Polar CS200cad mounting

Triathlon Forum
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I’m thinking of purchasing a CS200cad and was wondering about whether it works ok with the sensor on the fork (or possibly seatstay so I can use in on a trainer), cadence on the chainstay, and the computer out about the middle of the aerobar extension. I used to have an S720 and the speed didn’t work properly until I increased the transmission power - but I don’t think you can do that for the sensors that come with the CS200. One other question - on the S720, you couldn’t move the bike until the unit picked up your heart rate if you wanted heart rate to be measured. Wouldn’t bother me for training, but I fight too hard for my transition seconds during a race to spend ten of them waiting for my computer to get started. Thanks

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I have the cs200cad and have the speed sensor mounted on the fork, computer on the aerobar extension. no problems whatsoever. I tried it with the speed sensor on the chainstay but couldn’t get a consistant reading…too far I guess. If you hit start, the computer will begin as soon as the wheel starts spinning, no wait for HR.

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Thanks - do you know if there is a way to increase the transmission strength?

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Do you ever have issues with the cadence sensor?

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My cadence sensor is pretty much just ornamental. It worked off-and-on for the first few weeks since I installed it and since then, it just about never works. It’s well within the required range and I’ve had it looked at by multiple bike shops, and tinkered with it a ton myself and even sent the transmitter back to Polar for replacement. At this point I’ve just given up on getting a cadence reading. I’ve heard of other people having similar problems with the unit.

The rest of the computer works well, but if you NEED cadence, I would get a different brand.

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yeah, signal strength is spotty on the cadence sensor. Worked better when I had the computer on the stem, but then I couldn’t really see if I was in the aerobars (my stem is neutral, making the computer angle slightly in the wrong direction.) I ended up removing the cadence sensor and just use the speed and HR function.