Originally Posted by
veganbikes
Why people feel the need to mess with a good reliable product like Cateye who makes excellent lower cost computers that have worked and worked for a loooooong time I don't understand? I get it a billionaire who has more warehouses and money than sense can get ridiculous prices and products and all of that but there is something to be said for known qualities and quantities that you just cannot get through places that don't specialize in bikes and bike parts.
To those knocking wired computers I have never really had an issue with one and the Cateye Enduro is pretty robust. I can understand on a mountain bike it having more issues but a road bike would be pretty rare. I have found the wireless units to be a bit more fidgety and problematic at points and having two batteries to deal with kind of sucks. However I am not talking Garmin, Wahoo, or similar just the more basic wireless models. However I haven't had enough or consistent issues with wireless to say don't go with one but just that wired is super simple and easy and if you are looking to save money Cat-Eye has got you covered.
I had an early CatEye in the mid-80s. The unit was big enough to see with the naked eye from low-earth orbit
, but it worked great. I wish I had saved it for nostalgia purposes.
In 2011 I needed a new computer for.a tour. I had a LBS in Missoula slap one on when it received the bike from UPS. It was a Sigma. The first morning of the tour the computer kept resetting to 0 miles. Couldn’t figure out what was going on. Finally did. Every time I stopped to take a photo of the Bitterroots on the right, the bars would twist left and rest against my left knee, pressing one of the buttons and resetting the mileage. Really dumb design.
And yes, wireless does have the issue of a second battery. I went with wireless for the touring bike because it usually got boxed and shipped one a year. Pro tip: When hitting the road for a while with an older battery, pack a spare. I had one die on me on the first day of a two-week trip.