Originally posted by tenpas
Well, I am an engineer, and that should explain it all.
Get your point.
I am technically challenged myself, but as a 'gadget man' I do surrender to the occasional temptation. No justification necessary.
to take the hands off of the bars to try to change display to go from time / speed is somewhat distracting, especially for a non-coordinated sort like myself. Heck, I can crash even without trying to fiddle with a display unit with a small display....
Keep on trying. You will get better. (If even I can stay on the road, there is hope for all of us.) Just pick a soft landing zone, whenever you decide to leave the saddle.
The flight-deck can give me cadence without any extra wires to the pedals., so it keeps things clean without any extra wires running all over the bike.
Yep, cleaner is meaner. Just ignore the cadence number while coasting.
I haven't tried the Polar stuff myself, but I think the speed and cadence 'pick-up devices' are quite big. They look less clean than the Flight Deck, to be sure.
Don't know how to display the trip meter while riding. Perhaps you are a bit too 'analytical' on the road.
Speed, cadence, heart rate is enough info for me. Takes me two devices and a lot of wire (Ciclosport CM212 on the bar and a Sigma PC1600--just arrived :-)--on the wrist). The rest I figure out and 'digitize' (manually :-()after the ride.
Have fun!