Hello Cyclists. I just installed and started using my P2M, and I'm glad to report it's working great. However I'm wondering if you can help me with a question I'm having.

I'm having issues understanding if the Power2Max is picking up my cadence or if the GSC unit is picking up the cadence. I ultimately want to be able to get rid of the magnet on my crank and be able to get a speed reading from my GSC without grabbing a cadence reading.

Can this be done? Will I have to get a specific speed only ANT+ sensor to make this work? Anybody with any prior experience in the matter please chime in. Thanks!

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Cervélo S2 2012 Red
Great minds think alike... sadly, so do the mediocre ones.

Im not sure which cadence your computer is picking up but out of curiosity why are you using the extra garmin speed sensor? Is it for indoor riding? At least outside I run a power2max without the sensor and just get the speed from the GPS positioning and cadence from the powermeter. I personally love the clean look of a bike with no sensors but thats just me

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See My Bike & Tillquist's Kitchen !

A Power2max user..

It's for indoor riding. Yes, I am aware that the specific metric I'm looking for is almost completely useless in an indoor training session even, but I'm a data junkie.

I personally would love to not have any sensors on my bike as well. It looks way more flush, but I haven't seen anything that looks remotely discreet except for a skewer speed sensor that won't even work due to my trainer using it's own reinforced skewer.

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Cervélo S2 2012 Red
Great minds think alike... sadly, so do the mediocre ones.

If you have a separate speed/cadence sensor and a magnet on the crank, then the Garmin will use the cadence data from that in preference to the P2Max's cadence data.

If you get rid of the crank magnet, you'll then get cadence data from the P2Max and still get speed data from the speed sensor.

You can easily tell where the cadence data is coming from because the P2Max's cadence data is noticeably laggy compared to that from a cadence sensor + crank magnet.

Take a look at the 'Can I pair a different company's speed and cadence sensor to my Edge 500' FAQ (sorry link wont embed - http://support.garmin.com/support/searc ... es?caseId={b4305250-b8e9-11de-4c3e-000000000000}) to get a better understanding of the menus used to configure ANT+ sensors. Simply put, when you paired your Power2Max with the Edge, if you did not follow the prompts to configure the P2M cadence, have paired the GSC-10, and have not changed the default 'Spd/Cad' selection under Settings > Bike Settings > [Bike Profile] > ANT+ Spd/Cad., then your Garmin should be getting cadence from the GSC-10.

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Michael - The Anaerobic Threshold is neither...

Thank you MSC, I got the situation under control after looking at your link.

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Cervélo S2 2012 Red
Great minds think alike... sadly, so do the mediocre ones.