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Favero Launches The Power Meter Pedals I Was Waiting For! Assioma Pro RL First Look
Aug 11, 2026
The Favero Assioma Pro RL pedals join the Assioma Pro RS and Pro MX power meter pedals and we got our hands on them ahead of launch to see what the fuss is all about!
The Favero Assioma power meter pedals are often considered one of the best power meter pedals options in 2026 and the Favero Assioma Pro RL power pedals complete the set so that you can now use Favero power meter pedals on your road bike, gravel bike or mtb.
This video contains paid promotion on behalf of Favero.
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These are a set of Fevero power meter pedals. They're the lightest SPD SL power meter pedals
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in the world. This is also a Fevero power meter pedal and this one has proved to be durable enough
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for gravel cycling and mountain biking for the last two years. But there's always been a pair
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missing. Well they're finally here, the Fevero power meter pedals that I've been waiting for
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These are the brand new Fevero Asioma Pro-RL pedals, and at first glance they do look very similar to the Pro-RS pedals which launched last year
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They still have all of the electronic components, such as the strain gauges, housed inside the spindle
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They still have pedal bodies made of carbon fibre reinforced polymer. And they still have a claimed accuracy of plus or minus 1%
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There is one big difference though. They're now 100% compatible with the Look Keo cleat system
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So let's take a look at some of the headline stats and then I want to see just how easy it is to swap out these pedal bodies
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So, Favaro Asioma Pro RL, let's work through it. Favaro, it's an Italian brand that has been designing and manufacturing
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electronic sports equipment in Italy for over 30 years. Asioma, that refers to the flagship pedal-based power meter in their lineup
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and the word comes from the English word axiom to mean accepted or self-evidently true
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And the RL, well that stands for road look. It's not much of a surprise then, the RS stands for road Shimano
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These new pedals, just like the Shimano road and off-road ones, are available as either single-sided or dual-sided options
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And all the pedals now have 160 hours of battery life, thanks to the most incredible software update
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in the existence of software updates. I can't think of any other power meter pedals
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that can currently match that. And for most riders, by my maths
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it means you should only have to charge them probably once or twice a year
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When the time does come for a recharge that done using these nice long leads in here Where the are they Okay there they are Found them I was prepared and charged up the pedals over there Anyway
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when the time does come for a recharge, that's done using these nice long leads and you can do
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it without even taking your pedals off the bike. They just clip on like that. As for weight
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Well, the official figure is 130 grams per pedal, which makes it the lightest adjustable
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look power meter ever. What do I mean by adjustable? Well, you can change the release
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spring tension using this screw back here. It's the look pedals, which have the same claimed weight
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but they use interchangeable carbon springs. So they're not classed as adjustable. The Fevero's
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Meanwhile, 28 points of tension adjustability. I'm going to start off somewhere near the middle and go from there
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As I mentioned before, all of the electronics, so the batteries and strain gauges and circuitry
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are all housed inside these aluminium spindles. Now, Ferraro pioneered this technology and says it not only helps to keep water, dust and mud out
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but also helps to prevent power dropouts and keep the power measurement consistent and reliable
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which is of course what we all want from a power meter. It also means that Fevero can do their
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party piece which is swap pedal bodies between axles. What that means is that you can purchase
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one set of power meter pedals, buy some additional pedal bodies for much less than a whole set of
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power pedals and then enjoy a power meter on all of your bikes. Now that I've got two or three sets
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though let's see how easy that process actually is. So I'm told that there's no need for any
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proprietary tools or specialist tools so what I've got is a 6mm Allen key so let's take this off
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Should I read the instructions? Probably. That looks like it unwinds from there. That's the end
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cap and you can also take this apart so if you wear out a pedal body for example on your new look power meter pedals then you can easily replace the power meter body rather than having to replace the whole power meter
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That looks like it's a reverse thread. Undo that and then hopefully...oh yeah, there we go, the spindle just comes off
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So this is where all the magic is happening, in there. And this is the replaceable bit, this is the body itself
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So I need to take one off of here
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This one's obviously fresh. You can then re-grease it using these little bits of tool here
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But if I want to put the other pedal body on, that's just going to go on through there
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I mean I'm quite impressed that is a few minute job isn't it? You could easily do that if you're
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planning on going on a mountain bike ride tomorrow for example and you really want your power meter
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you can quite easily swap over your power meter axle and then off you go. Anyway now I've made a
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mess the pedal bodies that Fevera actually want me to talk about are these Pro RL ones. They're
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100% look compatible ones. Now you'll notice that I keep saying 100% compatible and that's because
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it's quite key. There's loads of knockoff look cleats, copies if you will, and in my experience
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they don't work quite the same. Now unlike Favaro's previous look compatible pedals
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these ones have been designed solely with the Keo and Keo grip cleats in mind
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and their own ones, of course, which are exactly the same shape as looks
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But Favaro reckon these offer 30% greater grip for safer walking. Look at that. They are quite grippy
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These ones that came in the box offer five degree of float, but you can also get zero and nine degree options on the Favaro website
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as well as a whole heap of other spare parts to keep your pedals turning indefinitely Now what have I missed Oh so the pedal body is made from carbon fibre reinforced polymer
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for excellent shock resistance and durability. I'm sure it's fine. And unlike with some other power meter pedals, the stack height
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so the distance between the axle and the way your cleat goes
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hasn't been increased to house the electronics. so that's good from a pedaling efficiency perspective. And then the pedal body is nice
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and wide and it's got 755 square millimeters of surface area which Fivero claims is the largest
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cleat contact area available in its category. However can your power meter do this? So this
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is the Fivero Asioma app and on it you can do software updates and check the charge level of
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the pedals but you can also see advanced cycling metrics in real time. Now the dual-sided pedals
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of course can tell you if you have one leg stronger than the other but my favourite feature is this PCO
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feature which stands for platform centre offset. What this does is measure where force is applied
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along the pedal spindle so whether it's being applied here or here and this data can therefore
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tell you your pedaling action and help you optimize your cleat position and therefore
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pedaling efficiency. So how much will all this tech set you back? Well the Asioma Pro RA pedals
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are available in a few different options. The single-sided options are priced at £399 or $499
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The dual-sided version is £649 or $789 and the upgrade kit, so if you already have the single-sided
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version and want to upgrade to the dual-sided is £389 or $489. Now the sun is finally out here in
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the UK so I'm going to put these back together and get them fitted to that bike and see how much
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damage a lazy winter has done. Let me know what you think of Favaro's latest addition to its
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lineup in the comments below. For more information head to cycling.favaro.com using the link in the
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description and we'll see you next time
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