Of course, Huang Chong wasn't the kind of person Liu Junjie thought he was—someone unconcerned with improving his own strength.
Quite the opposite. In his quest to become a Professional Cyclist, he was exceptionally focused on improving every single one of his weaknesses.
As for a power meter, it wasn't that he couldn't afford one. He simply didn't want to waste money on high-end hardware upgrades for this particular Giant TCR.
After all, the stock drivetrain on the TCR ADV 3 was the TIAGRA groupset—a heavy, clunky, cable-actuated setup from Shimano that barely even qualified as entry-level.
Installing a power meter on a groupset like that would mean replacing the entire crankset with a high-end product, which was pretty pointless.
Besides, Liu Junjie assumed he couldn't see his own real-time power data, but in reality, Huang Chong had his system's bike computer.
The real-time data from that thing was bound to be more accurate than any electronic bike computer.
