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Old 04-16-16, 04:56 PM
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Best bang buck candence meter that you can connect to phone?

I would like to have the stats with strava ideally!
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Looks like there is nothing under 70$ wireless.
I don't mind adding a wired computer to my bike just to see my cadence... Any suggestions?
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agreed. wahoo RPM cadence is a great standalone sensor and will bluetooth to your phone
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agreed. wahoo RPM cadence is a great standalone sensor and will bluetooth to your phone
and is $40.

The best part is no damn spoke magnets.

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Topeak panobike speed and cadence sensor
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Originally Posted by BenPS
agreed. wahoo RPM cadence is a great standalone sensor and will bluetooth to your phone
+1
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Originally Posted by mooder
I would like to have the stats with strava ideally!
You mean strada... works very well; however, I could not figure out how to get it off NY time (and, I tried pretty hard because it became a challenge and finally decided I didn't need PST nor even a clock).
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I've about a quarter million revolutions on a Wahoo Fitness foot pod cadence meter. Works great with my iPhone 6+.
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Originally Posted by mooder
I would like to have the stats with strava ideally!
Wahoo RPM will work with Strava although you *may* need to add the StravistiX extension.

https://thomaschampagne.github.io/stravistix/
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and is $40.

The best part is no damn spoke magnets.

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Why does a spoke magnet bother you so much?
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For apps, you can use either Wahoo Fitness or CycleMeter. Both receive info from the sensors and both can send that activity data to Strava. Personally, I use Cyclometer with the BlueSC, TICKR and a RFLKT and at the end of a workout, it gives me the option to share to Strava. I would highly recommend it.
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Originally Posted by cdnredraider
For apps, you can use either Wahoo Fitness or CycleMeter. Both receive info from the sensors and both can send that activity data to Strava. Personally, I use Cyclometer with the BlueSC, TICKR and a RFLKT and at the end of a workout, it gives me the option to share to Strava. I would highly recommend it.
 On that as I use Cyclemeter with a Wahoo a Fitness foot pod and HRM. Works great though syncing with Strava has been a no go for unknown reasons (Runmeter syncs fine).
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Originally Posted by Jseis
 On that as I use Cyclemeter with a Wahoo a Fitness foot pod and HRM. Works great though syncing with Strava has been a no go for unknown reasons (Runmeter syncs fine).
I've had some trouble with the sync if I don't have cycle set as the activity. If cycle is the activity, I haven't had any issues so far.
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Originally Posted by Doug28450
Why does a spoke magnet bother you so much?
Because of decades of alignment problems on both my wife's bike and mine after transporting bikes and wheel changes. Thank heavens that technology is on the way to obsolescence.

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