Originally Posted by
RoadTire
I used a mechanical odo and the little metal thingie that "pINGd" every time it smacked the little cog wheel. I used the rythem of the "pING" as a pacer. Oh and a watch and pocket notebook for a log - to track distance and average speed... *sigh*.
I had one of those ping thingys on my schwinn.
those were the days of stupid simple gadgets.
I even had a AM radio-I was 9-10 or so!