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Garmin 500

wisjoc · 2014-06-09 23:26:18

Just bought one of these. Set it up and everything working fine including heart monitor and speed cadence sensor. Going on holiday and have hired a bike for a week in Lanzarote. I am intending to take the Garmin with me. I don't intend to take the speed cadence sensor off the bike. I almost sure of the answer, but I…

09-06-2014 11:26pm

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wisjoc

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Just bought one of these. Set it up and everything working fine including heart monitor and speed cadence sensor. Going on holiday and have hired a bike for a week in Lanzarote. I am intending to take the Garmin with me. I don't intend to take the speed cadence sensor off the bike. I almost sure of the answer, but I presume I don't need to take the spoke magnet to pick up the speed. All I need to take is the Garmin and the mount?

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#2 09-06-2014 11:37pm

Wishbone Ash

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wisjoc wrote: »

All I need to take is the Garmin and the mount?

Yup.

EDIT:...and cable for charging.

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#3 09-06-2014 11:38pm

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Correct. Will pick up speed etc from GPS without the sensor, but not cadence obviously
Enjoy the trip (jealousy? Me? No. Who's jealous!)

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#4 10-06-2014 12:30am

wisjoc

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Thanks

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#5 10-06-2014 8:44am

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I have a garmin 500 without speeds sensor cadence thingy and it works fine in terms of telling me my speed,

so you should have no issues, you lucky barsteward!

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