Originally Posted by Lord Chambers
I'm wondering, what is the effect of changing the placement of your sensors? Obviously putting them closer to the center of the wheel and crank arm will increase the amount of time the sensor parts are aligned, but I'm not sure if that's good or bad. Having them at the end of the wheel and crank arm would increase accuracy a bit, I figure, but might cause some problems from having less contact.
Anyone know the optimal placement for the sensor magnets? I'm suprised my Astrale 8 guide doesn't suggest where on the wheel or crank arm you install the stuff.
The computer probably senses when the magnet trips the sensor, not how long its been tripped for. I guess that's why they specify a maximum
distance between sensor and magnet in their instructions.
I, too, wonder if there is an optimal place on the wheel you could put the sensor but then again the error difference from 1-30 mph probably isn't as great as 30-185 or whatever its maximum limit is because at speeds up high you're dealing with your tire diameter changing due to centrifugal forces and other variables that would cause the error to be +/- your actual speed. I need to put the GPSr on the bars and see if there is a difference.