last year and liked it except that it did not incorporate weigh training (which I do and just 'added it in'). Anyway, my question before I buy your plans are: How do I execute the cycling portion of the plan? Trainer Road of course has it's app that guides one through the workout... Thank for your time. Neil.

I have assioma pm pedals and Garmin Vector 3,both tested on all of my bikes and sadly for assioma accuracy with the Vector 3 are the same and Vector 3 can take more beating and it will still work, with assioma isn't good bump in to it, because after on small bump in to sidewalk they, the left pedal wasn't working and I couldn't get new under warranty. ,so the only thing assioma is better, lighter weight and price, everything else is not better in some segments is even worse . So they might be best for you or this video is sponsored so you have to say whatever they want it. Quarq pm I have on my new Sworks Tarmac sl7 P. Sagan edt.it came with 4iii,but I changed it , but I still prefer pm pedals assioma on Trek Emonda slr 9 2019 and Vector 3 pm pedals on Scott foil 10 di2 2018 with lots of upgrades and honestly I sold my Sworks Venge 2020 and keep my foil 10, btw Venge is overrated and like everything from Specialized Sworks overpriced, I'm glad that my team is sponsored by Specialized, same is with Tarmac sl7 just another overpriced bike with stupid disc breaks, I still prefer rim breaks. We Slovenians are cycling and ultra running nation, as you can see in last 3 years. POGI aka Pogačar Tadej when he train he never use power meter and cycling computer, also Rogla aka Roglič Primož, so I guess we use that because it's cool and because we will never be pro cyclists. This video honestly was just waist of time. I can see you are young, I'm over 40 and cycling is 26 years, so I understand why you youngsters need all those gadgets, most of don't know how to listen to their bodies, I learn that from ultra running. So go for a run, no power meters, no speed and cadence sensors, even GPS multi sport watch is just another piece of equipment you don't need. Ride if you are good all those tech crap is unnecessary.

He didn't mention the cheaper option of crank arm power meters.

@@HopyHop1 why r u dragging me to my 3years old comment

@@31.8mm Crank arm power meters are even cheaper now than they were 3 years ago. I've heard that Stages has stopped production, but 4iiii also makes crank arm power meters. Sorry if I bothered you with info that's useless to you.

@@HopyHop1 haha okay okay, well thanks for the info, maybe someday when i go back cycling again I'll look into it

sounds like your new power meter is inhibiting your performance. Beast mode rules LOL

If he recommended my company's products on his videos I'd make sure there'd be a huge box of free shit getting Fed Ex'd to his door!!!

chapelle skit?

Underrated comment. Deserves to be pinned

The scientific coach is too young to get this joke 😂😂😂

Idk man BHD is for sure up there

I have been using my Faveros for a year now without any problems. They are awesome.

Same here- I’ve been using them all this year and they are invaluable, especially when hitting long climbs. I’m terrible at estimating how much power I’m putting out, and now there is no guesswork- stay just below redline and keep cranking!

I like them too but I think they read higher than my wahoo kickr

The Assiomas are great pedals, better than PowerTap and Garmin.

@@dpstrial I agree

I ran Assioma Duos for a couple of years. Great, reliable units. Until I rode gravel, and the master pedal failed (probably due to a crack and water ingress). I'd definitely get them for road use again, but probably not for gravel. Can still use the slave pedal in FulGaz as the app has a setting to double power. Kind of annoying you can't configure the slave pedal as a Uno

@@joomzb hi, my left pedal failed too. How does the slave work in FulGaz? I’ll have a look at that setting, does it need to be in Bluetooth? Cheers

I love the Assioma pedal! Problem was they only lasted 1 month past warranty. Left one went first and the right went when I put the new left on. It’s almost like they were meant to go as soon as warranty ran out! They are the best pedal power meter though. They are not bulky and are centered just like regular pedals unlike Garmin and power tap.

What was the issue w/ the 4iiii? I bought one as my first power meter, and it seems fine to me. What's so much better about the FAD?

@@showlowitsqueentlee2737 the 4iiii started going nuts, all of sudden I was doing 1300 watts and climbing whilst soft pedalling. It would read fine for a few mins, then go nuts again, reading zero watts then just start climbing rapidly up to ridiculous numbers. Fubbured But the reality is, dual power is so much better for training. My stages is still going fine, but having dual power, I can see massive issues in the stages power readings simply because of how I produce power. Sometimes I'm stronger on my left leg, sometimes not - it depends on fatigue and even power level or gradient, on or out of saddle. Far too many variables that it makes you second guess your readings from an effort. Dual power all the way.

wait favero does spd? Can i buy one set and a separate body and swap the pm between the bodies? or do i have to get a set of road and a set of spd power meters?

4.2 mile hill. Man, that's super long.

@@hebrews11vs5 Yeah, it's a great local Hill. Porlock Hill (2 routes. 2miles 10% and the other 4miles at 5% so at least we have options haha)

@@KOMHuntTV great options. I got one by me, just over 1 mile, 11% I think would be the average grade. I wouldn't be surprised if it's up to 16% in spots. Eswatini. They call it the mountain kingdom. So there is probably more but I have yet to find them. I checked out your channel. Very cool. I love a Kom hunt myself.

@@hebrews11vs5 Ooooof that's a nice hill! haha Thank you... I started the channel in lockdown as a bit of fun... initially just a tiktok that someone wanted me to share on RU-vid so they could see it. It's been a fun journey ever since. Only issue is once I started filming and editing it didn't leave much time to ride my bike hahaha!

I have both the Assioma Duo and Uno, and they have been flawless. I cannot recommend them enough. I also have the PowerTap P1s, which are awful.

You’ll be glad you did!

Duo user here, I recommend them.

like the others, have a Duo, they are great. Just need to make sure when you plug them in to charge to plug the cable properly... last time I charged one pedal wasn't connected properly, and somehow it was flat next morning. Easily fixed, but my training session was done "blind" that day. Otherwise, perfect. If I could have only one PM, this one would be it

@Aramintai that’s crazy expensive and I’m not spending that kind of money on pedals

@@anirudhs9200 Well... you're not just buying pedals. You're buying a power meter. That said, I agree about hanging a $1200 component down where they can get bashed on rocks.

I use my Favero Assioma with the spd pedal bodies, feels just as great as the road pedals.

@@MrBJPitt Yeah, but you void your warranty (unless you waited for warranty period to expire to replace the pedal body)

@@ianfurqueron5850 I'm waiting for some other manufacturer to come up with cheaper SPD-based power meter pedals. SRM would have earned my business if it was $999.

damn that if true🤯

contador paid for that cant fuk with sky train!!

all the hail the boring cycling program - "follow the computer not the pistolero"

@@jarmelnelson getting beaten by a "boring" team would have been humiliating though.

Interesting video just a question i use both hr and power to pace myself , im confuse when you said that if your hr is low it can be a sign that you are tired or over train i long understand that low hr mean that you are fitter

was scratching my head there too, i would think relatively elevated RHR would be the signal of stress... might need to watch this again, maybe i misunderstood

@@dannylockett9445 Yes the guy doesn't understand the cardiac drift. The more exhausted/fatigued you are, the higher your bpm for the same power output. Blind leading the blind...

What's it called

Same for me. My XCadey gives me the same numbers as the 3-4 years old Stages I have on my other bike.

@@TheMASDrummer XCadey XPower-L - 232$ was the deal I got, 267$ the normal price - I can't fully recommend it, as I don't know if their customer service is any good. For me it's worth the risk at half the price of a Stages and the benefit of the rechargeable battery.

GPLAMA has a vid on how to convert Assiomas

And yes, quarq is the crank based one I use. Crank based does not know if you are getting the power by pulling or pushing, like favero pedals. So you think you are getting L/r split but you sort of aren't. If you are not obsessed with eeking out power from the 'up' phase, then you can just ignore this comment. I have done inverted squats just to train the 'up' phase, when I was more serious.

Food for thought. Much benefit of power data lies in post ride analysis and over accumulative analysis. Therefore, I’d warmly recommend using power on rides, ignoring it for a percentage of your rides (to satisfy your love of cycling), then be able to CHOOSE whether you analyze post ride or not.

If i trained 4 hrs in zone 2. By the last hours my HR would jump into z3 at the same watts. So what should I follow power or hr?...

@@kakarot2430 you are likely experiencing cardiac drift. This is a normal physiological change with sustained efforts and is related to fatigue.

@@silverbullitt24 it mostly happened after 2.30 hrs of riding. So what should i do about this. Lowering the volume? And increase it a little over time. Or should just I endure it for the last 1.30 hrs?