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Tourist in MSN
By reset the odometer, I meant when you change batteries, can you set it to the old number (if you remembered to write it down) instead of zero. My wired one, you can't, but I suspect some you can.
Yes to that as well. Right after inputting tire diameter and time, it prompts to set Odometer. OR, I could be remembering wrong, you might have to hold down the left button two seconds on the Odometer view.
Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
My wireless receiver would burn through batteries a lot faster if it was always on waiting for the wheel to turn. Mine, after you are stopped for 30 minutes, it shuts off the radio receiver. So, that is why they are not instant on. If I am riding solo, I remember to start it, but when I am riding with people, I am often distracted and forget to wake it up when I start out after lunch or something like that.
These are excellent points.
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Tourist in MSN
My wireless ones, when the wheel is turning, the sender (part on the fork) has a light that will turn on for about a second, every few seconds. And when that light comes on, that is when the data on the receiver screen changes. Thus, I assume that when the light is on, that is when it is sending info to the receiver. Because of that I think sometimes the number of wheel revolutions is not measured with sufficient accuracy which causes the error. In my case the error is usually over estimating distance, not under. If it was underestimating, then it is possible that the receiver on the handlebar did not receive the data sent by the sender on the fork occasionally.
As far as I know, the Blackburn wireless sensor has no lights. But now I wonder if it sends data similarly, even still.
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Tourist in MSN
My rando bike is the only computer where
Didn't follow you here. Rando is a brand of bike?
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Tourist in MSN
I really want to make sure I have very accurate distance, I use an old wired one there because it seems to be spot on.
Good discussion.