Originally Posted by
njkayaker
Probaby, a weak way to present your argument. And the criticism is too vague.
I have had no problems with a Bontrager Node and a Cateye Strada Duo wireless (both digitial). I have a Planet Bike Protege 9.0 wireless (analog) which has the classic analog interferance problem. Some LED lights can be a problem for wireless computers (the digital ones should be better). Part of understanding this is having some idea how the computers (wired and wireless) work.
I didn't comment to argue technical points, the vagueness clearness states exactly the level of detail in my comments, which is basically saying "this is my repeated recollection, I'm not investing the time to save comments and exact numbers, take it for the level of detail that it is".
One doesn't have to put time into understanding a lot of details with a wired computer. It just works, continues working, etc etc.
Oh yeah, I had forgotten about some led lights having a problem to.
Originally Posted by
njkayaker
We don't know what computer you have and it's probably not reasonable to expect that all of the different models from other manufacturers will work the same way. Anyway, battery life is very dependent on how often you ride. How long have to had it? How much do you ride?
I rode about once a week, if I remember right. It was many years ago, but mostly I'm talking about comments from other people who have had wireless computers.
Originally Posted by
njkayaker
It's easy to remove any computer from it's mount (I wasn't talking about that but that might not have been clear).
It's clearly easier to relocate a wireless computer from one place to another on the same bike. It's obvious that a wireless computer gives you more options on where to put it too. It may not be much easier (in certain cases) but it's very clear that it is easier.
Since the OP has a folding bike, it might be easier to deal with on a folding bike. Maybe. Because the folding bikes I've looked at never disconnect/rotate/etc between the front fork and the handlebars - but maybe the OP's does.
But regarding what you're saying, it's not easier because either way you do the same thing - you take the computer off the mount and put it on the mount on the new bike. It's the same either way. This is a picture of the mount for a wireless computer -
This is the article -
http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/04/16/...less-computer/
I can't think of a reason why you would need to "relocate a wireless computer from one place to another on the same bike". For "It's obvious that a wireless computer gives you more options on where to put it too" where else would you put it but the handlebars exactly? A while back I asked if I could put it in my rear bag, with the sensor on the front wheel, and several people said the wireless signal on their unit wouldn't reach that far. I suppose to be fair, one might be able to put the sensor on the rear wheel and also put the speedometer part in a rear bag, but then you can't see the speedometer while you're riding.
Originally Posted by
njkayaker
He was explicit about wires being a "no no". So, if people can't talk about cadence, they can't talk about wired computers either.
I didn't say people "couldn't" talk about cadence, I said it's something he probably wouldn't be using.
It's hard to tell when someone says they don't want a wired computer how much thought they've put into it. Sometimes it's just an offhand comment, so if they know about the tradeoffs they might change their mind. Other times they're more certain that's not what they want. But in that case they can definitely ignore my comment - I phrased it as "usually I say this for these reasons, but if you don't want wired that's understandable".