Should you get the cadence thing? Do you have the spare cash to get it? I like my very fancy heartrate monitor that shows cadence, speed, elevation, temperature and predicts the future , but I wouldn't feel comfortable telling someone else they HAD to get it.

Hmmm.... well, I like having one on the trainer. I don't have it set up on my single. I go by how my legs feel. It was very useful when we first started riding the tandem and wonderful to have when I captained with Joann, to get us more in sync. But now we hardly use it - except when we're doing the Spineravls Recovery and Technique tape where you supposed to concentrate on having a very high cadence (upwards of 120 I think.)

Veronica