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VIDEO: The simplest power meter yet? Unboxing the Favero Assioma power meter pedals
The brand new Favero Assioma dual-sided power meter pedals are the seond iteration of power pedals that were formerly known as bePRO. Favero is the brand, bePRO was the name of the product but it appears they've gone for a rebrand for some reason or another, so the next gen are called Assioma.
They are very competitively priced at 799 euros, with a one-sided set also available for 499 euros, and as shown in the video you simply stick them on your bike, pair with your computer and go. To set crank length and perform firmware updates you download the new Assioma app, and you get two snap-on charge ports (a bit like some Garmin watches) to charge via USB.
Impressively they weigh just 151g per pedal, which is as light if not lighter than high-end carbon pedals with no power-measuring capabilities. The cleats are Keo compatible but are made specifically for the Assiomas, so you will want to use the ones in the box for the most precise fit.
All of the power measuring tech is packed in next to the pedal spindle, there are no extra parts or fiddly bits so they are very easy to transfer between bikes. The Assiomas are Ant+ and Bluetooth ready, while the bePROs only used Ant+. This means that you can use the new pedals on Zwift and other virtual training apps and transmit your data to your computer and the training programme at the same time.
It’s looking pretty promising for the Assiomas so far, but obviously what we’ll be judging them on is accuracy and that will require plenty of further testing, so make sure to like and subscribe to our Youtube channel, and check back on the road.cc review section for a full test report soon.
Arriving at road.cc in 2017 via 220 Triathlon Magazine, Jack dipped his toe in most jobs on the site and over at eBikeTips before being named the new editor of road.cc in 2020, much to his surprise. His cycling life began during his students days, when he cobbled together a few hundred quid off the back of a hard winter selling hats (long story) and bought his first road bike - a Trek 1.1 that was quickly relegated to winter steed, before it was sadly pinched a few years later. Creatively replacing it with a Trek 1.2, Jack mostly rides this bike around local cycle paths nowadays, but when he wants to get the racer out and be competitive his preferred events are time trials, sportives, triathlons and pogo sticking - the latter being another long story.
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Got mine today, and.. if you use one of the Elemnts, the pairing process is actually not quite as straight forward as suggested here. The pedals uses both ANT+ and Bluetooth -which the Elemnt does too. So when searching for sensors it actually picks up 3 signals. Two are bluetooth signals for each pedal individually and one is an ANT+ signal for both as a pair.
On the Elemnt you should only add the ANT+ signal, which is coming from the left pedal. The bluetooth signals are for bluetooth-only units it seems, on which both pedals should be added according to the manual. But if you add one or both of them on the Elemnt, the calibration will not result in 0 and give wrong readings as a result.. Unfortunately for me, it takes quite a while for my Elemnt Bolt to find the ANT+ signal, so I ended up adding the bluetooth left signal at first...
I got a pair of these 3 weeks back, just the single sided though. super happy with them so far. easy to fit. transmit data to Garmin reliably. light! Cant test their accuracy but results look in the right ballpark.
Q factor is the same as my ultegra pedals.
the usb connection is a proprietary magnetic one. battery lasts ages.
they send data via ant+ and bluetooth so i guess you can use a phone. havent tried.
i have only used the favero ones in the box. The red ones have float, the black ones do not.
I can forgive the donkey cancer name if they work.
How much, if at all, does this increase the stance width or Q factor? Is the USB connection micro, magnetic or another? Can a smartphone be used as the head unit? Can the cleats be replaced with Favero's own, if that is superior? Do they have float? Are they available in a variety of options?
I'm interested, but perhaps not £800 interested!
They don't increase Q factor. I have the original (BePro) and have been very happy with my purchase for the last 2 years. The cleats are Look keo 9° float.