AeroPod, PowerPod and Newton

Thank you, much appreciated.

In the meantime, I am going to upgrade to Newton 5 to see if that eradicates the problem.

Hello again, Has there been any progress or analysis based on my observation? I bought the Newton on the strength of its proclaimed aerodynamic functionality (in particular CdA feedback and analysis) but unless I'm going wrong somewhere (and please correct me if I am) so far I don't have much confid...

Two observations thus far when pairing the Newton with a DFPM (Power2Max) for the benefit of CdA analysis... 1. Every ride I analyse with the "CdA Analysis" feature shows a flat line for the first 4-6 minutes of a ride. This is systematic and not the result of strong winds or low ride spee...

I also have a Garmin standalone cadence sensor mounted on the left crank arm. It's not clear which custom angle I should choose when editing my Powerstroke bike's profile (if any?), so I've chosen the option "Not Set". Whilst it could be argued it doesn't matter just as long as the same po...

Splendid! I look forward to the update. Thanks.

Thanks John,

I concur with your findings. I took the Newton out for a ride on my mountain bike yesterday after pairing it with my Stages PM. No problem whatsoever.

Your analysis and yesterday's ride provides enough evidence to suggest the Rotor PM needs further investigation.

Thanks again.

John, On this evidence I totally agree with you that the Rotor is misbehaving. However, yesterday I went for another ride where the Newton was constantly dropping and picking up the DFPM. For some periods of time it would display a stable signal, but on the whole, not much joy (see attached ride fil...

Thanks for clarifying. And some interesting points too. In essence you are using a sensitive pitot tube to measure air pressure - that's what the wind sensor really is? I get it. One problem still remains though. My Newton read zero degrees at the start of my ride, not -6C. In fact the difference in...

Thank you for your suggestion. I tried it but to no avail. The likely reason being, the cadence signal is coming from the power meter (Rotor Power) itself. I've uploaded my ride file to demonstrate the problem. I do have a standalone cadence sensor (Garmin), but thought it could potentially complica...

I believe you, I know the Newton works! :D And I also know CdA has nothing to do with temperature. I've tried to kill two birds with one stone and clouded what I'm trying to say. I'll leave CdA for another day... So, second attempt to provide some clarity. Stay with me... ;) Temperature I did a road...

Newton receives speed, HR signals with no issues whatsoever. Last night I decided to do a road ride with the Newton next to a Garmin Virb Elite camera. The Newton worked fine, until it decided to fail 10km into the ride. The Newton was still showing speed, HR and power data (but curiously not cadenc...

Hello, I've been recently riding with the Newton paired with Rotor Power DFPM and I can't even complete a calibration ride as the Newton keeps dropping the DFPM signal. Believe me I've made over 20 attempts and at some point along the calibration the Newton will read "DFP Fail" and then re...

I'm all for simplicity - and I'll take your word for it, but it's a shame the user doesn't have the ability to adjust the temperature in Isaac. I don't buy the "constant bias who cares" point. I have a number of power meters (for testing purposes) and I don't think I'm being unreasonable w...

Ok, if you cannot alter the temperature, then how can the Newton calculate accurate power data? Isn't that the whole point of the Newton? I am very surprised for all the sophisticated components, algorithms and software, a function this simple which use to be available in previous version of the sof...

Thanks for your input Ken. I too observe that I can alter the temperature on the Newton, but as you state yourself, the raw (or original temperature) is loaded unto Isaac. Would anyone from Velocomp like to comment on this?

Hello, anybody out there?

Hello, I would like to adjust the temperature setting in Isaac as I believe the software is not retrieving the temperature adjustment that I've manually set on the Newton unit. I've read the Help pages which tell me I can set this under "Preferences" >> "Ride Data". However, when...

Understood. Thanks for clarifying.

Jon.

Thanks Russ, much appreciated. I've carefully navigated through the racer menu as you suggested and I don't get CdA as an option (and I checked the order of the functions against the latest instruction manual). I was under the impression that the Powerstroke upgrade would give me this option but for...

Evening, I have Newton with the Powerstroke upgrade. It my my understanding that the Powerstroke key comes with the "snapshot CdA" feature. However, I cannot for the life of me find how to set the "snapshot CdA" feature. I've read as many Blogs one can before self-imploding and n...

Hello again. Any advances with the Newton displaying L/R power output? More to the point, what DFPM does Newton support? I am now considering getting a DFPM (Rotor power crank - I've ran out of patience with Brimm Brothers and I don't ride with the pedals that come with Garmin Vectors) so that I can...

All very true, however... I am interested in a DFPM as I want to research the CdA feature of the Newton. At the same time, I also want to compare the L/R profile of Powerstroke (which is an inferred/calculated value) with direct force data measurements. I have compared my Newton data with the standa...

Greetings. Have there been any advances since the last post? I am considering on purchasing the Garmin Vector pedals (I'm particularly interested in the left leg-right leg power distribution), but I don't want to fork out for a Garmin device.