Next spring, Shimano will finally enter the power meter market with a Dura-Ace crankset that is likely sell for about $1,500 in the US, or £1,299 in the UK. The US price is not yet final, but is the estimate of Shimano road product manager Dave Lawrence, who says the power meters should be available in May. The UK pricing was confirmed to us by Shimano's local distributor, Madison.
While a few companies currently sell power meters based on Shimano cranksets — Stages created the left-arm category it now shares with Pioneer and 4iiii, plus brands like SRM and power2max have Shimano-compatible spiders — the Dura-Ace R9100-P will be the first power meter from the Japanese component giant.
While many have speculated that Shimano’s power meter could spell the end for the likes of Stages or Pioneer, Lawrence said he doesn’t think so.
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“They are at a different price point, and I don’t see a conflict,” Lawrence said, adding that the Shimano meter is a dual-side meter, whereas all Stages' Shimano models, and the aggressively priced Shimano meters from 4iiii and Pioneer, are left-only.
At Stages, senior vice president Pat Warner echoed Lawrence’s position, saying that Shimano shipped the Colorado company 9100 arms before the product was launched so Stages could begin work on its 9100 meters.
R9100-P features: Bluetooth, rechargeable and waterproof — and with directional force measurement?
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