Thread: which garmin? 705, 500, 305?
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Old 10-01-10 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by roadrider63
I was also looking at the Cateye V2 or a Garmin. My current cateye must have been damaged in the accident.

Can someone tell me if you can get speed on a trainer using a Garmin with a sensor or are you just out of luck. I know speed really doesn't matter on a trainer, I'm not going anywhere just wondering. I would like to watch cadence on the trainer though and I do believe I'd need a sensor for that with the garmin.
The garmin 705 has an optional cadence + rear wheel speed sensor, so that will work on a trainer. (If you don't have the sensor, it uses GPS to calculate your speed, which won't work on a trainer, of course) This would be the same for any garmin with a cadence+speed sensor. The rear wheel speed sensor is more accurate than the GPS, too.
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