Need something cheap and cheerful to monitor cadence...

[RunDorset14]

I've been cycling on a road bike for just over a year now - I regularly ride more than 20 miles a week and compete in 10 mile time trials in the spring/summer. So far I've tracked my rides using a strava app on my I phone and have a cateye strada wireless computer on the front of my bike.

I've been doing a lot of training on the turbo trainer but I have no way to monitor what speed/distance/cadence I'm achieving so am just having to guess - can anyone suggest a cheap(ish) computer that would measure these things...?

 

[biggs682]

keep a look on the classifieds on here theres been a few sold

 

[screenman]

I've been cycling on a road bike for just over a year now - I regularly ride more than 20 miles a week and compete in 10 mile time trials in the spring/summer. So far I've tracked my rides using a strava app on my I phone and have a cateye strada wireless computer on the front of my bike.

I've been doing a lot of training on the turbo trainer but I have no way to monitor what speed/distance/cadence I'm achieving so am just having to guess - can anyone suggest a cheap(ish) computer that would measure these things...?

Put the speedo on the back wheel. Simples This will of course not measure cadence.

To really increase your speed put two magnets on.

But do remember speed on a turbo has little in relation to speed on the road, however I fully understand it can help focus.

 

[numbnuts]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/42-functi...K_SportGoods_CyclAcces_RL&hash=item1c2a9c4c1a

 

[HLaB]

If you google/ youtube it you can put in a wheel size into your exising computer and attach the spoke magnet to the crank so it acts as a cadence monitor. You'll need another computer however, to attach to the rear wheel to get 'plastic' speed/distance.

 

[ColinJ]

On a turbo, I just go by time and perceived effort. So many minutes easy warm up, then so many minutes at a steady effort, so many seconds flat out, followed by so many seconds/minutes recovery and so on.

Distance and speed have no real meaning on an uncalibrated turbo trainer, so why use them?

 

[Crackle]

The one I have is a Cateye Astrale 8, still available for about 30 quid. Being able to see your cadence on the turbo is definitely useful for me, other views may vary.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've a cheap old computer wired to the back wheel. For cadence I simply look at a watch and count - after a while you get a sense of what cadence will product a certain speed in a certain gear. More pocket science than rocket science.

 

[CJ Titanium]

I've been cycling on a road bike for just over a year now - I regularly ride more than 20 miles a week and compete in 10 mile time trials in the spring/summer. So far I've tracked my rides using a strava app on my I phone and have a cateye strada wireless computer on the front of my bike.

I've been doing a lot of training on the turbo trainer but I have no way to monitor what speed/distance/cadence I'm achieving so am just having to guess - can anyone suggest a cheap(ish) computer that would measure these things...?

Boardman do a cycle computer with cadence sensor, all wireless. Cost is around £35. I use on and it's fine.