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Old 01-27-13 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by curly666
Wireless have to be very close to computer in order to work right, you would be better off with a wired unit, cheaper too. And you don't have the interference.
Originally Posted by MikeWMass
I agree. The Cateye Strada wheel sensor mounts on the fork, not the rear stays. I have been using Cateye Astrale 8's on my bikes. It takes about 15 minutes to run the wires, you can cover them with electrical tape to match your frame and they are hardly visible. They wind up your shift and brake cables, and again, if you have black housing they are not terribly noticible. In my opinion, the wires look less bad than the big clunky sensors on the forks for the wireless ones.
Cateye Astrale 8.

Wireless is over-rated.
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