Originally Posted by
mrodgers
Yeah, I've moved it all around. I've put them down towards the hub where the magnet would be closer to the fork/sensor, moved it up the fork so the sensor had to be twisted around to reach the magnet. Pretty much it only seems to sense when it is making contact.
It is a wireless. I had the same Bell from Walmart wired years ago when I bought the first bike from Walmart to ride with my daughter when she was 5 but have since lost it.
I'd love a Garmin for mapping without needing to use my phone. With my finances, that's just a pipe dream to spend that much on something not entirely needed. Perhaps 8 years from now when I'm not paying for the kids anymore.
Yeah, within a mm, I'm not getting a reading. Hmm, I do have a magnet on the fridge that might be a bit stronger. I put it on the fridge and tell my kids and my wife to remove it. They can't pull it off, LOL. Heck, even I can barely pull it off the fridge. I could probably just snap that sucker right to the spoke and it would never come off even at my so far top downhill speed of 35 mph. I love to scare the crap out of the kids when they are getting into the fridge and I toss it towards the fridge door. It's quite a loud crack when it snaps to the fridge.
I was thinking it was wired. Wireless adds some variables and I've had bad luck with them. The one I have (a cheapo) has a range of two feet, in reality less than that I think, and it had to be near the brakes to work reliably. The sending unit battery died quickly, and now since a couple of rainstorms it doesn't work at all. I wouldn't be completely surprised if the carbon fork did cause some interference after all. You might try holding the display unit close to the transmitter and spin the wheel.
Bad switch still seems more likely though. I like the idea of trying the strong magnet. Just manually pass it near the sensor a few times in rapid succession and see if it displays anything!