Looks good! Shame about the price, although not in comparison to an SRM!

So much for the metrigear being the cheap method into power training then. I guarantee this will be £1500 over in the UK. The metrigear units were going to be speedplay then (IIRC) any type of pedal. It's a shame they have gone with look as I do not get on with their cleats in comparison to Shimano.

Great shame that this is another product aimed at those who either have gravy train jobs or work in the square mile now.

Hmmm. I wonder what street prices will look like in the UK. Currently the bar is around £600 for entry level power measurement (basic Powertap rear wheel) assuming that you already own a device that will act as a head unit.

The pedal based solution is a lot more convenient than a hub system or even a crank system since you can mix and match wheelsets to your heart's content and still swap the device between bikes with minimal effort but it'll be a disappointment if prices are going to stay this high.

Is the price justified or even sensible? I would have thought a company with Garmin's clout could be a lot more aggressive with their pricing strategy than this, potentially dominating the market as they have in bike GPS systems.

GPS computed calorie consumption.... Easiest way to burn calories? Go downhills! Ridiculous idea.

@PissedOffCil

Not based on speed; based on effort put through the pedal axles.

With the Garmin brand there's no reason to price it as aggressively as Metrigear were going to. Garmin will have done their homework on pricing.

Look cleats are pretty poor wearing, but that's a minor inconvenience in the grand scheme of things.

So does this mean LOOK pedals will now be available for both Garmin (ANT+) and Polar's headunits (CS500/600) based systems?

Or is the Polar now doomed?

The pedals would be almost identical, only the transmitted units would be different for each.

Updated with UK prices now. The Vector's suggested RRP is £1149 while the Edge 200 will be £129.99

My first reaction is disappointment due to the pricing. It's been a couple years in the making and now with a projected to market date of March 2012 I've lost interest in the system.

Why so expensive?

It was a smart move to have the system work with Look Keo pedals. Everybody is riding those things, well except me of course.

Agreed. The pedal system should be targeted at the £500-800 bracket as even the updated prices are a put off.

Still at over £800 it remains out of the masses reach. As a mechanical engineer I use and buy strain gauges all the time and if there are four in each pedal then I can only assume they have used palladium as the axle material for the price justification.

It appears that Garmin are not interested in bringing power based training to the masses as MetriGear were.

@syno

There is no mention of it supporting power or even cadence for that matter, I don't think it will at that price point so they must derive their calories from the GPS as it's the only thing this unit seems to have. With that said, they can account for elevation in their calculations, it's just a stupid feature as it'S only misleading.

From the other Edge 200 article : "Garmin have removed wireless capability from the Edge 200 so there's no capacity for heart rate, cadence or power output"

@PissedOffCil:

Are you sure to know what a powermeter is?????

@dreale

Are you kidding me? I have a Powertap that I use with my Edge 705. You're an ignorant, apparently you have no clue what a powermeter is yourself...

Hmmm - I gave up with both HRMs & even standard bike computer years ago, they just removed the joy from my bike riding, kept feeling I wasn't either riding hard enough or fast enough. Given up racing too now & enjoying riding my bike more than ever! ;-)