Originally Posted by cyccommute
How about sticking another, possibly stronger, magnet to the existing magnet? You can get some very strong permanent magnets in very small sizes. I'm not sure this would work because I don't know if the pickup requires a certain magnetic field strength but it might be worth a shot.
I have
these at home and they would stick to the wheel magnet through just about anything.
A stronger magnet would work. Two magnets would be ok as long as you could keep the poles aligned properly. However, the danger is when I passed a steel fence post, I'd collide with it. I have enough trouble peeling myself off of trees!
Just kidding of course.
Al