Originally Posted by
willawingwong
I read somewhere from the TrainerRoad guys that mounting a sensor to the trainer flywheel does not work.
This is semi-accurate. It has nothing to do with the speed of transmitting the data, it's the performance of the magnetic reed switches they use in the sensors.
However, OP wasn't asking about a road bike mounted on a trainer, he was asking about a spin bike. A spin bike flywheel is on the order of 2 ft diameter and weighs about 45 lbs. A standard cycle computer will work just fine.