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Indoor bike with forerunner

I’m trying to figure out how to measure my indoor bike workouts with a forerunner. What else is needed to measure my speed, etc on an indoor bike? Can I use an hrm-tri or foot pod? Or does the bike pass that info to the forerunner or do I need a bike cadence product? Garmin’s website doesn’t say much about this.

Thanks

0 mcalista over 5 years ago

What indoor bike are you using? Many newer ones will pass speed and even power to the watch.

0 JohnTheRunner over 5 years ago in reply to mcalista

Thanks. I tried an older bike, my gym has newer ones and will give it a try. I suspect I’d have to pair the watch to the bike using Bluetooth or ant.

0 Dr Phil over 5 years ago

You can collect heart rate data from the WHR but might be better off with a strap. Unless the bike can be paired to the watch you would need a speed/distance sensor fitted to the bike to get any of that information.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to mcalista

Can you pass both Power and Spd/Cadence to the watch simultaneously? I use a Concept2 Bikerg and can only pair one of the sensors at a time.

0 BeneGi over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

yes, the watch is able to connect to a power, a speed and a seperate cadence sensor (or a combined speed/cadence sensor). Do you pair as BT or as ANT Sensor?
Try ANT for all, it should work just fine

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to BeneGi

Trying ANT+ for all of them.

0 Dr Phil over 5 years ago

Maybe it's not able to connect with the 945. Have a look here and see if there's any information - https://www.thisisant.com

0 Brychu over 5 years ago

Hi All,
Is our Garmin 945 able to connect to Tacx Vortex Smart and record all three parameters (speed, cadence and power) in activity file to see later all three charts in Garmin Connect? I ask becuse in Sensors menu in 945 I can find separate category Power or Speed/Cadence.