Garmin Releases Rally XC Power Meter Pedals
We published a sneak peek of Garmin’s new SPD-compatible power meter pedals earlier this week, but now they’re out, so we can give you a bit more information.
The Garmin Rally pedals have their electronics housed in the spindle, meaning that the XC SPD-compatible pedal body kit can be swapped out for the RS or RK road versions, which are compatible with SPD-SL and Look cleats, respectively. That also means that the aluminum pedal body is replaceable in case of a rock strike, which is heartening news to anyone who is concerned about a $600 rock strike penalty. The minor downside to having the important bits in the spindle is that instead of using an 8mm allen key, riders will have to install the pedals using a pedal wrench.
At $1,199 USD for the Rally XC200 dual-sensing version and $699.99 USD for the Rally XC100 single-sensing pair, the Rally XC pedals cost a bit more than most (but not all) crankarm power meters. Still, the fact that riders can swap them easily between bikes gives them a clear advantage in terms of versatility.
The Rally XC200 pair weighs 440g, while the less expensive XC100 weighs 451g, roughly 100g more than most comparable SPD non-power-sensing pedals. They promise 120 hours of battery life with LR44 coin-type batteries and accuracy to within 1%. The dual-sided version also offers detailed analyses of riders’ pedal strokes.
The pedals are estimated to be available in 3-5 weeks. More information is available on Garmin's website.
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oh and will go definitly go faster using this thing over the regular one: r2-bike.com/SRAM-XX1-Eagle-AXS-Rear-Derailleur-tuned-by-HOPP-Extralite-12-speed-52T-UD-Carbon-matte-black
Kinda like it.
Expensive, but so are all power metres.
And being (no doubt) able to sync it with all the other Garmin training gadgets would make it pretty useful if you were serious about your XC.
Apart from the fact it says Garmin on them..? Hard to imagine they are ~800$ better quality..
RICH, I SAY!
Well... LOL
This seems to have been proven by the fact that there have been many companies started with the idea that they can undercut the market and sell tons of these things. It's only ~$30 in electronics and ~$50 in hardware right? The normal course of these companies is, announce the product at an amazing price with a release date in 6-9 months. Maybe talk about new feature or amazing accuracy. Wait 2 years and it's still not out because it's too finicky to actually make these things profitably. Incumbents are already shipping those new features and have lowered prices. Close the company. Repeat.