March Power Meter Giveaway Time!

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It’s March already.  Which means that for many in the Northern Hemisphere you’re likely starting to increase the mileage and times of your workouts in preparation for the spring and summer ahead.  As such, there’s likely no better time to up your training game with some new gadgets.  Thus, I’m here to give you the power.  Or rather, my partner in giveaway crime Clever Training is.  I’m just like the guy calling you to tell you that you won the sweepstakes.

In any case….

As of a few weeks ago, Clever Training now stocks Stages power meters.  So they’ll be giving the winner a free Stages power meter of their choice.  As for the crank flavor: Carbon, aluminum, cookie-dough..whatever floats your boat…it’s yours.  Hell – I’ll even say that you can pick up the entire crankset if you want.  Hopefully, the CT folks won’t mind, because I’m writing this late and had a few too many glasses of wine to bother calling them.  You can thank me later…or now.

How to enter:

Simply leave a short description of your cycling plans for the weekend (or, if you enter in on Monday, what you cycled over the weekend).

Note that if you partied in a hot-tub at a ski resort instead of cycling this weekend, that’s fully acceptable.  I’m 100% on your side. Obviously though, simply detail that activity instead as your response.

Good luck!

The giveaway entry period will run through Monday, March 6th, 2017 until 11:59PM US Eastern Time.  Winner will be selected randomly.  One entry per person.  The selected product/products will then be ordered immediately and shipped immediately, assuming they’re in stock.

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6,095 Comments

  1. tim

    I feel the need to try out the new Zwift Volcano Climb!!

  2. Reinier

    Doing a 30k tomorrow

  3. RayG

    It’s raining in Sydney. It was raining yesterday and it’ll be raining tomorrow. Time for some bike maintenance.

  4. RomanTheCube

    This weekend it is a case of waiting to find out the weather plans as Sydney has been drenched for days on end! If it’s dry, there is a crit this afternoon and a TT on sunday… fingers crossed

  5. Drew Martin

    Hanging out with the devs, drinking bourbon

  6. David Spear

    My cycling plans involve dropping my ride off at the shop for a major tune-up.

  7. Matt

    Some time on the trainer either Saturday or Sunday morning.

  8. Ed St. John

    Still deciding between Zwift or a trail ride this afternoon as it is cold now. Hope to squeeze in 20 on the roads tomorrow.

  9. Dan

    Group ride on Friday and intervals on Sunday to start the week with some intensity!

  10. jason mant

    Just getting out and trying not to get wet ?

  11. Juan Pinedo

    Biking 15 miles to run 10k running race tgen riding back

  12. Ben Schreiner

    Aiming for 2, 3hr + rides
    1 with steady 4×10 minute intervals and the other just long and steady with up and down hills. Looking for a POwer meter to help training improve even further!

  13. Bob Ellis

    A couple of light 10 minute sessions on the trainer since I just had a knee replacement

  14. Jens

    21k run tommorow.
    just 1h indoor cycling for regeneration on sunday (seems it will heavy raining here).

  15. Slav

    Not quite there yet; the Quebec temperature is not that friendly in early March
    la nuit blanche (event where a lot of bars, museums and other attraction sites are open for the entire night) is going to replace these biking plans :)

  16. Ross T

    An hour of sweating out the toxins on the trainer the day after my brother’s wedding

  17. Ken Clark

    Planning on a zwift ride on Saturday

  18. Michael Fisher

    Heading out for a 50km ride. Slower than I would like but I’m getting my mate into cycling so have to be patient and helpful!

  19. Ivan L.

    Doing 2hrs. on the trainer..

  20. Axel Haverkamp

    Sunday is 2.5k 6-Paw run. ? My daughter and I with the 2 dogs (out of 120!) will make It as 12 Paws. Thus, the bike will remain on the wall this Weekend.

  21. Rolando Felizola

    Road ride on Sunday and then a MTB ride on Monday, I have the morning off!

  22. Eddie Chen

    It’s going to be cold in Virginia this weekend. I plan to just ride about 50 miles on gravel roads on Saturday and 60 miles on W&OD trail on Sunday.

  23. Ryan Goldvine

    Recovery ride after a half-marathon Sunday.

  24. Ian Darling

    TrainerRoad sessions on Friday and Sunday. Also plan to watch strade bianchi and pine for outside rides.

  25. Pihl

    My cycling plans are just some cross training on Sunday, probably 45-60 minutes.

  26. Philip Hemmers

    Plan on walking past my bike on my way out for a 13 mile run.

  27. Pete

    First ever 10 mile TT on Saturday then nice steady 80+ miles as part of build to doing tour of Flanders sportive on 1st April.

  28. Chris

    I will ride to the highest mountain of the Eifel. A classic route of mine with 90 km and 900 hm.

  29. dominic

    going to ride in 37 F tomorrow morning for a four hours or until I die.

  30. Keijo

    I might skip cycling due to snow conditions but might do skiing instead.

  31. Fabian

    Getting a smooth 3h ride into my legs tomorrow

  32. Rasmus

    Going skiing for the weekend. Cycling will be next week :-)

  33. nicolas

    I will do 2 rides. 30 miles on Saturday and 40 miles on Sunday.

  34. Sam

    Clean the bike and admire it over a class or two of wine. That’s totally normal right?

  35. Dave

    I’ll be on Zwift, if my family lets me. :)

  36. Jesper

    Nothing this weekend, recovering from a crash on some slippery I’ve last week :-(

  37. Jonathan Burchmore

    No cycling this weekend. No running either, unless I feel exceptionally good. Recovering from a 100K ultra last weekend.

  38. Marten De Dycker

    No cycling this weekend , just running ;)

  39. Mack

    I’ve been training for a half marathon so I haven’t ridden in over a month. Who knows, maybe I’ll get on the bike this weekend. I’ll probably end up running though.

  40. morey

    uh oh. I have no cycling plans this weekend. 6 weeks out from the Boston marathon- so I’m only doing long runs this weekend. does that mean I’m not eligible?

  41. Zdenek

    10km running race on Saturday
    50km slowly cycling on Sunday

  42. Andrew

    A short ride in the nice phoenix weather.

  43. Chris Archibald

    120 mile taco ride.
    Need this for my new bike!

  44. Jake

    2hr on the spin bike plus 1hr run. Plus daughters gymnastics compitition. Action packed!!

  45. Kristian West

    Plan on some indoor-cycling on sunday

  46. Kiri

    My cycling plans are hopefully a trek out to Richmond park! As long as it’s not pouring with rain.

  47. Keith

    Working weekends right now so it looks like I’ll be zwifting for a bit longer.

  48. Megan Bilodeau

    Saturday I hope to ride to a Sugar Shack and eat delicious pancakes w freshly made maple syrup. Sunday is run day. Ouch!

  49. Ben

    Kickr! Intervals = weekend torture….

  50. MartinZ

    I will be watching Strade Bianche on TV while riding on my Smart Trainer.

  51. David

    A spin in the mountains!

  52. Ole

    60 miles cycling on Saturday, an 8-mile run on Sunday and a 2,000yd swim to cool down.

  53. Jurjen

    Albert Park parkrun in aan hour, and the corporate tri tomorrow!

  54. Mark Duncombe

    Wishing I could ride but having to sit out another weekend and rest due to a mystery illness.

  55. Jake Bugno

    Saturday: kids birthday party then over to a friends house to meet their newborn.
    Sunday: who knows, but I know it wont involve any workouts.

  56. Kenny K

    If I’m feeling adventurous I might actually take the bike off the wall it’s been on for the the last 9 months and ride it. But if I’m being honest with myself I’ll probably just end up on the stationary bike at the gym.

    And comparing trainers .. that’s bike related right?

  57. Mark

    Snow and family mean no ride this weekend

  58. Harry Charlton

    70 degrees on Wednesday, 28 on Saturday. The east coast weather people are saints.

  59. Andrew Hastings

    Running for race next weekend. Recovery ride on Sunday.

  60. Just hoping to get some miles in. Its been a very unpleasant combination of cold and windy all week and should be in the 40s with wind only in the teens for the next couple of days.

  61. Daniel

    Flight to Cape Town tomorrow then a few kms on the beachfront.

  62. Trevor D

    It’s gonna be -19 Celsius here. So it will be a lot of time of the kickr.

  63. ColoradoNate

    Recovery :)

  64. Jürgen Sachslehner

    A little Bit of cycling and hoping my knee gets better!

  65. Mikko

    Few easy trainings after nasty flu.. With skies though because there is plenty of snow outside at the moment. I have planned to watch also Strade Bianche and Paris-Nice.

  66. Jukka Härkönen

    For Saturday I’m going for an hours worth of sweet pain with Trainerroad. After that, I’ll begin installation of the SRAM Red eTap Aero set which I received today. I guess Strade Bianche will be cutting me short on the installation, so part two will follow shortly on Sunday. After getting the TT bike ready, I’ll hop on my cyclocross for a couple of hours in the crisp winter air.

  67. Mike Paxton

    Just hope that wind/cold is down enough that I get out at all this weekend.

  68. Phil A

    I will be doing an hard interval ride on the trainer on Saturday, and then an ez recovery ride in the afternoon on Sunday after a morning run.

  69. Dennis

    I just installed speedplay pedals so I will be testing them out on the local flat roads!

  70. Ronan Kearns

    100km in wet and windy Dublin

  71. Joseph David Wells

    Solo training ride.

  72. HH

    My plan is 3*20min sub-threshold.

  73. Hal Ford

    Digging my bike out of storage

  74. Andrej

    Looks like rainy weekend, so two hard Trainerroad sessions :(

  75. Bill

    Group spin Saturday. Relaxing sunday

  76. Wouter De Raeve

    Indoor cycling for me this weekend!

  77. Wow!

    My plan for tomorrow is to ride a simulation for the GFNY Uruguay. The race will happen in two weeks, it is time to check the legs. It will be a ride with 170 km, with good folks and my wife (tomorrow is her birthday, nice way to celebrate).

  78. Biker

    50km easy bike ride.

  79. Brian

    Have to work all weekend, but hope to get time at the gym on a spin bike until next weekend.

  80. beth

    Long ride at half-ironman pace

  81. peejers

    Looked out of the window and it’s snowing. Hopefully will be dry so I can get a short ride in on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Trying to get back into it.

  82. Julius Quito

    Eating donuts because it’s 18F with a wind chill of 15F in NYC.

  83. Tim

    Contemplating getting out on the road if the weather and children are compliant.

  84. Stephen Fitzgerald

    Was supposed to fat tire bike on Mt Washington but out do to injuries.

  85. Will

    Totally dependent on the whether. Could be below zero, or could be plus 15.

  86. Brian O.

    Looking to get off the trainer and outside!!

  87. Daniel Sharp

    Probably a TrainerRoad session on Saturday, and our cycling Club’s hilly TT on Sunday. Expecting to perform at a fairly mediocre level due to being completely knackered from a busy week at work!

  88. Gus

    Stuck in a pool coaching all weekend. No riding for me…

  89. Mathias

    Short 2 h recovery ride on Saturday and 4×4 min on the trainer on Sunday.

  90. J Jones

    Turbo Durbo!

  91. Kyle Gray

    Being in Boise Idaho, the weather is still a little dodgy for this early in spring. Planning to ride up to the Lucky Peak damn, and if the weather holds off, do our local Emmett-Horseshoe Bend loop.

  92. dan verner

    ride to my grandson’s bmx race

  93. Shaun

    Plan is to get a couple more ride in on Trainerroad, preparation for a 24 Hour race this July. Wish it wasn’t supposed to get cold so that I could head outside for some training.

  94. Flo

    Afternoon ride with some fellow cyclists (mamils) with a lot of shortish climbs

  95. Even

    Doing a good TrainerRoad session!

  96. Sarah Burgin

    Gym time for me!

  97. Kris Kouvaras

    Week 2 of my cycling clubs training program for newbies to train them up to a century this year. Tomorrow is a short ride and a flat tire clinic!

  98. Erik Shewmaker

    I hope to have warm enough weather to do a long (for me) ride outside!

  99. Carlos

    I’ll put the computrainer (hopefully it’ll run for years and years without needing any service now that i see that racermate has decided to cease production) to good use judging by the weather forecast

  100. Theo van Rossum

    Going for my 1st outside bike ride of the year!