Originally Posted by
rms13
Thanks, great info. REI has a good deal on the Magnus right now and I get bonus rewards as a member for the next couple of days so even though this wasn't one I was initially looking at , I might just pick one up today haha. Just curious, does the trainer record miles, speed and cadence through apps or do you still need external sensors? From reading up it seems like resistance is controlled/adjusted from apps but it seems like I still need cadence meter at least ?
Actually that is one AMAZING thing about the Magnus, with a recent firmware update (if you bought now it'd probably already have the update, but it's really easy
to update in any case), it actually transmits power, speed, AND cadence on Ant+ and BLE bluetooth.
I have a Powertap G3 hub too, and a similar firmware update caused this hub based powermeter to transmit all of these as well. Apparently, Powertap/Saris/Cycleops has a patent on figuring out what your cadence is from spikes in power, and they used it on their powermeter lines as well as their trainer lines, making it so their whole smart lineup transmits power, speed, and cadence.