What Bluetooth sensors do you recommend?
Any standard Bluetooth Smart (BLE) heart rate, speed, cadence, power, and trainer / indoor bike sensor should work just fine with Cadence.
While all standard Bluetooth Smart sensors should be compatible, below are sensors that have been confirmed by users to work with Cadence:
Heart Rate Monitors
Cadence supports all standard BLE (Bluetooth Smart) Heart Rate monitors. Examples of supported heart rate sensors:
- Polar H10
- Wahoo TICKR
- Garmin HRM Dual
- CYCPLUS H2 Pro
- Moofit
- Polar OH1
- Magene H303
- Apple Watch (View more details)
- Beats Powerbeats Pro 2
- Fitbit Charge 6
- Garmin Forerunner 245, 945, VivoActive 6, and other newer models that can broadcast heart rate over Bluetooth are compatible. Garmin keeps a list that supports Bluetooth broadcasting. There’s a good guide about setting up heart rate broadcasting at DCRainmaker.
- Whoop 4.0
- Samsung Galaxy and WearOS watches
- Note: Apple Airpods are not compatible with Cadence as they don’t broadcast heart rate over the standard Bluetooth profile.
Speed and Cadence Sensors
Cadence supports all standard BLE (Bluetooth Smart) Speed and Cadence sensors. Examples of supported speed and cadence sensors:
- Wahoo RPM Speed and Cadence Sensors
- Wahoo Blue SC Speed and Cadence Sensor
- CYCPLUS Speed or Cadence Sensor
- Magene Speed or Cadence Sensor
- Coospo Speed or Cadence Sensor
- Moofit Speed and Cadence Sensors
- Bontrager Duotrap S Speed/Cadence
- Elite Misuro B+
- Zwift RunPod
- Garmin Speed Sensor 2 and Cadence Sensor 2 are no longer recommended on iPhone: there seems to be a system-level bug that occasionally pops up for iPhone users where Garmin sensors will connect but only show “N/A” as the value. This happens system wide with all apps (e.g. Wahoo), and it’s fixed by doing a complete system restore. If the restore is from an iCloud backup, the issue remains. Until this bug is fixed these sensors aren’t recommended for iPhone users.
Power Meters
Cadence supports all standard BLE (Bluetooth Smart) Power Meters. Dual side power meters support pedal balance. Examples of supported power meters:
- Garmin Vector 3
- Garmin Vector 3S
- Garmin Rally RK200
- Garmin Rally RS100
- Garmin Rally XC200
- Garmin Rally XC100
- Favero Assioma Duo
- Favero Assioma Uno
- Favero Assioma Pro MX
- SRAM/Quarq Power Meters
- Magene Power Meter
- Giant PowerPro
- Stryd Footpod
- Hammer H1 Smart Trainer
- NGeco MTB
- Stages
- 4iiii Power Meters
- Elite Drivo II
- Wahoo Kickr Snap
- Easton and Race Face Cinch
Radar Sensors and Tail Lights
- Garmin Varia RCT715 and RCT716 (Radar only, viewing recorded video is only supported in Garmin’s app)
- Garmin Varia RTL515 and RTL516
- Garmin Varia RVR315
- Cannondale SmartSense Garmin Varia
- Giant Recon+ TL300 R
- Magicshine SEEMEE R300
- Bryton Gardia R300
- CYCPLUS L7
- Magene L508
- Lezyne Rear Drive
- Other radars like the Trek Carback, Wahoo Trackr, etc. are not yet compatible with any third party smartphone apps
Indoor Bikes and Bike Trainers
Cadence supports all standard BLE (Bluetooth Smart) Indoor Bikes and Trainers. Examples of supported indoor bikes and trainers:
- Schwinn IC4
- Bowflex C6
- JFICcycle
- BodyTone S20
- Cadenza S25
- Wahoo Kickr
- Tacx Neo
- Note: Cadence isn’t able to control trainer resistance in ERG mode yet, but it’s planned for a future update.
Gearing
- Shimano Di2/D-Fly
- Note: SRAM AXS is not compatible
Buttons
- Shimano Di2/D-Fly
- Note: SRAM AXS is not compatible
Tire Pressure Sensors
- Outrider TL Pro
- Outrider TL Mini
Augmented Reality Glasses
Breathing Sensors
- Tymewear doesn’t currently support third party apps and won’t work with Cadence. They provide their own apps and Garmin Connect IQ app, but don’t allow third parties to connect and read their breathing data. If that changes in the future, Cadence will add support.
Electric Bikes
- Cadence doesn’t yet support e-bikes that require a passcode to connect.
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