Originally Posted by
Digital_Cowboy
From your list I have to ask really what use is having the cyclecomputer displaying the temperature? If one stores their bike(s) indoors then the computer is going to give a false reading, isn't it? And anyone who has a TV has access to 24/7 weather information. The ETA is/would be nice but doesn't it work better with a GPS based computer? Otherwise how is it going to be able to determine the ETA? Yes, backlight would be nice. What is wrong with wireless? The computer that I currently am using is wireless, the computer on my other bike is wired, when I upgrade/replace it I'll probably go wireless with it as well.
Overall I would have to say that I am very happy with both of my current computers.
I agree with most of what you say, but I will elaborate:
- Temperature is just like BaracksSi said interesting for future reference. How do you feel when riding in a certain temperature? But let me ask you a different question. Have you ever own a car which would display temperature? Did you ever find use for it, because I have. Being carefull when it is near freezing and it started to rain, putting shades up in the car when the weather was hot. My bike starts it's day indoors, but the rest of the time it is standing outside.
- My experience with wireless is of three years ago. I got one of the more expensive wireless models, but after setting it up, it just didn't work. An extreme distance (upright position bike + 65 framesize) combined with a dynohub caused too much interference for wireless to work. Granted, I haven't tried it since so I have no idea if modern wireless models are any better. Still, I already hate replacing my rear battery lights once every year, because it is always at the worst possible time. That risk just goes up with two seperate batteries.
Originally Posted by
BarracksSi
Just to illustrate that we cause much hand-wringing for Cateye's product planners...
The speedometer is my least-used screen, at least on the road bike (my commuter doesn't have a computer). I set it, a Shimano Flight Deck, to show cadence and the time of day (speed is still there, but it uses smaller digits), and my Garmin watch gives HR. I just don't care about speed readings, because if I'm going on a slight downhill or with a tailwind, I'll think that I'm going really fast for the effort; and the opposite if I'm on a slight uphill or into a headwind.
I think I am going to refer them to this topic, I would have thought they would at the very least have responded by now.