Just wanted to say thank you, this provides a clear explanation of how both work.

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Informative and thorough review. Thanks for being honest about the recording issues, it helped me to make an informed purchasing decision.

Thank you Des for taking the time out to answer my question’s. I end up getting the Garmin Fenix 5X Plus with Sapphire Glass. Thanks my friend Keep those great videos coming

Thank you for the helpful description of the "automatic data record" function on the speed sensor. Most other reviews don't mention or explain this.

I really like that extra feature for the speed sensor 2 for commuting.

Thanks for this review. I am getting these so I can have a go at Zwift and see if I enjoy the experience of riding indoors without breaking the budget.

Awesome detailed review, thanks!

Thanks a million brother. Your videos are so helpful. 👏🏾

The speed sensor holder is a bit large for smaller hubs used on an 80s vintage bike although it did not fall off on my half mile test run. I plan to use it mostly indoors so no big deal for me.

Sure would be nice if Garmin would let us match Speed Sensors to a particular bike in our "Gear" so we could automatically track miles/bike without having to manually select the bike each activity after the fact.

great reviews!!! awesome job bro and def good ideas for garmi...!!!

Awesome review!

Awesome review 👍🏼

Thank you for this video. I'm retired and decide to become a cyclist. I have the Garmin 830 Edge bike computer. I'm hoping to connect the speed sensors 2 to my bike. Thank you

Thank you for another great video! Quick question, as I just picked up this bundle along with a Garmin Edge 830. Does it make sense to pair these sensors with my phone as well, even though I will always use my Garmin Edge 830 when I go for a ride (whether it be on my road or mountain bike)? My concern is ending up with redundant/duplicate data on Garmin Connect/Strava, or are these systems smart enough to recognize the same data and only upload the GPS based/Garmin 830 version? Please let me know your thoughts on this topic? Thanks in advance. Cheers! :-) -Shane

The main concern for me is the stability of the signal. Can it compete with the smoothness of a good old fashioned magnet in the spoke wired to a simply unit such as the cateye velo? I find the GPS based speed sensor too erratic to be helpful during a momentary glance down to check on my speed. Will this provide a better solution when paired to my gaming GPS unit? Does anyone have an opinion on this?

Thank you for the info!

For my indoor cycling do I need the cadence sensor or speed sensor? I'm more interested in health measurements than performance measurements.

Great video! Thank you

Do you have a video of pairing these two to an iPhone without Garmin connect? I can’t get the cadence to pair with anything, including Garmin connect

Hi, by linking the sensors to Garmin connect, does it mean that whenever you do a ride and record it let's say with an edge or fenix device, you will end up having two uploads in garmin connect? one from the sensors and one from the edge or fenix?

Great video! I just had one question, as you are riding on a wheel on trainer and when you change gears will your speed sensor pick up that and change your gears accordingly? Any responses are welcome thank you!

Great video and thank you... an issue I have is that my Fenix 3HR is not finding my cadence sensor

Hi. Great review thanks. Can you use both sensors to give real time data on a pair iPhone through Garmin connect or Strava? Ie I can see my speed and cadence as I’m riding.

Des, I rely on you so much when it comes to getting my new gear. I love Garmin and your reviews are so helpful every time. So, I've been doing indoor cycling on a spin bike, it looks like my best option is to forego speed measurements and just do the cadence sensor, right?

Hi, if i pair the sensor with my fenix 5 do i still have the gps track? What about the distance and the speed on the gpx, is it from the gps or the speed sensor? What about the one showed on the watch during the ride?

I use a wearable to collect my data via gps while cycling and I just picked these up which will arrive in a couple days to use while mostly on an indoor trainer. If I have my phone currently with me while actively doing a session will these sensors work with the session or create a separate save file? I wanted to use them in conjunction with my wearable to get more accurate data.

Nice vid Des, any secrets for getting the wheel size right when fitting all this to a spin bike?

I have a Bowlfex Max Trainer, would something like this work well with that? Or would there be something that's a better tracker for it?

Great video, thanks for this! Just did a long bikepacking race (around 32 hours) and ended up with one main file uploaded for the entire ride and also more than 15/20 short rides, I now know this is from the speed sensor. Any way to turn this uploading off so I don't end up with all the "shorter" rides/segments? Thanks again!

i just tried to add the speed sensor 2 in the same way as des did on his spinner bike and although the sensor is working and i got it connected to the app it just wont wake up on the spinner.Im presuming this is because it has mounted horizontally to the side of the wheel with velcro? it worked for des!

Just got Edge 530 and now speed and cadance. I installed today but not sure why cadence got paired with Edge via ANT+ and speed via BT. I try to removed and re associate the speed sensore but still use BT. Now on Edge I see a submenu for speed sensore with an option to check for firmware update but it doesn’t seem to do anything. Cadence sensore doesn’t have this option not sure why

hi there, , i buy this one like your video, and i'm also using fenix 5x and those all cadence and speed sensor is running well but i'm using indoor trainer : kinetic 3.0, my questions is : how to show cadence on fenix 5,x, because i can only seeing speed sensor on my indoor trainer. thanks

How do the Speed and Cadence Sensors 2 compare to the first versions?

Want to use on a spin bike with Zwift, Waiting to buy, I was hoping this new version might wake up even with the sensor mounted the wrong way (i.e not round the hub). Also ref. the calibration/wheel size, I assume done via the Garmin App, does it remember this on the sensor itself? e.g. when using with paring with Zwift will it be close to the right speed to start, You have to put in a wheel size with Zwift also but wondered if more likely to be accurate. I read someone could not quite get enough adjustment.

Nice walk-thru - thanks. Biggest issue is how to change the battery correctly LOL!

i want to install this in my Horizon Comfort R (Recumbent bike), there's no wheel hub, it has a hidden flywheel. Can I just install this garmin in the crank of pedal?

Hi Des, This video was extremely helpful for me, thank you! It was no problem setting up the Speed Sensor as a new device in Garmin Connect but when I tried to synchronize the app would freeze and I had to cancel the operation (this was my second ride using the Speed Sensor). Now, this may have to do with the recent problems at Garmin but on the other hand the ride I had recorded with my new Garmin Venu a few hours later was synchronized without any problem. My question is: are there any options (other than Garmin Connect and Strava, which I do not use) to show the Speed Sensor recordings? As the Venu is picking up the Speed Sensor figures I was wondering whether there might be a (third party) app for the Venu allowing this? Or is that just a silly idea? Thanks a lot!

If the Speed 2 is paired with a Garmin head unit which is recording your ride, does this mean you end up with 2x activities in Garmin connect / strava etc for the same ride? ... ie one from the speed sensor and one from the head unit?? ... or does it "intelligently" know that your head unit is on the case? ... OR ... would I have to disable the connection between the Speed 2 and Garmin Connect to save myself bouncing around apps deleting duplicated information after each ride?

nice..well presented

Please, will the speed sensor 2 work on a spin bike vertical like you did with the old one?

Can I use only the speed sensor directly conected to my PC (to use on Zwift) without Garmin cycling computer or Watch? As a basic setup for Zwift.

Will the speed sensor 2 work on a spin bike vertical like you did with the old one?

hi Des thanks for this information, do you know if the speed sensor is physically smaller than the previous version?

Is there a way to turn off that auto record feature on the Speed sensor off? I actually would not want that because I would always be recording with my Garmin watch anyway, so I don't want multiple recordings of the same thing.

Thanks for the great review. Do you know how these work if you share a bike (turbo trainer) with your wife? Can we log individually to our our own phones?

I'm a mountain biker. Is it okay to attach the speed and cadence sensors to my mountain bike? How durable are the sensors and are they water proof? Thanks.

Hey thanks a lot for your video! Really nice detailed and high quality for sure. Just wonder what's the point of having the speed sensor when you have gps on your garmin edge...??

Does it make sense to buy sensors for devices with GPS? How does it work together? Which data is prioritized? From a sensor or from GPS?

Hi des, thanks. I wanted to ask, can you say what will happen in case that connecting the speed sensor to edge device, if the final distance result will be taken by the sensor or the gps?

Does the speed sensor increase the update frequency on the display? Ie is the speed less "smoothed" or averaged out than the GPS on a typical Edge unit? I ride mostly on road or smooth trail so not much accuracy to gain but curious if the speed becomes more responsive.

Nice VID. Wonder how does this bundle compare to the Wahoo bundle? Will Wahoo bundle be sensitive to the brief stops as well?

can I connect my iPad and iPhone to the garmin speed and cadence sensor 2 at the same time?

How you can check the battery life for the cadence sensor? Because you can not see it on your Garmin ConnectIQ.

Hey man hello, really nice video. So I try to use the speed sensor with a Polar M460 head unit but I have really bad speed readings using the speed sensor, when I reach 30 km/h the speed goes down to 0 km/h, this issue affects the total km of a ride. I try the front and back wheel, check the cellphone app and change the wheel circumference but nothing happens. Any idea of what to do?

Foco Fondo!!

Hi, I just got an indoor trainer and I went with the Garmin speed 2 to be able to use with Zwift. I can get it to pair but then I lose it and can’t get Zwift to move. I was hoping that this would be an inexpensive way to just track some miles and have fun indoors. Do you have any suggestions on how to get it to work? Thanks

Is there a way to see my distance live on the app as I pedal with the Speed Sensor 2? So far, it seems like I can only see my distance after a ride is over.

Is it electromagnetic light speed precision like previous Cadence or how does it measure RPM? For example stages was a disaster as the angular system kept providing different rpm depending on the push pull ! whereas EM is light fast...

Does the cadence sensor 2 also connect via bluetooth?

Amazing review and explanation of the sensors. If I understand the speed sensor correctly, if I am using a Garmin GPS outside that never looses GPS, I really do not need the speed sensor, correct?

I am waiting to get a Garmin edge computer and I already have a wahoo hear rate monitor so while I'm waiting are these compatible with the wahoo app?

I have a Forerunner 945 and would like to add the cadence sensor to my data. With the data automatically integrate with what my watch records?

Can I add those sensors to a spin bike so I can track my distance in my Vivosmart 4? That would be nice. It's hard to buy a spin cycle with a computer.

cool video! whats the best budget Garmin IYO and do you recommend the CAAD13? thx

Grat video. Thank you. I am a bit late to the game as I am just getting into cycling. I just added these sensors to my bike, and they were not very easy for me to add. My question is can I leave them on the bike or do I have to remove them after every ride? Thanks again.

Commuter here, looking to use this as an odometer for my bike. My friends don't believe that I bike more than I drive... Not a fan of bike computers or recording commutes as workouts so hoping this solves my problem. Also hoping that the data has some sort of summary such as "total biked miles this month"

Hi, thanks for the review! Question, does the sensors also track and provide the power you do in the indoor training with Zwift for example?

Does it work with Zwift or Kinomap and appaired to a Suunto watch ? Thank you

I am 100% jealous you got that speed sensor to work with the Connect app. I cannot get it to pair no way, no how. It WILL pair with my phone, but the app, no way. And Garmin has suffered some bad juju, so they are no help.

I have Bike Ahead 5 spoke carbon wheels, so dont have a traditional hub. Does mounting the speed sensor as close to the center of the wheel work, or will it not be accurate unless it is mounted on a standard hub?

I'm thinking of switching from the vivoactive 4 to an apple watch. Can i pair my speed sensor to the apple watch?

Hi. I just got a garmin speed and cadence sensor 2 and hooked it on my bike, everything works except the 3s powermeter as I don't have a powermetre. Can you tell me how to work it by just using the cadence and speed sensors? Thanks

Are you able to see in Connect App the charge level of the cadence battery?

Have they fixed the multiple cycling segments when stopping during a ride?

Hey. I have the cadence sensor version 2 and it wouldn’t connect to Zwift. It flashes green and battery is all good. I can find the sensor on Zwift, add it and start workout, but then I get “connection failure” after a second or two … What is wrong? The sensor is mounted correct.

I have the garmin cadence sensor but the green LED light that's meant to come on isn't. Do you have any suggestions

i was recently gifted a set of these sensors. i do mountain biking and dont own a garmin watch nor a garmin bike computer. I have iphone and apple watch. would i be able to see my results after my ride with iphone or apple watch? And which app is best to use for them to work?

I want to use it on my son's bike to monitor his speed as he is using electrical bike and I do not want him to exceed a certain speed. Do you know what is the width of the Speed sensor? my son's bike wheel width is 30-35 mm.

How does this work on Zwift if I'm using a Wahoo Kickr trainer? I have to remove the rear wheel to ride it. Any ideas? Thanks for the review btw... nice job.

hi, does someone know if these devices work with endomondo? thanks a lot

Hello very good video, I wanted to ask if the CADENCE sensor can be connected directly to the garmin connect application without having to have a garmin device (clock, cycle computer ...). Cheers.

When will the 245 review be done??? Your reviews are to dang good to wait hahaha!

do they connect with bluetooth on zwift application because i am unable to get ant+ device

How do you like these compared to the wahoo sensors? Can I use these Garmin sensors with just the iPhone + garmin connect (that is, without owning a physical garmin cycling computer or watch)?

My cadence sensor basically breaks when I try to change the battery. I think the metal part that the battery sits on is bent. I'm trying to avoid buying a new one. Any suggestions???

Hi if its used on a static bike will it still work out a distance I. E with the amount of revolutions of the pedal crank? Or is that only possible if actually taking the bike out using GPS? Cheers

Hi I only have a garmin edge 500 would these sensor connect to it

Do the new 530/830 head unit bundles come with the new sensors or the old ones?

Hi! Great Video! Hey, I have a VivoActive 3 Music and I do lots of Indoor Cycling (Spinning). I'm wondering if this Speed Sensor & Cadence Sensor will work if I attach it somehow to my shoe? Have you tried it?

Hi! Is the speed sensor 2 smaler/lighter than the 1st generation?

Hi I used this speed sensor the speed keep on got fluctuations around 0.5 sometimes, and sometimes like crazy, any fix to that, thx for replying

How do they work though? Neither one have a reference or magnet to go off of?

This may b a dumb question but question but im new to cycling. If my bike have a power meter do I need this ?

Hi Des, did you have any issues with these sensors and Polar watch? I'm having dropouts.

I use Garmin 935 and does not have a virtual run to use Zwift, if I buy speed and cadence sensor, can I use Zwift?

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Nice video, why does the cadence sensor need to be fitted to the left crank arm? I have one of the original cadence sensors fitted to the right arm and it seems to work fine. Has something changed in the new sensor making it left arm specific?

Can you show how to connect this bundle on a spin bike? would it be like the other video with previous generation?