bicycle computer showing incorrect/no speed

Mitch Pollard wrote:
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i dont know what top posting is... (THIS IS TOP POSTING!!!)

im sorry..

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I recently had a sigma BC 1200 computer installed on my bike. I
bought it
and paid for installation at a reputable bike shop. On the 15km
ride home
everything appeared to work, but the next day I took my bike out for
a

short




ride and immediately noticed that the display was showing my speed
at

either




below my speed (half, a third etc) or at 0kmh. When the bike is

stationary




I can spin the wheel and the speed will usually show what I'm
guessing is
the correct speed. The next ride I was getting 0kmh most of the
time,

other




than right turns. I'm thinking that the right turns move the magnet
slightly closer.. Anyway in the manual it does say that the magnet
should
be 5mm max. from the sensor/switch. The closest it reaches is about
8mm.

Is




this the likely cause? I would usually trust the manual, but I'd
also

like




to think I can trust this bike shop.. What do you think? btw the

computer




has not been exposed to any rain.

Thanks, Ted

Move them closer together by sliding the magnet down the spokes
closer to
the hub if possible, and the sensor further down the fork leg to
match.


Shaun aRe - I made my own magnet out of 3 neodymium (sp?) disc
magnets
stacked, and zip tied them to the spokes inside an old piece of inner
tube -
I can set a passing riders computer off with the thing.




Mitch Pollard wrote:



WOW that totally f#%king escallated into nowhere what kind of ****
arguement was that, the poor dude just asked why his trip computer was
buggered..

what a bunch of tards attacking him like that. disgraceful




Almost as bad as you top posting.

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Mitch Pollard wrote:


what have you got to say about that ? im sure you have something

delightful


that i will want to hear right ?? go to bed you maggot.


You Aussies get a little snow and you lose all control! Calm down. I
was referring to your top-posting. If you would have posted your reply
under instead of over, you would have seen what my comment was referring
to. I fixed it for you in this message.

And actually, it is morning here. You should be the one going to bed.

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easier to read the thread this way. Got it mate?



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yes. mate.



Good on ya, then.

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On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:24:25 -0400, Ride-A-Lot wrote:

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Ride-A-Lot wrote:
Shaun aRe wrote:

Shaun aRe - My average speed on last night's beer run was 13.4
mph, max speed was 18.2, total distance travelled was 1.19 miles,

1.19 miles?!? That has to be the shortest ride in history.

Not really, if I come home the direct way it's 1.02 miles. I live in
a tiny rural village, it's just over a half mile to the BEvERage
(thanks JG!) shop, it was a beer run. WTF is so strange about that?

You never said beer run. Now that makes it all worth it!

Er, um... Look again.

Bill "snipped for your reading pleasure" S.

Ride-A-Lot wrote:
Mitch Pollard wrote:
"Ride-A-Lot" wrote in message
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Mitch Pollard wrote:

i dont know what top posting is... (THIS IS TOP POSTING!!!)

im sorry..

"Ride-A-Lot" wrote in message
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"Ride-A-Lot" wrote in message
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"Shaun aRe" wrote in message
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"Ted" wrote in message
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I recently had a sigma BC 1200 computer installed on my
bike. I bought it
and paid for installation at a reputable bike shop. On the
15km ride home
everything appeared to work, but the next day I took my bike
out for a

short




ride and immediately noticed that the display was showing my
speed at

either




below my speed (half, a third etc) or at 0kmh. When the
bike is

stationary




I can spin the wheel and the speed will usually show what I'm
guessing is
the correct speed. The next ride I was getting 0kmh most of
the time,

other




than right turns. I'm thinking that the right turns move
the magnet slightly closer.. Anyway in the manual it does
say that the magnet should
be 5mm max. from the sensor/switch. The closest it reaches
is about 8mm.

Is




this the likely cause? I would usually trust the manual,
but I'd also

like




to think I can trust this bike shop.. What do you think? btw the

computer




has not been exposed to any rain.

Thanks, Ted

Move them closer together by sliding the magnet down the
spokes closer to
the hub if possible, and the sensor further down the fork leg
to match.


Shaun aRe - I made my own magnet out of 3 neodymium (sp?) disc
magnets
stacked, and zip tied them to the spokes inside an old piece
of inner tube -
I can set a passing riders computer off with the thing.




Mitch Pollard wrote:



WOW that totally f#%king escallated into nowhere what kind of
**** arguement was that, the poor dude just asked why his trip
computer was buggered..

what a bunch of tards attacking him like that. disgraceful




Almost as bad as you top posting.

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Mitch Pollard wrote:


what have you got to say about that ? im sure you have something

delightful


that i will want to hear right ?? go to bed you maggot.


You Aussies get a little snow and you lose all control! Calm
down. I was referring to your top-posting. If you would have
posted your reply under instead of over, you would have seen what
my comment was referring to. I fixed it for you in this message.

And actually, it is morning here. You should be the one going to
bed. --
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Reply to the message at the BOTTOM like this. Not at the TOP. It
is much easier to read the thread this way. Got it mate?



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yes. mate.



Good on ya, then.

Your assignment for Monday: TRIMMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bill Sornson wrote:
Ride-A-Lot wrote:

Shaun aRe wrote:


Shaun aRe - My average speed on last night's beer run was 13.4
mph, max speed was 18.2, total distance travelled was 1.19 miles,


1.19 miles?!? That has to be the shortest ride in history.


Not really, if I come home the direct way it's 1.02 miles. I live in
a tiny rural village, it's just over a half mile to the BEvERage
(thanks JG!) shop, it was a beer run. WTF is so strange about that?


You never said beer run. Now that makes it all worth it!


Er, um... Look again.

Bill "snipped for your reading pleasure" S.



OK. My bad. I'm blinded by the images of vacation dancing in my head
and maybe the photos of Keira Knightley I was looking at at the time.
After the miserable performance Jessica Alba put in for Fantastic Four,
she just might replace her at the top of my "hottie I'll never get with
1000 miles of" list.

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Ride-A-Lot wrote:
Bill Sornson wrote:
Ride-A-Lot wrote:

Shaun aRe wrote:


Shaun aRe - My average speed on last night's beer run was 13.4
mph, max speed was 18.2, total distance travelled was 1.19 miles,


1.19 miles?!? That has to be the shortest ride in history.


Not really, if I come home the direct way it's 1.02 miles. I live
in a tiny rural village, it's just over a half mile to the BEvERage
(thanks JG!) shop, it was a beer run. WTF is so strange about that?


You never said beer run. Now that makes it all worth it!


Er, um... Look again.

Bill "snipped for your reading pleasure" S.



OK. My bad. I'm blinded by the images of vacation dancing in my head
and maybe the photos of Keira Knightley I was looking at at the time.
After the miserable performance Jessica Alba put in for Fantastic
Four, she just might replace her at the top of my "hottie I'll never
get with 1000 miles of" list.

{quick Google Images search}

Yeah, she'd work.

"Ride-A-Lot" wrote in message
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Shaun aRe wrote:
"Ride-A-Lot" wrote in message
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Shaun aRe wrote:

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Ted wrote:


You also are no mind reader, therefore you have no idea as to why a

computer


is of use to me.


reads: "I know you are, but what am I?" A bike computer is useless to
those who know how to navigate wit a map and compass.



I will easily survive with my maps and compass, but I also can make
use

of a


bike computer.

You wrote that you "need" one. Only one who is inept at orienteering
would "need" one. Make sure you write about when it breaks and you
get
lost.


I have one on my bike. I don't need it but I like it very much. I like

to

watch the little numbers change while I ride. This is 2 fold fun - the
changing numbers are fun in and of themselves, and then of course

there's

the fun of the added challenge of avoiding stationary objects that I'm

not

looking at.




Shaun aRe - My average speed on last night's beer run was 13.4 mph, max
speed was 18.2, total distance travelled was 1.19 miles, haven't

finished

counting the cuts, bruises and abrasions yet but I didn't spill any of

my

****ing beer. YAY me.



1.19 miles?!? That has to be the shortest ride in history.


Not really, if I come home the direct way it's 1.02 miles. I live in a
tiny
rural village, it's just over a half mile to the BEvERage (thanks JG!)
shop,
it was a beer run. WTF is so strange about that?


You never said beer run. Now that makes it all worth it!

OK, you obVERously have drunked Whey too muCH - "Shaun aRe - My average
speed on last night's beer run was 13.4 mph, max..."

I did SAID it indeed. Ner. ',;~}~

Last night I averaged 20.6 mph, max speed was 27.2, and total distance
was 23.6 miles. Yeah, it was on the road.


But WTF about cuts, abrasions, bruises and beer spillage? BTW you know
you
can't carry fresh beer (for long anyway) in a hydra pack? Yeah, it soon
starts looking like a fire extinguisher...


Ya know, I was going to ask about that.

It hoses. It hoses like a ****ing crazy foam spurting cum factory on
steroids.

It's got to get pretty shook up
in the cans and bottles too. I can only imagine what would happen to a
can of Guinness with the rocket cartridge in it after a ride. Hmmm...
in a backpack it might be considered a terrorist weapon of mass
destruction.

I find it does make a mess, yup... especially if I've done any stair drops
on the way back... ahem.


Shaun aRe

"Bill Sornson" wrote in message
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Ride-A-Lot wrote:
Bill Sornson wrote:
Ride-A-Lot wrote:

Shaun aRe wrote:


Shaun aRe - My average speed on last night's beer run was 13.4
mph, max speed was 18.2, total distance travelled was 1.19 miles,


1.19 miles?!? That has to be the shortest ride in history.


Not really, if I come home the direct way it's 1.02 miles. I live
in a tiny rural village, it's just over a half mile to the BEvERage
(thanks JG!) shop, it was a beer run. WTF is so strange about that?


You never said beer run. Now that makes it all worth it!


Er, um... Look again.

Bill "snipped for your reading pleasure" S.



OK. My bad. I'm blinded by the images of vacation dancing in my head
and maybe the photos of Keira Knightley I was looking at at the time.
After the miserable performance Jessica Alba put in for Fantastic
Four, she just might replace her at the top of my "hottie I'll never
get with 1000 miles of" list.

{quick Google Images search}

Yeah, she'd work.

Hard? Like a ho?



Shaun aRe

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Ted wrote:
Wow, no wonder "he who's not to be named" or whatever you like to call
him
likes to troll here! And yes Westie, I took the bike in for some
repairs
(haha I guess I should be doing all repairs for myself too??)

Uh, yeah.

That way, when you're in the backcountry, and something fails, you know
what to do. Did you know that walking out ten miles is a very serious
pain in the rear?

You misspelled 'feet' - HTH.

Wait - you don't actually get into the backcountry, do you? Paved
paths, and all that?

For those of us that get more than a couple of hundred yards from the
nearest cell tower, it is extremely useful to know how to repair and
replace parts on our bicycles. Let's say you get up at the crack of
dawn to take a ride before it gets hot. As you are wheeling your bike
out, you notice the brakes are rubbing a bit.

Man those brakes suck.

If you know what to do, you spend the 3 minutes it takes to fix it and
get moving. If you don't, then you skip the ride and take it to the
mechanic to pay them to do it. I like to ride, and I like to be
self-sufficient.

I bult my own bike from the frame up because I didn't want to miss an
early
ride like that.

They put it on when they worked on my
bike. Does that sound so strange to you all?

Sounds strange to me - I put on all my own gear, unless I don't have
the tools for it.

I even put my own stickers on.

And yes, it was
professionally installed due to the fact that those who installed it do
such
things as their profession. I paid for the computer, the parts needed
for
repair of my bike and the labour involved - The labour was the same as
that
quoted before I even decided to get the computer.

Methinks thou dost protest too much.

WGAF?

(btw I was professionally diagnosed as
suffering from faulty circuitry).

I like this edit as well. It was well-done, and speaks personally to
your difficulty relating to adults.

Who TF are you calling an adult, grandpa?!?


Shaun 'harrumph!' aRe



"HEY, I didn't hear a harrumph! out of that guy"- The Gov...

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On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:24:25 -0400, Ride-A-Lot wrote:

snip a ton of text

Reply to the message at the BOTTOM like this. Not at the TOP. It is
much easier to read the thread this way. Got it mate?

But is a 2-line reply with 140 lines of (mostly irrelevant) quoted text
setting a proper example? ;-)

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um, I vote NO