Originally Posted by
njkayaker
There is analog wireless and digital wireless. The "false stats" problem only really occurs with the analog ones. The digital ones work fine.
Wired computers have one battery and wireless computers have two. Having two batteries is more complicated but not by much. Wireless does give you the option of being able to move the display head to different locations easily.
Wireless seems much simpler to install if you are doing speed and cadence.
I don't know, from what I remember people said "oh, no, the digital one is way better" then still had problems with it functioning all the time.
With a wired computer, you have 1 battery that almost never runs out. I don't know if I've ever replaced one. With wireless you have to replace at least one of the batteries every one or two years.
I think you're just wrong on being able to move it more easily. With wired speedometers the speedometer comes off the mount as well, I don't think it's any harder to move it. Either way you have to install a sensor on the second bike.
Cadence is probably easier with wireless, can't argue there. If the OP has a folding bike cadence is probably not something he'll be using, though.