Originally Posted by
rickpaulos
someone asked about the reliability of bike computers above.
I run a bike coop and see dozens of bike computers on incoming donated bikes every year. 100% of them have dead batteries in the head. I remove the computers and install new batteries and resell them for $10. I do remind customers that "there's an app for that".
This may sound strange, but since there is an app for that, why do people buy computers for $10?
And this is a bit of a tangent, but does your coop need money? I know little about financing of bike coops, but I'm pretty sure that my bike coop has no shortage of cash and would have nowhere to put it if extra cash came in. It's a strange and improbable thing that a non-profit can't use money.