Originally Posted by
Baldy1953
Maybe by moving the sensor pickup to the rear wheel and the sensor to the frame arm, it will be closer and cure your problem
Yeah, it might but the connecting wire won't reach the handlebars. You could mount the head on the top tube but then you have to read it sideways.
Joking aside, years ago I did just that to mount a cyclometer on my indoor trainer bike since I needed a rear wheel pickup. Awkward but functional and the distraction of reading it wasn't a problem since I wasn't going anywhere. Cat-Eye did sell a cyclometer (the Astrale) with a long connecting wire that allowed rear wheel magnet and chainstay sensor mounting but they are no longer offered.