Watteam Powerbeat bolt-on crank power meters almost ready to ship, carbon compatibility probably coming soon

From the pictures above it looks to have way too much cabling for my liking. I think 4iiii is more compelling even with left arm only. It is not a good idea to have excess stuff hanging off your bike with increased factor of snagablity! Regardless that there are too many parts!

I hope that second batch will not be US only any more. These seem to be what I’m looking for, but somehow the folks at Watteam don’t seem to be looking for me as a costumer. Too bad…

GAME CHANGER! I guess they’re going with the “hype sells” approach eh?

Myke, judging from the picture contents, it looks like your talking about the object that’s more or less in the center. It looks like a charger unit to me, it has two ends that I would guess plug into each of the two ‘Comp Units’ (ridiculous name imo)
The two sensor units have a pretty small wire that follows the contours of the cranks, you could even superglue it on so its more secure even though I severely doubt those will ‘flap around’ as you say…
They look like a definite improvement over the Vector PWM (lighter, smaller)… I wonder how they compare performance-wise.

“Game Changer”

So this represents some sort of fundamental shift in the sport of cycling? Interesting, though I’m still not sure how. ‘Cause it strikes me that, at best, this may be a cost reduction for what amounts to a fringe cycling accessory.

after horrible experience with stages i don’t trust such cheap systems anymore. went back to powertap + quarq.
competition is great, but just when they compete also from technical point of view.
anyway its great that the market grows & grows.
waiting for a shimano system 🙂

It’s a game changer because if you use Zwift with a direct drive trainer without power, but used a hub based power meter, and don’t want to break up your perfect groupset it literally changes your game.

The international market is very important to us and we are trying hard to scale production. We want to maintain our standards of quality and customer service, and scaling up takes time to get right.

Myke & Rides bikes: You’re looking at an exploded view of the entire installation kit. On your bike, you’ll have two parts on each arm: A sensor and a Comp Unit which transmits the data. Both are compact and well-protected, and in our testing – including World Cup MTB events and numerous crashes – we haven’t encountered damage to the units. The long cables belong to the charger; this is the first powermeter on the market with a rechargeable battery.

Dude: Correct, $499 buys you a full-featured, double-sided powermeter!

Dave: The Powerbeat has been under development for a long time. We’re past those last 5% – the units are being prepared for shipping as we speak. Of course our R&D doesn’t rest on it’s laurels; we’re always fine-tuning and expanding.