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 c

    It was supposed to be 60 this weekend and now the forecast changed to 43. Might go for a ride, just not as long

  2. Kyle

    Got a Zwift ride or two planned this weekend

  3. Steve Kantor

    I’ll just be pounding away on the trainer, thinking about spring …

  4. German

    Just 8 miles easy this weekend.

  5. Marcos

    climb morcuera if weather is okay

  6. Maxim

    I plan to suffer on the trainer, since there is still 10 foot snowbanks outdoors!
    Might do some squats at the gym.

  7. Christopher

    I’ll be getting my bike tuned up so it will be a running and swimming weekend!

  8. S Fox

    Cycling from Ventura to Ojai with my son. Then it’s a 15 mile roll downhill back to Ventura after pizza in Ojai!

  9. Gary R

    Tomorrow morning I’ll be on Zwift, putting in more miles to see of my replacement Flux is going to flux me over. ;) With the new Volcano climb out, maybe I’ll head up there!

  10. Andrew

    My cycling plans this weekend primarily involve running. I’ll run in any weather but I’m a fair weather biker.

  11. Mike Schlienz

    Will be spending the weekend on Zwift.

  12. Brian

    Around 40 miles on Sat or Sun.

  13. Mark Southam

    It’ll be pretty cold here this weekend – below freezing – so planning on at least one indoor training session instead of an outdoor ride.

  14. Paul S

    I’ll either head out for a classic ski in tomorrow’s -20c or try out Zwift for the first time!
    Thanks Ray!

  15. Leif

    Just come back from a 80km group ride and will head out tomorrow for short ride with my wife.

  16. Dave B

    Not long back from my Saturday morning ride of 100km around the outskirts of sunny Brisbane Australia.

  17. James

    Will be on the road enjoying the 50 – 60 deg weather this weekend. Finally, a hint of spring in east central IL!

  18. Marcel

    I will be doing swim / ride bricks with our triathlon team as we prepare for the 2017 tri season.

  19. Gabi Connor

    got big plans to make big sweat puddles on my basement floor tomorrow morning

  20. Dana Harman

    Unfortunately due to work, not much riding this weekend. Just try and a ride in Sunday after I get off.

  21. Brian Knoepfel

    It’s still winter here. I don’t ride in the winter anymore but I will be doing some cross country skiing.

  22. Lia

    3.5 hours on the trainer should about do it! Oh wait, that’s just Saturday ?

  23. Michael Kennedy

    If it stops raining a three to four-hour session on the road building endurance or two hours Sufferfest workout indoor. I hope it stops raining.

  24. Allen Wong

    60km on the trainer both sat and sunday!

  25. Jakob

    Its snowing currently, so i’ll be plugging away on the trainer for another weekend :(

  26. Carlos Gonzalez

    On track (with tomorrows ride) to eclipse my personal weekly best of 250 miles…

  27. Petur Nielsen

    going to Texas to bike this weekend.

  28. Kyle

    A few hill repeats are likely on Sunday afternoon

  29. Scott

    Going to get out for a short ride this weekend, but focusing on first 10k of the season this weekend.

  30. Db

    It is supposed to snow all weekend so I will be in the cave

  31. SB

    I have an exciting weekend ahead of me – swimming with the sharks!

  32. Mike D

    Provided it arrives as expected, I plan to fix the clutch knob on my Magnus trainer, which broke last weekend, then hit the (virtual) road! Too old to bike outside.

    (BTW, CycleOps customer support has been great!)

  33. Etienne M.

    Cold weather and remaining snow/ice patches mean Sufferfest on the trainer…

  34. Tango

    Indoor trainer while watching the WTS men’s race and Strade Bianche.

  35. Rob S.

    Indoor trainer Sat. and Sun. for me, looking forward to spring…

  36. Brian Q

    …raking leaves, unfortunately.

  37. If I could cycle outside I would, but seeing as it will be -22C with the wind chill I’m going to stay inside and ride with a bunch of friends tomorrow morning for a group indoor training session and talking about the upcoming Strade Bianche race, and planning where we will ride outside once old man winter has been kicked out by spring.

  38. Michael Kohlbrand

    I will be deep sea fishing for my dads 60th birthday.

  39. Tyler Hope

    Going to pedal one legged cause I sold my left crank arm before I could afford a Stages. :/ Pick me!

  40. Eric

    Still cold here, so riding on the trainer.

  41. Oleg Pylaev

    Riding the trainer and watching TDF!

  42. Chris

    Brick on sat (hills) then mtb sunday.

  43. Peter

    Time on the trainer this weekend

  44. Michael S

    Plan to do 50 miles either Saturday or Sunday.

  45. K Landry

    Drinking beer, but need a new lever for my recliner.

  46. Danny S Brownell

    Saturday temperature in 20’s, so indoor on trainer. Sunday temperature in 60’s and working as volunteer ski patroller at local hill

  47. Jason Searle

    Long ride on Saturday and team manager for team series race in nz on Sunday.

  48. LRead

    Packing up some of my bikes preparing for the move to California. Maybe get in a quick ride if temp is above 50.

  49. Chad

    Going to get my bike fixed this weekend. It needs a new a new chain and a few other things.

  50. The Shelb

    I’ll be on the trainer recovering from knee surgery. Zwift, here i come!

  51. bryan

    ride. sleep. ride. oh and eat too

  52. Tony West

    Not a lot of bike work this weekend as am heading into marathon training here in Australia. Did a spin class Saturday morning, will do a 40km social ride Sunday. A power meter will be good for the indoor sessions coming up in the Southern Hemisphere ;)

  53. Matt

    I’ll be on the trainer both days using TrainerRoad since its freezing in the northeast!

  54. Vincent

    I’ll be training indoors on my old and beat up fluid trainer monitoring at nothing but heart rate, since I don’t even have a cadence and speed sensor to display on my Wahoo RFLKT.

  55. Erik

    Snow on the ground… again. Outdoor rides will have to wait. A couple of trainer sessions for me.

  56. Elizabeth Trudel

    Cycling 10 min/day as a PT exercises!!

  57. Alan Rhea

    Just get out and ride

  58. Scott Harper

    Will be riding with my wife helping her recover from hip replacement.

  59. Amber mayr

    I just finished testing at the human performance lab at the university, 2x10s sprints and 20 min ftp. I do a tri-it distance indoor triathlon Sunday morning.

  60. Migs

    Ride far with friends and have fun.

  61. Andrew

    Finally taking the roadie out now that the snow has all melted.

  62. Liz McKenna

    no cycling this weekend -14km run today, traveling tomorrow then hopefully back on the bike during the week

  63. Robert Zolnowski

    hopefully i can get a ride outside if its not snowing.

  64. Cameron Little

    I’ll be on the trainer and hitting up Zwift!

  65. Adam

    Sleep and recover after a week of working nights. Maybe a 30 minute ride.

  66. Paul Doucette

    Still lots of snow outside – I’ll probably hit the trainer.

  67. Phil

    TrainerRoad workouts…and maybe a ride outside if the weather is really nice.

  68. Tsachi

    Hoping that some snow is left on the mountain after rain and temperatures of 15c. Quad workout on the slopes

  69. Ben Forrest

    Long ride with teammates on Saturday – likely 65ish miles with some intervals.
    Sunday easy ride before a run.

  70. Francisco Araujo

    Just an easy hour of zwifting for me

  71. Sean

    As much saddle time as possible!

  72. I’m going to 3 spin classes this weekend! Does that count?

  73. Randy

    Bike is at the shop for spring tune up so spin class at local YMCA will be all the cycling I do this weekend.

  74. Blair Cabot

    Great present for my wife.

  75. Greg Purviance

    Trainer rides this weekend.

  76. Vikram

    Planning for 30K ride before my Firefox rapide get fixed with flat tyre

  77. Camilo

    I’m looking forward to spending some time on the saddle this weekend. Hopefully a bit early so there isn’t much traffic.

  78. Nathan Troia

    Ride the trainer while watching stride bianche

  79. Helen Burton

    Steady state intervals on Saturday and a long EM ride on Sunday.

  80. Benjamin Scheper

    lots of climbing then probably fighting headwinds to get back home.

  81. David Nelson

    1:15 Brick with 2 miles run. Lame I know

  82. Nick

    On the trainer while my little boy has his nap, if I’m lucky.

  83. Richard Szostakowski

    Riding the trainer and watching ski jumping World Championships from Finland.

  84. BrianC

    Two 45 minute sessions on the trainer.

  85. Paul S.

    Back on the trainer because I’m a cold weather wimp.

  86. Jason

    1-hr of active recovery on the trainer after a 3-hr long run this weekend

  87. This evening I got crushed in my first race on Zwift and Saturday and Sunday I hope to do some more leisurely rides exploring the rest of the virtual worlds.

  88. Wal

    I was going to have a long ride outside… but it rained. So it was the trainer for me.

  89. Jeff Wolfe

    Going to be hitting the trails on my mountain bike.

  90. Ricardo

    FTP Test on saturday plus 50k tempo pace. Sunday bike-run brick.

  91. Patrick

    Still nursing an injury, but will be dreaming of getting out on the road.

  92. Chris s

    Gonna do a nice and easy 2 hour ride.

  93. Clint L

    Trying to get the 12 month old to sleep through the night has put a damper on Ironman training so at the moment I am just trying to focus on the energy to get out the door and run. After this next marathon I will refocus on triathlon to prepare for Louisville

  94. Michael Hayward

    Indoor brick, 20 miles with 3 on a treadmill. Unless I get the courage to try an outdoor bike,run

  95. Rick B

    Working on my TrainerRoad triathlon plan this weekend.

  96. James Bland

    I’ll be using my new Elite Qubo Digital Smart B+ finally. Trainer arrived with a bad circuit board and I had to get a new board shipped from Italy and it took forever. Installed the new board on Thursday and did a quick test ride to check if everything was working. I’m looking forward to using it with Zwift and Golden Cheetah for workouts over the weekend, especially since the high temperature on Saturday will be 32 F.

  97. Etienne

    Hill repeats or Zwift sessions !

  98. David

    60km ride around island.

  99. David G

    Early morning ride on Saturdays to beat the heat.

  100. Jim McLeish

    We have been experiencing a challenging winter in Washington with rain/snow. The temperature is warming up to 50 degrees and can’t wait to go out for my favorite 30 mile ride. Need some fresh air rather than riding on my trainer.