Cateye Speed Cadence Sensor
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Product Feature
- Wireless Speed/Cadence Sensor
- ANT+ protocol
- Rear wheel use
Product Description
Cat Eye Cadence/Speed Sensors
Item Specifications | |
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Color | Black |
Fits | Stealth 50 |
Cateye Speed Cadence Sensor Review
Picked this up to pair with my Cateye Stealth 50 gps computer. I like it. Pairing was very quick and easy. Not cheap, but otherwise a quality Speed/Cadence ANT+ sensor option.Initially had some difficulty trying to mount sensor on my bicycle the way I wanted - with the speed sensor folded in the downward position between the chain stay and rear wheel - just as the product photo shows. I figure mounting it in this way will keep it out of harms way, and less vulnerable to damage while storing, parking bike etc. Looks cooler too, than having speed sensor in upright position like some sort of antennae.
At first I couldn't get the unit mounted in this position with my road bike, without having Cadence sensor too far from crank to pickup magnet; or having the speed sensor running dangerously close to the spokes. I remedied this with a simple hack, by using a neodymium "Super" magnet (12mm x 3mm size disc available on Amazon, and most craft or hardware stores) in place of the provided crank magnet. I simply stuck the magnet to the end of my Pedal spindle on back of crank arm, kinda sits countersunk in crank arm depression, and then used a small piece of duct tape for added security to help keep magnet in place so it doesn't pop out if I hit a a rough bit of pavement or anything. Not only does this look nicer than using a zip tie around my brand new Shimano cranks, having the magnet at the furthest position down on crank arm allowed the sensor unit to be mounted further back on chain stay affording plenty of clearance, and adjustability for proper pickup with both sensors. The extra strong Neodymium magnet probably allows for a little extra pickup "range" than the provided magnet, giving you a little fudge room with Cadence sensor positioning. Of course you need pedal axles that magnets stick to - I can confirm that SpeedPlay stainless Zeroes work.
Give it a try! It'd be nice if future iterations included extra zip ties, and an alternate magnet/tape as described above.
Other than that, the sensor does what it should, no problems or drop outs picking up Cadence or Speed. There are a couple seconds of delay with the speed sensor stopping when you stop the bike, but I'm not sure if that's the computer or sensors fault, and it doesn't bother me. Will probably pickup the Cateye ANT+ Heartrate Monitor strap sometime in the near future as it would be nice to add that function/data to my setup.
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