Can you show me a pic how rigged up your speed sensor of choice please? Want to see exactly how you rigged your Garmin or the like for best transmission from the flywheel. Thank you!
If Wahoo or something else works better that’s fine too…
I asked Nate this very question yesterday and he said it can’t be done.
I asked Nate this very question yesterday and he said it can’t be done.
Said what exactly can’t be done? Use a Garmin speed sensor? I know it works with the LeMond sensor from the PowerPilot, but I don’t want to spend $100 on what amounts to a magnet from LeMond.
Seems like just mounting the Garmin sensor to the dropout would be the way to go. Is it too far away?
I just tried a garmin speed and cadence sensor on it and it DID work. I just taped it to the back of the Lemond on the non drive side there is a magnet built into the flywheel
I just tried a garmin speed and cadence sensor on it and it DID work. I just taped it to the back of the Lemond on the non drive side there is a magnet built into the flywheel
+1. Works fine for me too.
I have a Garmin speed/cadence sensor on the left chainstay of the bike. The arm is way out and uses the magnet on the flywheel. I only gather data from the speed portion as the cadence is coming from the Quarq.
^^^ what Nick said.
I did the same @ 4 months ago and works great. Just needs a little bit of re-alignment every now and then as I’m not very careful when I mount/remove the bike.
Check this out: http://support.trainerroad.com/entries/20725673-How-do-I-set-up-my-Lemond-Revolution-with-TrainerRoad-without-a-power-pilot-
What I was saying before is there is no way to get distance straight from a turn of the fly wheel. I mean, you could assume its 2070 mm or something but that’s just guessing.
You can use the speed of the fly wheel to convert to virtual power though.
This is how I did it. I couldn’t get a satisfactory sensor position from the chainstay, so I used the seatstay. The front edge of the seatstays on this bike are convex, and neatly match the concave bottom of the sensor.
My magnet is positioned about an inch below the white lines (=White Out). I had to replace the belt last fall, and while I had the flywheel apart I removed the stock magnet and duct taped a large rare earth magnet to the inside of the flywheel. I seemed to get a lot of data drops from the stock magnet, but the new one has been rock solid.
–Gene
Sweet thank you! After all the posts I was wondering if anyone had actually read what I was looking for…thanks!
This is how I did it. I couldn’t get a satisfactory sensor position from the chainstay, so I used the seatstay. The front edge of the seatstays on this bike are convex, and neatly match the concave bottom of the sensor.
My magnet is positioned about an inch below the white lines (=White Out). I had to replace the belt last fall, and while I had the flywheel apart I removed the stock magnet and duct taped a large rare earth magnet to the inside of the flywheel. I seemed to get a lot of data drops from the stock magnet, but the new one has been rock solid.
–Gene