![]() “Garmin releases Cycling Dynamics to ANT+ Power Meter Technical Working Group, up to that group to debate, ratify, and then ultimately implement it in their products.” However, if I were to re-title this post to the most accurate description possible it would be: My title of this post attempts to distill the concept into the simplest form possible. Now, things get a bit tricky in understanding how Garmin opens this up. Today, that’s mostly limited to WKO4 and I believe SportTracks as well. Hopefully though, with more power meters and head units supporting the metric, we might get more software platforms to support it as well. Which isn’t saying that there might not be down the road, but rather that I simply haven’t seen much in the way of coaching/training/racing guidance that leverages it. Now, longtime readers know that I’m hardly a huge proponent of Cycling Dynamics, mostly, because I think there’s not a ton of actionable information from it. (For those that want a deeper look, here’s my ride from yesterday with Vector 3 and Cycling Dynamics, just scroll down a ways and notice the tab, as well as the additional data plots.) On the head unit, those metrics looked like this: Until this point, the only way to get those advanced metrics was to both have a Garmin Vector power meter (version 1, 2, or 3), and to also have a Garmin head unit or wearable. So it includes things like seated/standing time, as well as platform center offset, and phased power. A tiny bit of background:įor those unfamiliar with Cycling Dynamics, the short version is that it provides/provided additional power meter metrics beyond just left/right power. So, since my sushi for lunch is taking about 45 minutes longer than it should to be delivered, I’m just going to see if I can knock out this quick post and then get back to finishing up that Apple Watch review. Be it power meters or head units (or watches), all of which no longer requiring Garmin Vector to get cycling dynamics. Sitting on the list of things I’ve been meaning to write about for about a month, is a nifty and little known tidbit: At the ANT+ Symposium this year, Garmin announced that 3rd parties could start to leverage Garmin’s previously proprietary Cycling Dynamics metrics within their own products. ![]()
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