Old 07-15-13, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by PaulRivers
I think a lot of people have likely just never heard of an Echowell wireless computer.
It's an usual brand (in the US). I've never heard of it.

http://en.echowell.com.tw/bicycle-stopwatch-series/ Their website seems overly confusing.

Originally Posted by PaulRivers
Usually my answer is "don't buy a wireless bike computer, just buy a wired one and have the shop install it - you don't risk getting weird and obvious false stats at the end of your ride, you don't have to replace the battery every few years, it just stay on your bike and works". If your folding bike folds in such a way that a wire won't work, I can understand that's a little different though.

Just don't have much experience with a wireless speedometer...
There is analog wireless and digital wireless. The "false stats" problem only really occurs with the analog ones. The digital ones work fine.

Wired computers have one battery and wireless computers have two. Having two batteries is more complicated but not by much. Wireless does give you the option of being able to move the display head to different locations easily.

Wireless seems much simpler to install if you are doing speed and cadence.
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