PowerTap 2.4 problems 2.0

Well I finally had it with this units display fading out and losing data. After back and forth emails of what I think the problem stems from, I have asked that a replacement be sent. It's obvious that a battery should last more than 4 hours of use before requiring replacement. I expect them to come through as they are just as baffled at why my unit is screwing up. Apparently no one else has reported this problem. That or they have a lot of disposeable cash to buy other units. In any case I hope the next one comes problem free. At least I still was able to get my data for the indoor ride before it reset itself.

Had a pretty good day today. I did some trainer time for an hour and XC skiing with the dogs for 1.5 hours. Picked up some fresh batteries for the computer unit, hope they end all the problems I have been having.
First rider off at the VOS TT in 18 days, 12 hours, 43 minutes. And just a few hours later I'll be looking for a respirator after my effort.

Electronic devices and the cold

Cold weather makes for lost data on the powertap I found out. Two days in a row I'm able to put some time on the road and nothing to show. Yesterday it blanked out several times leaving me with nothing to download. Today I figured "what the heck if it's too cold for it I'll just put it in an inside pocket after it starts up and that'll be that". It worked, all my data was still there when I got home. Hooked it up to the laptop and nothing! It must have lost it all again, time and date were reset 3 minutes ago per the display of 12:03. Crap! OK, so now I put in a new battery as Carter had suggested. I won't know if it fixed it or not as I'm indoor ridin for the next week per the weather man. I've been reinstalling Windows on my computer all night since it has been acting badly. I think I'm on my 10th reboot after updates now as the message keeps flashing on the screen.

The world is coming to an end now. Got my ACA racing license today with a road category of 2. Must be the fastest upgrade ever. Never got to do a Cat3 race but that's OK, I didn't care to mess around with a bunch of upgraded 4s anyway. Put in 1.5 hours on the trainer with the new toy. It's really humbling how low my numbers are right now early in the year. On the homefront, snow is melting everywhere here with today's hi of 44 degrees and tomorrow expected to make it to 49 before turning below freezing for the weekend.

Just got my PowerTap SL 2.4 mounted on a Mavic Open4 delivered today from Competetive Cyclist, can't wait to hook that baby up and see how it performs.

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