Originally Posted by
LoRoK
I understand the competitive guys trying to always get better, but I still think in time or average speed. I don't get the watts thing. I'm sure it translates into progress somehow, I just don't know how.
What do you want the computer for? Plenty of inexpensive wireless ones that'll give you speedometer, odometer, trip mileage, clock. $30 or less.
Spend more, get more features. I had a very nice one that had way more features than I knew what to do with, and the one that I thought I wanted, which was cadence. But after a few thousand miles I never looked at the thing except for mileage and speed. When it died, I didn't bother to replace it.
Heartrate monitors are for training purposes as are SRM Powertaps.
Aren't you afraid a computer on your bike will ruin the whole Zen thing? It's a slippery slope; next you'll be putting mirrors on your bike, wearing a helmet, then blinkies all over the bike. When you get the cellphone carrier on the handlebars you've sunk too low for zero; might as well get a recumbent.