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04-27-06, 08:19 PM

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ken cummings

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Originally Posted by Person

How accurate is your cycle computer? I just put on a Sigma BC1200. I road a mile and marked exactly on the road where it came up a mile. I then jumped in my truck and drove the same route. It probably came out to be about 1/15 of a mile off.

My truck could be off or the computer could be off; I am not sure. Is it impossible to get them to read perfectly accurate?

Thanks,

Person

Perfectly accurate? "No" Werner Heisenberg. Close enough? "Yes" any engineer. A local agency put 1/2 and 1 mile marks on a local flat, straight MUP. My bike was 0.4% low. I went back the other way dodging and weaving like there were a lot of other path users. Now it read 2% high. Close enough.

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