Garmin Rally power meter pedal line-up

[Crazyagain]

The trainerroad forum post appears to have disapeared....

Or at least "unlisted" whatever that means?

I was wondering what happened to it as well. I cant imagine they got hit with a cease & desist order

[slake21]

the cyclingtips article is still available https://cyclingtips.com/2021/03/new-gar ... pd-models/

[kevinw]

I cant imagine they got hit with a cease & desist order

I'm not sure why else it would be taken down? Although I hope Garmin would lead with a polite request rather than a cease and desist.

[gurk700]

I am suprised they stuck with replaceable batteries, has been the source of most the issues with the Vectors.

Yes, but it was a simple issue and was solved.

Just don't buy the new Rally's for a year or so then you should be fine after all the "bugs" are fixed
I have a pair of latest revision Vector 3's that work flawlessly.

[splzd]

I have a pair of latest revision Vector 3's that work flawlessly.

Agreed. Had the first revisioned battery door, worked good for a couple of month. Now on the second revision, all good. Support was quick and helpful both times.
I'm looking for a SPD-PM-pedal and would've liked to see the new version with an integrated battery and USB-port for charging.

[fiber]

Might be solid hardware, but it being Garmin... I'd expect to see some episodes of firmware and software comedy.

[Butcher]

My 830 seems to be working fine. I think Garmin is getting better. If they did deliver a trouble free product, it would arrive too late. There is a balance and when that is not handled properly, it really can go sideways. All companies do this.

[mcjonesy]

I cant imagine they got hit with a cease & desist order

I'm not sure why else it would be taken down? Although I hope Garmin would lead with a polite request rather than a cease and desist.

Their main moderator said the OP asked for the thread to be deleted rather than any cease and desist or legal threat

[RDY]

My 830 seems to be working fine. I think Garmin is getting better. If they did deliver a trouble free product, it would arrive too late. There is a balance and when that is not handled properly, it really can go sideways. All companies do this.

My view on my recently acquired Garmin 830 is that it's laughably bad in function, features, UI and general usability. It has the feel of a knock-off Tamagotchi. It's absolute shite. Lack of competition is why they get away with it, though their period of complete dominance seems to be over now.

[TobinHatesYou]

The 830 is the best computer I've ever owned. It's clearly got faster hardware than any of the ELEMNT line and it has useful training metrics. It also has real navigation and reliable GPS when my GoPro is mounted directly beneath it. Once in a blue moon it will hang or even reboot, but so did my ELEMNT BOLT.

[ViperFFM]

When I look around, Garmin is used mostly by boomers while wahoo is for the young guns. Probably due to more intuiative UI

[TobinHatesYou]

Oh that's what boomers are known for, being able to navigate unintuitive UX?

[ViperFFM]

When I look at the 2000-2016 design of a Porsche MM system.yes

[petromyzon]

So.... looks like a mature design ("Vector 3+") with a very large target market when you consider pedal/cleat compatibility and swappable bodies. Even perhaps longer spindles without extra SKUs if James Huang is correct. No pods which is aesthetically preferable and a real shoe clearance issue off road.

I'm disappointed that they've gone in at the SRM X-power pricepoint but aside from that it looks like a super strong product.
Good for consumer choice; I mean what are your PM options if you want to run a Shimano crank offroad currently?

If you'd told me 10 years ago that the market was going to settle on powermeter pedals rather than hubs or cranks I'd have laughed at you but unless Shimano pull an incredibly strong Ultegra-level product out of the bag that is actually accurate I think that's the way it's going to go.

[TobinHatesYou]

I mean what are your PM options if you want to run a Shimano crank offroad currently?

Single-sided Stages/4iiii.