I've been an extremely satisfied user of the Cateye Astrale 8 (wired w/cadence) on several of my bikes. It's simple to use, reliable, has long battery life (several years, even with extended use such as months a year of all-day touring), and updates very rapidly (I would guess it as <0.5 second, possible significantly less than that, i.e. near real time rather than with a substantial lag as with many computers).

Most importantly for me, it doesn't clutter the display with a lot of distracting data I'm not interested in. It shows 2 metrics at a time, and allows any of them to be set as the primary (larger) display. I keep it set with cadence as the primary display, which I use constantly to gauge shifting (it's my "tachometer") to ride more efficiently, know how tired I am (my intuitive sense of my cadence gets distorted as I get tired), maintain constant pace when someone is drafting me, etc. I keep the secondary display on trip distance for navigation, following cure sheets and maps and road signs. I care very little about speed, since I don't race.

My impression is that even though it is discontinued, the Astrale 8 remains the standard choice for folks like me for whom cadence is primary. I have a spare set aside.

BUT... I've recently acquired a bike with S&S couplers (Rodriguez "Wilie Weir" UTB). I don't want to have to rewire the sensors every time I break apart or put together the bike. I've tried to solder Supernova or similar connectors into the rear-wheel sensor wires (as I have done for the taillight connections), but I can't solder the ultra-fine stranded wires (with the metal strands twisted together with nylon strands for strength) used on the Astrale 8.

Does anyone know of a wireless computer that allows cadence to be set as the primary display?

Failing that, one that has a large cadence display with a minimum of other unwanted data -- not with cadence as one of multiple tiny items in the corners of a display overwhelmed by a huge fixed speed display and/or multiple other items? And one with real-time cadence, not a full second or two (or more) lag to update. Cadence changes more quickly than any other parameter, and is more useful in real time (to time and judge shifting), so fast updating is much more important for cadence than for any other metric.

I want to be able to take a very quick glance at the computer, and get (first and foremost) real-time cadence.

I can;t find any *wireless* computer that allows cadence to be set as the primary display (largest numbers). Have I missed something?

To complicate matters, I have hub generator lights, so I want a computer highly resistant to electromagnetic interference. I've been told that "ANT" digital sensor transmitters and receivers are the more interference-resistant wireless computers currently available, but don't really know.

What are other cadence fanciers using for wireless computers? Or is there any wired computer comparable to the Astrale 8 in cadence-display functionality but with easier-to-solder sensor wires?