Thinkrider PP5 power meter

[rene2879]

When will you all understand that this accuracy will go outta window after one sprint?

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Oh my God, stop coming here and defending shitty products. Are you getting paid for it or what? Let people write whatever they want - it's an open forum. And yet again you show up here defending your poor/cheap choices. What a guy...

I'm not sure what you wanted to achieve with your post under my comment. I've shared data from my ride, even my assessment as an age-grouper - I'm not pushing 1200 Watt, but I did with 400-500 Watts - not sure u checked the data prior commenting . At least on my end, I've not seen the drift. I'm wondering if the majority of rider do way harder. Let me try another set with higher W, but in real life, for me, I'm not battling at this level.

Nothing against the test of GPLama, nothing about that this product might have weaknesses at requested performance of ambitious or pro rider. There might be is a compromise, but at this price point I consider this as more than acceptable. The set of Speedplay I have came 600€ a few years ago and they are obviously worse ... and it didn't bothered me (so far ...because I never compared them until now).

[kubackje]

No, I’m not being paid (unfortunately), but I’m also not defending this product like you are. Every one of your posts on this topic is about how bad it is. Okay, once is enough — but you keep whining and whining, and that last post was really next-level

GpLama make great test and everybody can see it and make their decision. And that's end of the topic for me.

Just admit you're cheap and it hurts you that you wasted money on crap product. Not my fault, so don't blame me for your hurt feelings.

[Rajmundx]

Just admit you're cheap and it hurts you that you wasted money on crap product. Not my fault, so don't blame me for your hurt feelings.

I wrote that I was closing the thread, but I have to reply xD

Listen, buddy, yes, I bought that power meter, but I've already sent it back, so I didn't lose any money.
The guy writes about me being "cheap" on the forum about CHINESE bicycle components xD

What irony, you're the boss xD

Go lie down on the couch and get some rest, or I don’t know — jump into some ice-cold water and cool off xD


P.S. Tylu użytkowników na tym forum a ja prawdopodobnie posprzeczałem się z chłopem z tego samego kraju xDD

[ernorator]

P.S. Tylu użytkowników na tym forum a ja prawdopodobnie posprzeczałem się z chłopem z tego samego kraju xDD

Z czegoś to wynika 

[patliean1]

It's really a shame the few reliable options of Easton style power meters, for how many Chinese carbon cranks use this standard today.

Magene makes great stuff. If they decided to ever release a new officially Easton compatible spider PM for like $300 they would easily gain huge market share in this sector.

I'm still sitting on these XMCS carbon crank arms without a decent budget PM option. All signs point to the Power2max NGeco Easton but $590 is a bit steep. You can buy the Magene TEO w/ carbon cranks for less.

[kbernstein]

Magene doesn't get enough hate in this regard. They had no reason to make a proprietary interface. They would sell like proper hot cakes if they weren't
Anyway if someone wants to be a guinea pig - https://cyclegears.net/products/nexga-s1-powermeter
Easton, 110BCD, 95g and USB fucking C 

[poyo]

Anyway if someone wants to be a guinea pig - https://cyclegears.net/products/nexga-s1-powermeter
Easton, 110BCD, 95g and USB fucking C 

Jesus, 8 years of warranty!

[kubackje]

I wrote that I was closing the thread, but I have to reply xD

Listen, buddy, yes, I bought that power meter, but I've already sent it back, so I didn't lose any money.
The guy writes about me being "cheap" on the forum about CHINESE bicycle components xD

What irony, you're the boss xD

Go lie down on the couch and get some rest, or I don’t know — jump into some ice-cold water and cool off xD


P.S. Tylu użytkowników na tym forum a ja prawdopodobnie posprzeczałem się z chłopem z tego samego kraju xDD

Mate don't get me wrong I would love to have a cheap power meter, but sadly it's not the case here. You can call it whining, crying etc. Whatever... But if we all gonna accept mediocre products then the manufacturer will have no motivation to actually fix it and deliver a reliable power meter. So you may not like it, but I will call a bad product what it is. That's the only way for manufacturers to rethink and change the product for better.

Pozdrawiam serdecznie

[notnow]

I dont see anything wrong with buying this one as a temp for most casual riders. I've been riding it and see no difference vs my 3x Quarq, 1x 4iiii and 1x Xcadey. But again, I'm just a casual rider who has more bikes than they should.

[Rebel_Yell]

Magene doesn't get enough hate in this regard. They had no reason to make a proprietary interface. They would sell like proper hot cakes if they weren't
Anyway if someone wants to be a guinea pig - https://cyclegears.net/products/nexga-s1-powermeter
Easton, 110BCD, 95g and USB fucking C 

Have there been any test and results on this Nexga PM?  I have not seen any yet.

[kbernstein]

Have there been any test and results on this Nexga PM?  I have not seen any yet.

Not to my knowledge, but I know stone (or PQ idr) work with them indirectly and read on chinese forums they were ex employees of xcadey and had a decent reputation, Their website certainly looks legit too so if nobody bites the bullet, I will in a couple months when insurance check drops

[cady]

Does anyone tried LEXON  crankset with this ?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008208626439.html?pvid=40739eb2-af17-40a6-8254-e76bc122f426&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22ship_from%22:%22CN%22,%22sku_id%22:%2212000044239451649%22%7D&scm=1007.28480.422277.0&scm-url=1007.28480.422277.0&scm_id=1007.28480.422277.0&pdp_npi=6%40dis%21RON%21RON%20358.50%21RON%20358.50%21%21%2181.06%2181.06%21%402103956b17719326099557164eb09d%2112000044239451649%21gdf%21RO%21167649624%21X%211%210%21n_tag%3A-29919%3Bd%3Abae3088a%3Bm03_new_user%3A-29895&spm=a2g0o.tm1000029706.4162782170.dundefined&aecmd=true

[Da11as]

Does anyone tried LEXON  crankset with this ?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008208626439.html?pvid=40739eb2-af17-40a6-8254-e76bc122f426&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22ship_from%22:%22CN%22,%22sku_id%22:%2212000044239451649%22%7D&scm=1007.28480.422277.0&scm-url=1007.28480.422277.0&scm_id=1007.28480.422277.0&pdp_npi=6%40dis%21RON%21RON%20358.50%21RON%20358.50%21%21%2181.06%2181.06%21%402103956b17719326099557164eb09d%2112000044239451649%21gdf%21RO%21167649624%21X%211%210%21n_tag%3A-29919%3Bd%3Abae3088a%3Bm03_new_user%3A-29895&spm=a2g0o.tm1000029706.4162782170.dundefined&aecmd=true

There is a whole thread on Lexon crankset with tons of issues people have with it. The power meter is Xcadey gen2, which is shite.

[massarob]

got mine with their alu crankset. For 129€ total I had no big expectations about the crankset but they are actually not bad, in line with average aluAli cranksets
Spider interface with the right arm crank was perfectly fine.

[makl]

My summary with the "spider only" option + Easton EC90:

- I sanded down most oft the plastic housing to make space for the crank arm. I can easily imagine, that this clearance issue could arise with a multitude of cranks on the market, not just the Easton cranks... Actually, it's not possible to make it work perfectly. Even though the casing is now less than a mm in thickness (I even sanded a small hole, which I sealed with epoxy...), there's still collision with the crank arm.

- Also, as another forum member already stated, there's an edgle radial and close to the cinch interface of the PM, which usual cinch components (chainrings, other cinch PMs, ...) do not show. This makes it close to impossible to properly mount the PM to any "real" cinch crank. This edge is also the reason, why it wouldn't work to use washers in oder so make space for the crank.

Summary: I could easily live with the accuracy issues reported here, and was really looking forward to a PM at this price point. However, it's just not a "real" cinch interface, which disqualifies the spider for use with (probably) many third-party cinch cranks. Therefore, for this use case, I unfortunately can't recommend. This could have easily been adressed design-wise by thinkrider, and it's sad, that they didn't. However, the PM+carbon cranks still sounds like a great deal!