Had my Power Tap rebuilt 3 weeks ago. Yesterday, I popped a non drive side spoke on a ride. I replaced it and trued the wheel. I went to ride today and when I calibrated the hub, it said - 8 thousand something and it wouldn’t communicate with my Garmin. Anyone else have this happen? I guess I have to send it back AGAIN… If I have to send it back whenever I break a spoke I am definitely gonna move to a crank based unit. I am not easy on my equipment and had both my Power Taps built with heavier spokes because of this.
Breaking a spoke won’t cause the kind of problem you are describing, no.
If your powertap has gone bad, it would be coincidental. Make sure it isn’t just a low battery in the head unit or powertap hub, or a garmin firmware issue though first.
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It’s only 3 weeks old so I wouldn’t think it’s the battery. I’ll change it tomorrow when I get home. I use a garmin 800 as a head unit. This pt has been a problem for me, I have another that’s almost 3 years old and it’s always functioned perfectly.
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Make sure everything has the latest firmware on it just in case.
But yeah the spoke isn’t going to cause it to not pair up. I’ve done a whole crit with a broken spoke and the data was ok =)
It’s only 3 weeks old so I wouldn’t think it’s the battery. I’ll change it tomorrow when I get home. I use a garmin 800 as a head unit. This pt has been a problem for me, I have another that’s almost 3 years old and it’s always functioned perfectly.
It’s only 3 weeks old so I wouldn’t think it’s the battery. I’ll change it tomorrow when I get home. I use a garmin 800 as a head unit. This pt has been a problem for me, I have another that’s almost 3 years old and it’s always functioned perfectly.
Its only three weeks old, or you had it rebuilt three weeks ago? Who rebuilt it?
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The hub was upgraded to G3 by Saris. The wheel itself is a couple years old.
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If you haven’t already, try doing a manual zero.
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How you do dat? 
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It’s only 3 weeks old so I wouldn’t think it’s the battery. I’ll change it tomorrow when I get home. I use a garmin 800 as a head unit. This pt has been a problem for me, I have another that’s almost 3 years old and it’s always functioned perfectly.
You’ve only had it three weeks but the hub or battery may have sat on a shelf or in a box for a while.
How you do dat?
while stopped, with nothing touching the pedals do this: (garmin calls it calibration but it is really zeroing)
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I do that before every ride. It’s been calibrating between 509 and 512 since I got it back. It calibrated at -8 thousand something this morning before the ride. I tried it after tbe ride and it was 705…but it still won’t read speed or power when I pedal.
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Send it back. Should be covered under warraty