AeroPod, PowerPod and Newton

In case you aren't willing to try the experiment I found out just how tough the Newton is on my recent bike tour in the Australian high country when I came off my fully loaded touring bike on a remote dirt road.
Newton was mounted on the new forward mount and took a hit. The mount was bent about 5 degrees and Newton suffered from some gravel rash. Tilt was out for a few minutes but the auto correction kicked in and all was well after that. The wind cal would have been affected by the bend in the mount but at the speeds we were travelling that was no problem.
So there you have it. Newton is pretty tough.

Pics showing the bent mount (compression marks visible around the bolt hole) and scratched Newton

Great story!

Most likely your wind cal remained just fine.

I wonder how pedal power meters would hold up under that kind of crash. For that matter I wonder how well the conventional plastic mounts used by Garmin would have withstood the bang...

I don't know. I still want to see how well it stands up to Danny Hart using it for a season.

Great and helpful story, btw. How rough have the roads you were on been. I am more interested in constant small vibrations. My gen III has held up fine, and I expect no less from the Newton, but you always wonder about these things. A little less wondering now.

The unpaved roads we used were generally not rough in terms of pot holes and the like but they had corrugations and various sized pieces of stone mixed in with the gravel so constant small vibrations were the order of the day.
The attached photo is from a rail trail section and is pretty typical of the unpaved sections we rode. Some better, some worse.

Ah, perfect. Thank you! Looks like an awesome trip.

Yeah, that would be a perfect marketing stunt. Put a DFPM and an Newton on a DH or even better an Enduro rider's bike for a season and see what's what at the end. MAN, if iBike could claim their PM was Enduro?!!! Dude, they'd sell out in 2 seconds flat.