I received the new WAHOO KICKR BIKE yesterday. It works fine with my iPhone or iPad or MAC but it will not connect and send data to my Forerunner 945. I have done troubleshooting with Wahoo, but nothing works. I have also tried to connect it to my Garmin edge 830 and my forerunner 935. They do not work either. The 945 *connects* but no power data is sent from KICKR BIKE to 945 so it s useless. On the other KICKR, it sends power and speed/distance which is nice.
In any case, the KICKR BIKE clearly is different than the KICKR trainers as I have never had an issue with the trainers.
In addition, it appears that the 945 only tries to connect to KICKR BIKE via BLE and not ANT+. I want to connect via ANT+ since it has been more reliable for me but when I add the sensor it only shows up as Bluetooth.
1.) Has anyone been able to get this to work?
2.) Is there a way to force the 945 to try and connect via ANT+ and NOT Bluetooth?
Hi Paul-
Indeed, the KICKR Bike as of today doesn’t transmit power via ANT+ in normal power meter mode. It only transmits in ANT+ FE-C, and in Bluetooth Smart on a Wahoo BLE variant.
Wahoo is planning on implementing ANT+ power broadcasting (just like their KICKR) hopefully within the next month or two. They say it might be done by end of year, but also might take till Jan or Feb.
Cheers.