Well, the spider simply puts the chain rings too far outward by maybe half a centimeter or so. Which means your front derailleur is not usable. Like it just doesn’t fit. You can’t push the derailleur enough to the right for it not to rub massively. Plus your chain line would be way off, especially on the bigger cogs in the bag.
After I contacted them they said they were aware of the issue (which kinda begs the question why they sold me a faulty unit to begin with lol). But maybe they fixed it by now. You could send them a mail and ask if they solved the issue. The customer service seemed pretty decent.
Cheers
Mike
Bumping this for some help from other Xcadey PM users if possible.
The mobile XCadey app (v1.7.8, on Android 10) doesn’t show battery level - it’s always at 100%
Anyone had this and fixed it, or found another app that can show the battery level?
Thanks…
This is going to sound irritating I’m sure, but are you sure you’re looking at the Battery level and not the Power Adjust line? The reason I say this is I’ve made this mistake more than once thinking the PM is fully charged and I was looking at the wrong line item in the app.
The other thing I would say is that when I first connect to the app it sometimes takes a few seconds to update the battery percentage.
Not sure that is helpful at all but thought I’d leave it here. I have the spider based version for a SRAM crankset BTW.
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@timb34 I have noticed the same thing when I first go to the screen @Bikeguy0 showed in his post.
My normal process is:
- check for updates,
- Calibrate
- look at battery %
If Battery is still 100%, my solution is to go to the previous screen (should be something showing the PM is connected), click on the PM again and battery life updates.
@Bikeguy0’s statement about waiting a few seconds may be applicable for my situation; but, I’m impatient and just use the method I described above. I only use the app to calibrate the PM and once a month or so confirm that the battery isn’t going to run out of power during my ride. I am getting about 6 months on a charge riding 6 to 10 hours/week
One other option is to use the trainerroad app. It gives the battery % and I think calibration works as well. If I remember correctly (I wouldn’t count on it), the TR app informs me when batttery is below 20%. My Lezyne GPS tells me when it is below 15%, that I can confirm.
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Ahh thanks for those - I’m sure it’s the battery level, as both that and the Power Adjust are always on 100%.
Maybe I’m being impatient - I’ll try the @schils in-out-in-out-shake it all about method tonight (I’m on off-season so don’t have an active TrainerRoad app at the moment).
Good to know that you’re getting about 6 months as well. I started looking at this as I realised that it’s been 4 months since I charged it!
Question for anyone who has an Xcadey Xpower-s Spider…
What does your Xcadey app show for the offset value?
I received mine today, it seems to be defective.
Will broadcast cadence just fine over ant/Bluetooth, but nothing appears for power.
It will successfully calibrate, but offset values are bouncing around oddly too.
Will check the app tonight and confirm tomorrow, but that doesn’t sound right. Mine has transmitted power and cadence right from installation to the Xcadey app, to a garmin watch and to TR or Zwift on a PC with Ant+ dongle.
I can’t remember having calibrated via the phone app, but running calibration from watch or PC consistently gives around -30. I’ve never been able to find out what the “acceptable range” for this offset is, but the absolute power reading seems realistic and stable enough.
Also, to catch up on the help I received above - yes, I do have to leave the app connected for longer than I thought (or go out and back in again) to get the real battery level displayed. If you’re trying to test the power meter just with this app, then it might not be completly reliable so it might be a good idea to try some other head unit/watch/app
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Ok, well on the xcadey app offset does jump around all over the place, cadence is picked up faster than power, but power is shown and updates faster than every second. This is via Bluetooth on an android 10 phone
I have been using my Xcadey spider powermeter with good succes for about 17 months now.
In the last 2 months however, I’ve been getting wonky power results.
I managed a 60w ftp increase with my heartrate well below thresshold… even after calibration.
I contacted Xcadey and at first they didn’t want to help me (warranty is limited to 16 months) but after persisting they gave me a link to a replacement-section on their website. I had to destroy the powermeter and they said they’d ship me a new one (they also said my current powermeter had hardware issues).
I’ll keep you guys updated !
The first unit I had was clearly defective.
It took a bit of back and forth, but eventually I was also given a link to a replacement form to fill out, and had to drill through the unit to destroy it in order to be sent a replacement.
Replacement has been in use for a few rides and seems to be working properly, comparing favorable against my Neo2T, etc.
Not sure that I’d choose Xcadey again over Sigeyi.
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Is there a way to switch the L/R balance? mine is swapped.
That’s quite the question! How do you know it’s swapped, and has it just changed or has it always been like that?
Looking back, with the Xcadey I only get L/R balance when recording on Garmin (Forerunner watch), it’s missing if I record directly in the TR PC app.
I know because when I pedal with my left leg only, it shows power on the right and when I pedal with my right leg only, it shows power on the left.
I’m not sure how long this has been like this since I just noticed it this weekend.
I can see it in real time on my Wahoo Bolt and it’s in the stats when I upload my rides to the Wahoo app.
Just checked this morning (as I’ve never thought to look at it before!) - the xcadey android app doesn’t show balance (and has no way of changing anything that I can find) but realtime display on Forerunner watch definitely has L/R the expected way round. One legged pedalling switches sides to 70/30 or 30/70. I guess it’s a question for Xcadey support, unless someone else here has a Wahoo Bolt and can check too.
After doing my TR workout, which has a 4iiii left side only power, my Wahoo displayed right side only. Huh… now I’m searching on the Wahoo/ELEMNT side to see how to switch sides.
That’s a strange configuration setting to have or be needed. I have a Garmin 530 and no problem with the data but haven’t use that bike recently.
Anyone can help me? My Xcadey for RF light turned blue permanently after charging. Doesn’t seem to be detected by any device. Any clues?
Have you tried to put the charger back on again and then open the app ?
I have. Light turns permanently red while “charging”… and no signal. When removed, it turns blue constantly too. So i waited a few days hoping to drain the battery. When the light disappeared, I tried charging it. Permanently red when charger in, then constantly blue again…