FINALLY have the Quarq CinQo in hand after 2+ months of wait. Here are my first impression of the Garmin Edge 704/Cinqo combo:
- There is a 1 sec +/- lag between pushing on the crank and power registering on the Garmin
- The power readout do not fluctuate a whole lot perhaps due to the lag stated in #1. It’s actually worked out pretty well for me; The Ergomo was a bit quick readout on the Ergomo was quicker and thus I had hard time pacing my effort during intervals.
- I really like how the workout (advanced interval) mode on the Garmin tells me which power zone I’m in so I wouldn’t have to think.
- During my first workout, the power and cadence blanked out for a first seconds. I had to stop for a second for it to pick back up. It’s most likely a software issue.
- FTP intervals with the combo is, dare I say , borderline easy. Either I’m stronger (which I would love to think) or the combo is reading a higher number. I will be doing some VO2AT workouts shortly which should help decide if I need to “calibrate” the readout against a CompuTrainer.
