cadence sensor

poynedexter

need some advice please. i'd like to fit a device to measure cadence etc while on the turbo. which are the cheaper options for me? i've been advised to by a garmin 500 and extra cadence sensors for multiple bikes, but this sounds initially expensive.

advice appreciated.

hypster

Depends what you want to achieve the rest of the time. A Garmin 500 will be a relatively expensive outlay just to measure cadence but comes with a host of other useful training features like a heart rate monitor and GPS positioning when you are out on the road. There are plenty of cheaper bike computers on the market if you just want basic functionality like average speed and cadence.

diamonddog

Cateye Strada Cadence Wired, speed magnet fits on rear wheel and cadence/speed sensor on non drive side stay. Works very well been using it for a couple of years, cost £30/£35.

michaelede

Get yourself a Suunto mini Ant+ stick for your pc/laptop

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Suunto-Mini-Mov ... uunto+mini

Available @ £22 on right of screen

and a Garmin speed and cadence sensor.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Cadence- ... garmin+gsc

Then sign up for trainer road, you'll not look back!

diamonddog

poynedexter wrote:

need some advice please. i'd like to fit a device to measure cadence etc while on the turbo. which are the cheaper options for me? i've been advised to by a garmin 500 and extra cadence sensors for multiple bikes, but this sounds initially expensive.

advice appreciated.

The Cateye Strada Cadence I use is ideal as it only gets used on the turbo but as mentioned by hypster the 500 will be a better buy in the long run for road use as well.

supermurph09

In my experience don't go for half measures. A garmin 500 with HRM and cadence will be all you ever need, don't buy something because its cheap, use the money to put towards something you know will do the job and not NEED upgrading.

poynedexter

budget budget budget. ended up popping for one of these sigma units:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sigma-Sport-BC1 ... r+wireless

its no garmin tho!