Mountain Biking - cycle computer

Hello I am looking for a new cycling computer what are some of good brands out there. And I it worth it to get a cordless. I have been looking at planet or cateye. let me know what you think thanks wayne

Personally I like Sigma computers, but the Cateyes look okay.

I have had good luck with the CatEyes in the past in terms of overall value, durability and reliability... although I'm currently running the Shimano computer. For MTBing I'd recommend the Enduro line.

Hello I am looking for a new cycling computer what are some of good brands out there. And I it worth it to get a cordless. I have been looking at planet or cateye. let me know what you think thanks wayne
Have two of the cordless cateyes, and find them excellent, when the magnet and sensor are aligned correctly. To be quite honest, they are no better than a normal wired type, but twice the price.

Hiya slayer,
Any old piece of poo will do, that is apart from the pace sucking models that run on friction. Ah..LOL. They are all the same, give or take. All that convoluted shimano stuff is way over priced and IMHO completly unnessecary. I mean if you need a computer to tell you if you're on the granny wheel.....?
I suppose wireless has AN advantage. Obviously threre are no wires to break! They are expensive, especially if you have to replace them!
I run with cateye and they've only broke when I've broken them :) But thats not to say other brands aren't reliable, to be honest I don't know.
Ultimatly buy only what you need
Hope my advice is to your liking!

Good luck.

P.s.
If you are a first timer look for these basic features:
Distance
Average speed
Timer
Max speed
and an odometer (total distance)

anything else is an extra

I like sigmasport computers... I recommend the bc800 and above line.. I use the Targa(titanium casing) w/ the heavy duty harness.

Wash it with the bike.. its waterproof??? maybe it is... It has not failed me since.

All that convoluted shimano stuff is way over priced and IMHO completly unnessecary. I mean if you need a computer to tell you if you're on the granny wheel.....?

I run with cateye and they've only broke when I've broken them :) But thats not to say other brands aren't reliable, to be honest I don't know.
Ultimatly buy only what you need
Hope my advice is to your liking!

Cateye also makes "convoluted stuff" that will tell you what gear you're in. However you need to buy it along with a Campy group. ;)

I once had a campy wheel. It had a 9 spd cassette, v. posh at the time. Trouble was I had it on a very cheap, 12yr old, steel frame built to take a 6 spd. The groupset did not match. Every time I put too much power down it would become unseated and grind me to a halt. One Christmas day night, when I had finished work, I was due to go to a special friends house which was a long way away. I began my long journey hastily...the wheel dislodged, or lodged, depending on how you look at it. It was dark, I could not fix it, I was sad, I ate a peanut. I would liken it to having a progressive scan DVD player hooked up to a John Logie Baird TV set. I ran that for at least 10,000 miles, then the bike was stolen. I ate some ice cream. I was very sad. Mostly because my kind friend had lent me that wheel in hard times. He is still my friend and I his. He does not cycle that much anymore. That was 10yrs ago. Sometimes I wonder if loosing that wheel broke something inside of him. Maybe that wheel was his retainer. Sometimes I like to eat Tayto.

This story has no point, it doesn't make much sense and you probably got boared of it after one or two lines. Do you see where I'm going here?

This is the word of the Converseahorse.
You may go now and live in peace.

I had a $25 cateye computer but it fell off one extremely cold morning, never to be seen again. Those plastic clips that hold computers on suck in the cold. The same goes for anything plastic that fastens to a bicycle. It's all just cracks and breaks off. The glue does the same when you glue it back on.

I miss that little computer. Waiting impatiently for spring to get a new one.

Hey slayer, I am not a (cycle) computer buff by any means. I just got my first "serious" bike (a Fuji Ace:p) last year. When I got my bike I told them I wanted the cheapest cycloputer they had with cadence so they gave me a Trek Fusion C, I think it is. It works pretty well for my purposes, though I sometimes find myself wishing it had a backlight. So from my personal experience I would recommend one with Cadence, Backlight and Waterproof, I think the other basic features are pretty much standard (odom, top spd, avrg spd, ect.) Also, if you get the sudden uncontrollable urge to adjust the computer on the bar, make sure to loosen the screw first and not just push on it harder, unfortunately I had to learn the hard way:rolleyes:.
Hope this helps, and good luck with your purchase. Paul J.

I was expecting some serious flaming in a MTB forum thread about bike computers. Many MTBers don't use computers.

I do, but I ride everything. I've had a Specialized Classic Comp that has been very reliable.

Cateye Enduro is a good bet, around $25 US, water proof, I dont mean rain proof, I mean water proof, fully submerged, still ticking, been crashed, banged etc... still ticking.
But then, maybe Im just lucky.