Garmin Edge 8xx question for tandem
08-24-15, 02:51 PM
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Garmin Edge 8xx question for tandem
My husband/captain has a Garmin Edge 800, which he uses on multiple bikes.
We now have a speed/cadence sensor on our tandem, and he has a mount on his bars for the garmin.
I am considering buying a Garmin Edge 8xx for myself, to use on single bikes, and on the back of tandem.
Question: Will 2 Garmin Edge units get data from the single ANT+ speed/cadence sensor on a tandem?
Thanks!
We now have a speed/cadence sensor on our tandem, and he has a mount on his bars for the garmin.
I am considering buying a Garmin Edge 8xx for myself, to use on single bikes, and on the back of tandem.
Question: Will 2 Garmin Edge units get data from the single ANT+ speed/cadence sensor on a tandem?
Thanks!
08-24-15, 04:14 PM
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Yes, it will.
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Ditto - it works. We use Garmin speed/cadence ANT+ sensors, a Garmin 500 and a Timex Cycle Trainer (another ANT+ computer). Computers get switched between one road bike, one MTB and 2 tandems.
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ANT+ is a one way protocol The sensors will broadcast to multiple head units and all pairing is done at the head unit. BTLE is a two way protocol so the sensors will only send data to the head units that the sensors are paired with.
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My husband/captain has a Garmin Edge 800, which he uses on multiple bikes.
We now have a speed/cadence sensor on our tandem, and he has a mount on his bars for the garmin.
I am considering buying a Garmin Edge 8xx for myself, to use on single bikes, and on the back of tandem.
Question: Will 2 Garmin Edge units get data from the single ANT+ speed/cadence sensor on a tandem?
Thanks!
We now have a speed/cadence sensor on our tandem, and he has a mount on his bars for the garmin.
I am considering buying a Garmin Edge 8xx for myself, to use on single bikes, and on the back of tandem.
Question: Will 2 Garmin Edge units get data from the single ANT+ speed/cadence sensor on a tandem?
Thanks!
09-01-15, 03:42 AM
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This will most definitely work, we run two 510's and I use mine on the tandem and my half bike. (this was why we coughed up the extra $$$ for the Garmins)
We had another wireless solution using Sigma previously and found that range limits were a problem. No such problem with the Garmin: speed/cadence sensor in the back picked up just fine way out front on the captains bars.
One neat trick is to use a separate profile for each bike you ride. When I switch to the proper profile it picks up the speed/cadence sensor for that bike immediately.
We had another wireless solution using Sigma previously and found that range limits were a problem. No such problem with the Garmin: speed/cadence sensor in the back picked up just fine way out front on the captains bars.
One neat trick is to use a separate profile for each bike you ride. When I switch to the proper profile it picks up the speed/cadence sensor for that bike immediately.
