The cleat clips are very good and easy to use, and
the pedals are very comfortable to ride. You don’t SRM vs VECTOR feel the extra weight, your foot
is held well, and there’s very little play in the cleat/shoe interface.
A very good point
The power display set without smoothing is very
responsive and remains very readable special lead without any major jolts, we SRM vs VECTOR are not far from the
performance of the SRM. By doing several freewheel accelerations at 300
watts, the display lag between SRM and Vector is very close. The SRM
remains a bit more responsive all the same but it is very good too.
The rest is a little less so. Max sprints at I7, whether
in strength or max velocity, do not go well at all for the Vector.
Out of about ten, only 3 are consistent around 1150 watts like the SRM, the
others evolve between 660 and 880 watts while 1200 watts are
recorded on SRM…
Another big problem is that the transmitters drop out
above 110/120 rpm, which leads to an overestimation of the watts. At 120
rpm, 350 watts SRM = 420 watts Vector, while at around 90 rpm the values
are within +/- 5%.
Yes, I mean +/- 5%! Which is already huge and ultimately the last big problem with the
Vectors. They are not repeatable in terms of measurement accuracy.
Once above, once below, and despite numerous recalibrations during
the outing, there is no way to stabilize the difference. So after 2 test outings,
I decide not to go any further in the comparisons
I am very disappointed and surprised if we say that we have by my results because many
blogs and sites have already tested them and found them very good and accurate! After
analysis with my supplier, the latter notes the same problems between its
pre-production models and the current models.
The Garmin teams have been notified and also recognize the
problems mentioned above. We are therefore waiting be numbers for a fix and new
pedals. We will not fail to update this test as soon as
we know more… For the moment we cannot validate this
power sensor, which is nevertheless promising at the outset.