Last year our friends at Cyclingnews spotted FDJ testing the final prototype of Shimano’s crank based power meter and now we have just spotted the production version on the new Dura-Ace 9150 crank in the pits at the Tour Down Under.
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The new meter from the Japanese component brand, that can be found aboard Johan Le Bon's, Lorenzo Manzin's and Jérémy Maison’s FDJ race bikes, features strain gauges on both sides in an effort to provide accurate Left/Right measurement. Unlike other dual-side meters, Shimano uses only a single battery because the two sides are connected with a wire.
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Mounted with 53-39T chainrings, the new powermeter blends in pretty well with the new crankset. There's a distinctive hump/lump however sitting inside the four-arm spider on the driveside crank, which houses the brain of the unit, while strain gauges are placed on both crank arms.
While the FDJ Lapierre Xelius SL 600 frames did have the new crank, the team's bikes were sporting the older 9070 Di2 derailleurs, shifters and brakes, as well as the old Dura-Ace C50 wheels.
More interesting however is that so far no team has a full DA 9150 group. While Team Sky’s new Pinarello Dogma F10s are close, with the new Di2 shifters derailleurs and brakes, the crank was noticeably missing.
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