Garmin wheel magnet
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Garmin wheel magnet
Postby warthog1 » Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:44 pm
The speed kept dropping out which p'd me off so I removed the magnet. Once I'd reset the device the speed/distance was fine.
This got me thinking, can I ditch the sensor arm and wheel magnets with no issues? Will the battery life be the same using gps for speed?
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Re: Garmin wheel magnet
Postby KGB » Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:51 pm
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Re: Garmin wheel magnet
Postby warthog1 » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:05 pm
I'll just keep the main body of the sensor for cadence.
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Re: Garmin wheel magnet
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Re: Garmin wheel magnet
Postby Boognoss » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:41 am
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/05/garm ... nsors.html
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Re: Garmin wheel magnet
Postby flashpixx » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:51 am
nice thanksBoognoss wrote:Here's a magnetless solution from Garmin. I got these with my Edge 1000 so have the old sensor and magnets on two bikes and these on one. Work a treat (assuming your Garmin computer supports the separate sensors).
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/05/garm ... nsors.html
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Postby Boognoss » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:00 am
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Re: Garmin wheel magnet
Postby kb » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:11 am
You probably coast with your pedals horizontal or backpedal occasionally. Garmin Vectors will also fix spikes but cost just a little extraBoognoss wrote:One thing too that I just thought of. On three different bikes I used to get cadence spikes like a max of 240 when my actual max is around 120-130 with the old combo sensor. With the separate sensors on one bike, I no longer get the spikes on it and still do on the Edge 1000 with the two old sensors.
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Re: Garmin wheel magnet
Postby queequeg » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:17 am
Yep, same here, because I coast with the pedals level sometimes, and you get a "flutter" that makes it think you are pedalling like mad.Boognoss wrote:One thing too that I just thought of. On three different bikes I used to get cadence spikes like a max of 240 when my actual max is around 120-130 with the old combo sensor. With the separate sensors on one bike, I no longer get the spikes on it and still do on the Edge 1000 with the two old sensors.
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Re: Garmin wheel magnet
Postby Boognoss » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:26 am
Ahhhh you're probably right. That makes sense. Cheers.queequeg wrote:Yep, same here, because I coast with the pedals level sometimes, and you get a "flutter" that makes it think you are pedalling like mad.Boognoss wrote:One thing too that I just thought of. On three different bikes I used to get cadence spikes like a max of 240 when my actual max is around 120-130 with the old combo sensor. With the separate sensors on one bike, I no longer get the spikes on it and still do on the Edge 1000 with the two old sensors.
Cheers +1kb wrote:You probably coast with your pedals horizontal or backpedal occasionally. Garmin Vectors will also fix spikes but cost just a little extraBoognoss wrote:One thing too that I just thought of. On three different bikes I used to get cadence spikes like a max of 240 when my actual max is around 120-130 with the old combo sensor. With the separate sensors on one bike, I no longer get the spikes on it and still do on the Edge 1000 with the two old sensors.
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Re: Garmin wheel magnet
Postby warthog1 » Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:50 pm
The 3 blokes I rode with all had power meters, so used that for cadence and GPS for speed/distance using 510s. You don't need a speed sensor on the road it appears.
If I do get another one It'll be the newer type though thanks.
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Re: Garmin wheel magnet
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Re: Garmin wheel magnet
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