DC Rainmaker [image] Stages Announces New Smart Bike: Hands-on Details Note: My full in-depth review of the Stages Bike SB20 is published and available here, go check it out! Stages is the first company at Eurobike 2019 to bring a new smart bike to market, though, it’s hardly the first …

I’ve not experienced your first question, but then I don’t remember ever letting my cadence get that low. I have bad knees so even at low wattage I never go below about 70rpm. On your second scenario, I’ve seen this behavior. I think it’s due to the fact that the SB20 has its own powermatch. That i…

Thank you for the quick response. I don’t do the single leg work often, but Trainer Road does incorporate them into some of the workouts. The power dropping makes this skills work something that can’t be worked on. Seems like something is not correct. I do have a ticket in with Stages.

With the latest ‘discount’ (new pricing €2099 in NL) I decided to jump the gun. I recently sold my spare bike and I wanted to have my road and gravel bike both at my disposal in the garage at any given moment. I’ve done 2 rides on it now and played a bit with ERG and resistance mode. So far I’m qui…

On Standard Mode: it isn’t there Setting Resistance level is best done by selecting a Free Ride in TR, and then changing the resistance level up / down to get to a point where you like the combination of it plus your FTP so you feel like you can change gears and get acceptable changes in power. Fo…

I’m also experiencing odd LR balance behaviour. I regularly see 52/48 with my trusted Quarq spider, yet the Stages reads closer to 60/40 when pedalling normally. Indeed if I try single leg work it drops to zero if pedalling with the right, so it seems the left is the ‘master’ but this doesn’t explai…

First off your Quarq is producing a true L/R balance but an estimate since it only directly measures the force on the chainrings and then estimates L/R balance from assumptions about which leg produces forces during which phase of the full chainring revolution. The only thing AI can think of is to …

@dcrainmaker and @gpl , Did either of you do any accuracy testing of different crank length positions for the SB20? If not, and you still have access to one, could / would you? Thanks

Here’s hoping you get around to this testing. I’m currently using the 170mm setting and thinking of trying 165 as an easy way to try out 165mm cranks. But I’d hate for any conclusions to be marred by issues just tied to power issues with the crank

Does crank length actually affect accuracy? Joe

Anecdotally people have said SB20 accuracy is affected by which crank hole - determines effective crank length you are using - you use. As I don’t have power meter pedals to test this - I ride time Time pedals - I’d like to know if this is true or not.

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GravelSteve September 20, 2024, 11:38am 238

I had this issue two weeks ago. Two of the electronic shift button failed so were always trying to shift. Bad fix but I went in the app, disabled those shift buttons, works “fine” now.

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