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Garmin drops prices on Vector power meters

Pedal-based systems now cheaper than ever before

Garmin has dropped the prices of its Vector 2 and Vector 2S pedal-based power meters. 

Garmin Vector 2 is a pedal-based power measuring system. You fit the pedals, along with their accompanying pods, to your cranks and your power data is sent to a head unit, such as a Garmin Edge bike computer, as you ride. 

The Vector 2, which measures power from both legs, now retails at £899.99 rather than £1,199.99. It gives your cadence, total power, left/right balance and shows you exactly where you’re generating power through the pedal stroke.

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The Vector 2S is a single-sided system; it measures forces on the left pedal to approximate total power, and also gives your cadence. This model is now priced at £549.99 rather than £749.99. 

Both systems send data to compatible ANT+ enabled devices. You can upload the data to Garmin Connect and other websites/apps for post-ride analysis.

Vector 2 and Vector 2S are available in both a standard option (for cranks 12-15 mm thick, up to 44 mm wide) and a large option (forcranks 15-18 mm thick, up to 44 mm wide).

As we told you earlier in the week, you can now get a Vector Cartridge Kit for Shimano Ultegra PD-6800 pedals for £99.99. This allows you to swap the power-measuring parts from normal Vector 2  – which are Look Kéo compatible – into a Shimano Ultegra pedal body. 

www.garmin.com

Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.

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