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http://jibbering.com/sports/power2max-review.html:
How you perform a static torque test with the Power2Max is as follows:
With the bike held stable in an upright position, and the crank arm horizontal, use the "Calibrate" feature on the
Garmin and note down the number displayed (-806 in my case)
With the rear brake applied, attach a known weight to the pedal spindle and repeat (gives a number of -728 in my case)
Calculate the actual torque being applied as W * 9.80665 * C / 1000 where W = weight in kg, and C = crank length in mm (actual torque = 13.337044 in my case with an 8kg weight and 170mm cranks)
The Power2Max appears to use some sort of arbitrary units of "ppm" for the number displayed on the Garmin. It doesn't really matter what they represent, as all we need to do is calculate the slope as T / (Wppm - Uppm) where T is our calculated actual torque, Wppm is the number displayed by the Garmin with the weight attached, and Uppm is the unweighted number. In my case, this works out as 13.337044 / (-728 -(-806)) = 0.1709877436
The Power2Max includes a calibration certificate in the box that you can compare this number against. In my case, it specifies 0.170035 Nm/ppm, so the error in my slope measurement is 0.6% with the large chainring. With the small chainring the error worked out at 3.1%.
However, a problem with this is sensitivity to changes in the numbers. If my 2nd number had changed by 1 digit, to -729, that would change the calculated error with the large chainring to 1.9%.
The Cinqo is better in this respect, because the same weight changes the number it returns by ~420 rather than ~80 for the Power2Max.
If you want good accuracy in performing a static torque test with a Power2Max then you're going to need a very heavy weight to mitigate this issue.
Ti allego il file excel che mi sono creato, i campi da riempire con i dati (Slope, pesi e ppm letto dal Garmin o similare) sono quelli in rosso.