Spin bike computer has failed…

Spin bike computer has failed…

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Nick_MSM

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691 posts

192 months

Tuesday 17th January 2023
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I have a Bodymax B15 spin bike and the computer has given up the ghost. I gather spares are quite hard to come by, and tbh the computer was pretty rubbish anyway. Does anyone have any recommendations/ideas for an after market job? Struggling to find much that will work. Any ideas much appreciated.

STiG911

1,210 posts

173 months

Tuesday 17th January 2023
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Your bike looks very similar to my wife's BodyTrain Sport spin bike.
The computer it came with is / was about much use as yours was, but she's never actually used that. Her intention was always to use the bike with her Peloton app, which is only £13 a month.
Once fitted with a Cadence sensor on one of the crank arms (c£10 from Amazon) which the app can pair with, it fitted the brief perfectly as all Peloton classes use RPM as their key metric. You could, if required use a similarly priced speed sensor assuming your wheel can accept one, and you can 'size' it with the relevant app.

Hope this helps!

Nick_MSM

Original Poster:

691 posts

192 months

Tuesday 17th January 2023
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Thanks for that - something to consider. Seems to be a few options there so I'll do some digging.