Which trip computer do you all use?
05-10-06, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Shaolin_sword36
I'm looking for something as basic/inexpensive as possible, what should I get?
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I like my Ciclosport CM-434. Sure, it cost $150, but it's neato. However, I'd probably get the VDO MC1.0 if I had to do it all over again.
However, for price and reliability, you can't really beat the Cateye Astrale 8. I've had an Astrale on my '93 Trek 2100 since I bought it (back in '93), and it still works like a champ 13 years later.
However, for price and reliability, you can't really beat the Cateye Astrale 8. I've had an Astrale on my '93 Trek 2100 since I bought it (back in '93), and it still works like a champ 13 years later.
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Cateye Cordless 7. At $40 it's not the least expensive one out there, but it is wireless and has a good set of features.
05-10-06, 05:26 PM
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I have a Polar CS100 with heartrate and cadence. It is all wireless and works well. The chest strap has started causing me trouble though.
05-10-06, 06:09 PM
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Paid $10 for a schwinn computer at wal-mart. Has an odometer, trip distance, avg distance, max speed, a clock, and trip timer. It's held up for over 800 miles so far.
05-10-06, 06:26 PM
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cateye wireless mc100w
Cateye wireless mc100w is what I use.
The Sigma BC1606L is also very good
The best trip computer would probably be a Garmin or top range polar model for around $500us mark, as they can do temperature and altitude giving a course gradient etc..
The Sigma BC1606L is also very good
The best trip computer would probably be a Garmin or top range polar model for around $500us mark, as they can do temperature and altitude giving a course gradient etc..
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Cheap and bombproof computer with nice features: Planet Bike Protege' 9.0 It's the computer I put on my commuter over the winter and is often on sale for about $30. Cateye and Sigma both make a full line of good computers as well. Some quite affordable.
05-10-06, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by here and there
Paid $10 for a schwinn computer at wal-mart. Has an odometer, trip distance, avg distance, max speed, a clock, and trip timer. It's held up for over 800 miles so far.
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Yup, I have a Planet Bike Protege 9 on all my bikes. They work, rain or shine.
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05-10-06, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by botto
"do you all use?"????
let me guess, you are from south of the Mason-Dixon Line, correct?
let me guess, you are from south of the Mason-Dixon Line, correct?
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The walmart schwinn one is pretty good ~$10. The only reason I got the Cateye Astrale 8 ($26 with the 10% off) to replace it is because I needed the cadance. I would prefer wired, unless they came out with a coded wireless that was actually affordable!
05-10-06, 09:17 PM
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Cateye Astrale 8 here too. Cheap and has cadence on top of all the basic functions.
05-10-06, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Apollo
Yup, I have a Planet Bike Protege 9 on all my bikes. They work, rain or shine.
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Finally had to replace the battery after the third year.
05-10-06, 11:12 PM
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I've been using the same Cateye Tomo for AGES, and I've gathered several 'model G' wiring kits over the years, so I can use the same computer on all my bikes. This obviously means my annual odometer reading doesn't get stuffed up
05-11-06, 01:04 PM
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I got a backlit sigma for around $25, odo still has a lot of zero's in front of it though, try to change that this summer. Came with cadence but I haven't installed it yet...1600 series I believe...
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Originally Posted by botto
"do you all use?"????
let me guess, you are from south of the Mason-Dixon Line, correct?
let me guess, you are from south of the Mason-Dixon Line, correct?
I use a Cateye Astrale 8. $39 I believe from Perfomance.
05-11-06, 01:22 PM
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I run a db4lw. $25 at Perf on sale.
Actually (at least according to my colleague from down south), "y'all" is singular, and "all y'all" refers to a group.
Originally Posted by Miller2
Actually that would be "do ya'll use"....
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Originally Posted by cydewaze
I run a db4lw. $25 at Perf on sale.
Actually (at least according to my colleague from down south), "y'all" is singular, and "all y'all" refers to a group.
Actually (at least according to my colleague from down south), "y'all" is singular, and "all y'all" refers to a group.
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sigma sport bc500 and/or bc800 for $9 and $12... wireless unit is $18... rear wheel harness is $8... all computers come w/wired harness... extra magnet is $3 (expensive, IMHO)... these have worked well for me... (one feature i like is that if you change a battery, you can reset the odometer to your documented mileage - no starting over at zero)...
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Originally Posted by linux_author
sigma sport bc500 and/or bc800 for $9 and $12... wireless unit is $18... rear wheel harness is $8... all computers come w/wired harness... extra magnet is $3 (expensive, IMHO)... these have worked well for me... (one feature i like is that if you change a battery, you can reset the odometer to your documented mileage - no starting over at zero)...
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[QUOTE=cydewaze]I run a db4lw. $25 at Perf on sale.
Actually (at least according to my colleague from down south), "y'all" is singular, and "all y'all" refers to a group.[/QUOTE]
HAHA..ok well what do I know...I'm a northern transplant!
Actually (at least according to my colleague from down south), "y'all" is singular, and "all y'all" refers to a group.[/QUOTE]
HAHA..ok well what do I know...I'm a northern transplant!