Garmin Hub Speed Sensor Review

By anonymous user on 07 05 2020 does what it s meant to.

Garmin hub speed sensor review.

The speed sensor 2 attaches to the hub of either wheel and self calibrates with your edge cycling computer or compatible garmin device to give you accurate speed and distance at all times even without a head unit. Garmin hub mounted speed sensor reviews. Use garmin express to install this file. Garmin distance measurement appears to be more accurate since i installed the speed sensor and manually added the wheel circumference.

Customer reviews 2 4. Value for money 4 25. The garmin speed 2 sensor sold separately attaches to the hub of either bike wheel. If this software is uploaded to a device other than that for which it is designed you will not be able to operate that device.

Forerunner 935 sensor hub software version 4 10. It also self calibrates with your compatible garmin device including the edge cycling computer. As of september 21 2017. These sensors have since been updated.

If attempts to upload software fail you may need to return the device to garmin for service. That s because garmin connect mobile doesn t record workouts by itself except for the speed sensor. The cadence sensor doesn t show up as a pairable sensor in garmin connect only the speed sensor at this point. Check out the newest generation garmin speed and cadence sensor v2 while these sensors were announced a month ago at the same time as the edge 1000 photographic information about them has been harder to come by than that of little green men in roswell nm.

Whereas if you were to use a 3rd party app for example strava it ll find it. New sensor developed with garmin will become a feature of other cannondale bikes paul norman may 21 2019 2 02 pm cannondale has just launched the treadwell urban flat bar bike. The speed sensor 2 attaches to the hub of either wheel. You can set up wheel size in our garmin connect online community or self calibrate with an edge cycling computer or compatible garmin device.

Write your own review. The speed sensor which can be calibrated via the garmin to the measured circumference of the specific bike wheel measures the actual distance covered by the bike wheel to which it s attached. The only negative i can mention is that the speed and cadence sensors are not inexpensive so replacing them can be costly. The fact that the speed sensor is mounted on the rear wheel s hub means that speed can be tracked even when utilizing a trainer.

Once set up you ll get accurate speed and distance at all times even without a head unit. No head unit.