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Anyone else had the speed sensor on a Garmin GCS 10 stop working? Last month my 705 was intermittently auto-pausing/resuming while going way faster than the 4mph it was set to. Now after pressing the 'reset' button on the speed/cadence sensor I get red LED flashes from the crank, but no green ones from the wheel.

A post on Garmin's own forums suggest the reed switch for the wheel is particularly fragile. I've sent an email to customer support but it's a couple of years old and I'm not very hopeful they'll offer a replacement. Might have to attempt to hack it back into life if I can find a replacement reed switch.

Predictably, Garmin are offering no help with this other than sending me a link to where I can buy a new one for forty five quid.

I thought I might give the Bontrager Ant+ speed/cadence sensor a shot instead. Anyone have any experience of using these with a Garmin head unit? As far as I can tell they're compatible, just wondering if there's any disadvantages to them compared to Garmin's own sensor.