Just one simple question re bike pods: can two or more bike pods be connected?

marvelmike

Can the S9 Peak now connect two or more bike pods over Bluetooth for different data, cadence, speed?

As you can guess from me calling sensors pods, I am a long time Suunto disciple, but with serious doubts since buying my Suunto S9 Baro. The S9 Peak seems to make up for some.

I went back from my Suunto S9 Baro to my Ambit 2 because the Suunto 9 Baro is NOT capable of connecting more than one bike sensors over Bluetooth at the same time, e.g. where one transmits cadence over Bluetooth and the other speed. You MUST buy these big integrated units which incorporate both. They are unpractical for mountain biking.

The Ambit 2 is capable of connecting three bike pods (speed, cadence, power) and for joggers for example the Stride over ANT+ as two foot pods, one speed and cadence, the other power.

The S9 was a step back here. Also, display readability was too dim.

isazi

@marvelmike the Peak has the same sensor software of the Baro. You can pair one sensor of each of the 4 supported kinds.

@marvelmike said in Just one simple question re bike pods: can two or more bike pods be connected?:

Can the S9 Peak now connect two or more bike pods over Bluetooth for different data, cadence, speed?

As you can guess from me calling sensors pods, I am a long time Suunto disciple, but with serious doubts since buying my Suunto S9 Baro. The S9 Peak seems to make up for some.

I went back from my Suunto S9 Baro to my Ambit 2 because the Suunto 9 Baro is NOT capable of connecting more than one bike sensors over Bluetooth at the same time, e.g. where one transmits cadence over Bluetooth and the other speed. You MUST buy these big integrated units which incorporate both. They are unpractical for mountain biking.

The Ambit 2 is capable of connecting three bike pods (speed, cadence, power) and for joggers for example the Stride over ANT+ as two foot pods, one speed and cadence, the other power.

The S9 was a step back here. Also, display readability was too dim.

Unfortunatelly not only suunto doing this.
Garmin on the etrex line (at least 30/32x) obliges you to have those combo sensors.

@isazi said in Just one simple question re bike pods: can two or more bike pods be connected?:

@marvelmike the Peak has the same sensor software of the Baro. You can pair one sensor of each of the 4 supported kinds.

So a power meter would “occupy” power + cadence sensor “place” right?
Meaning if you have a second bike with only cadence sensor, you can’t pair it right?

isazi

@andré-faria if the power meter also transmits cadence (mine does) it only occupies the power meter place.

marvelmike

Ok, thanks for the feedback. In short, still not capable to connect several bike pods via bluetooth.
Bummer, so I have to wait for the Fenix 7. It really hurts after more than 20 happy years with Suunto.

Bulkan

Which pods do you use?

Ze Stuart

@marvelmike take a look at NPE’s CABLE product: it at least allows you to create a virtual bike POD from - for example - the cadence data stream from your power/cadence sensor and a separate speed sensor. I got a refurbished one for $39.

The limitation of only one bike POD is gorydamn annoying, as is the limitation of only one HR or power sensor. It’s the biggest change I’d like to see in our watches: multiple sensor types.