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Cordless Computer ( Cateye )
I want to get a computer for my Road Bike, but I don't want all the cords
and ties all over the bike. I have been looking a reviews of Cateye Cordless, and every review says its crap, and is not accurate. Has anyone got one, and can give me some info, is it good or crap? Cheers, Scag |
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"Scag" wrote in message ... I want to get a computer for my Road Bike, but I don't want all the cords and ties all over the bike. I have been looking a reviews of Cateye Cordless, and every review says its crap, and is not accurate. Has anyone got one, and can give me some info, is it good or crap? Cheers, Scag I've got one and it stops working when it gets below 10 or 12 degrees C. Very annoying after doing a hard night training ride to get back and not have your average speed and distance recorded. It sits unused now and I bought a cheap cable type setup to replace it. Yes, I changed the batteies and so on. Marty |
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Cordless Computer ( Cateye )
One month ago I upgraded to a Sigma wireless computer and had no problems
with it when it was a chilly 5 degrees here in Perth. BTW, Decided to give Sigma a try as it was $85 compared to $135 for the Cateye. Joop wrote in message ... On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 15:41:58 +0800, "Marty Wallace" wrote: I've got one and it stops working when it gets below 10 or 12 degrees C. Very annoying after doing a hard night training ride to get back and not have your average speed and distance recorded. Wow! Does any one know if this an issue with just the Cateye brand or all wireless bicycle computers have similar kinds of problems? I was thinking of "upgrading" from my 15 years old computer (also Cateye but wired) to a wireless one, but of course now I am having second thoughts. Thanks. |
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and if you have a decent light, ie HID, expect it to interfere with wireless anything. Cords are only a hassle once, batteries are a hassle forever. -- aeek |
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Scag wrote:
Has anyone got one, and can give me some info, is it good or crap I have two cordless bike computers, cateye and VDO. I need them for our Bike Friday folding bikes. Neither are "crap" but if you don't really need cordless don't bother. You need more batteries, because the sender unit is powered, and battery life is short because you are using some sort of transmitter in the sender unit. Neither support cadence and for most people cadence in one of the most important features of a bike computer. Stick to a standard computer if you can. H |
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Cordless Computer ( Cateye )
"Scag" wrote in message
I want to get a computer for my Road Bike, but I don't want all the cords and ties all over the bike. I have been looking a reviews of Cateye Cordless, and every review says its crap, and is not accurate. Has anyone got one, and can give me some info, is it good or crap? I have an Echo W2 wireless computer. It's two-thirds the price of the Cateye and has yet to let me down. -- A: Top-posters. Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet? |
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I had reservations about the Catyeye cordless 2 for use with suspension
forks as the brake arch and V-brakes may interrupt the line of sight between transmitter and receiver. The rep for cateye gave me a unit to try and has been faultless with no accuracy issues and the signal is not interrupted by the forks etc. The benefit of the Cateye over the sigma is the computer head mounts on a bracket and the receiver is in the computer head (clean mount on the handle bar) I have since purchased another transmitter for the girlfriends bike and we share the computer head. Note - there have been some transmitter units with faults. The distributor has batch tested these and the newest stock should have no issues. Ask your dealer to order one in for you, it may be there floor stock is older and not been batch tested. |
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