I don't know who that is, but anyway after 6yrs. I still enjoy my commute as much as I ever did.

I've never had a need for a bicycle computer while commuting.

Knowing your speed does help when going thru 15mph school zones.

There's a section of pedestrian/bike street downtown with a 10 mph limit. It would be very hard for me to estimate that without my computer and the bike cops are there pretty often.

No real need, I just like having one. Besides, they're cheap.

If you didn't have a computer, then you'd have a good defense.

Do they roll with radar guns? I imagine that as long as you ride at a reasonable pace, they won't hassle you. Even if you end up doing 12 in a 10.

I'm pretty sure they'd let 12 slide unless I was getting too close to the pedestrians. Still 10 mph is pretty slow and there's a steep hill there where it's easy to do 20+ if you aren't paying attention.

That was Lt. Cmdr. Data, Al.

Former... poor Data... sacrificed himself to save Picard.

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Two things this forum is always good for -

An occasional Monty Python reference-fest and apparently some Trekkie talk from time to time, too.

I cannot see a computer doing much good, don't most people have a watch for time or a cell phone with a clock?

Even if you don't have a real watch the Timex Ironman has alarms, chrono, timer etc, 35 dollars.

Oooh shiny! Where can I get one of those?

My two cents about my computer...

Buying it:

1. I wanted it to be small so it could fit nicely on my handlebar stem.
2. I wanted it to be a simple one-button function.
3. I wanted it to be wired.
4. I wanted good quality and durable.
5. I wanted it to look good.
6. At the very least, I wanted Speed, ODO, Distance, and Clock/Time.
7. I wanted to be able to mount and unmount easily so I can take it with me after each ride.

I bought a Cateye Strada Cadence.

I will say though, I do like having all the features and they're very easy to click to but I find I normally keep my setting on MPH with Cadence. The MPH isn't so much a big deal but the cadence helps me to be efficient as I'm cycling. I find that I too often pedal on a higher gear at a low cadence which in turn makes my legs work more and wears out my knees without me realizing it. The cadence feature also helps me to double check my pedal strokes to make sure I'm maintaining an average of 90 rpm.

Clock and mileage. That's the only stuff I wish I had on my usual commuter bike, but I still haven't gotten around to putting a computer on it, either.

I don't really need a computer....but I have to admit the nerd/geek/lots of excel spreadsheets with graphs part of me loves it and wouldn't be without it.

for me I have to have speed, trip distance, total distance, avg speed, trip time. I like the max speed and of course a clock is nice.

I do keep track of some of these on spread sheet, as much to record how my fitness is waxing and waning as anything....and because I have to have excel data, pivot tables and graphs

Actually, that's perfect - I'd like a dashboard clock for my commuter, I don't see any need for other functions.

https://www.dollarrider.com/detail.cf..._content=13551

Looks like it's intended for motorcyclists, but the 7/8" size should work just fine on normal flatbars. I'm sure that there are bike-specific variants out there that would fit road bars.

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Though I cannot argue with this logic, I prefer the cleanliness of not having any more wires than possible, so I go wireless, but I admit, the reason is purely aesthetic.

Form my perspective, this reads like, "what does an octopus need from a trombone?"

Paul

Clock...back in time for dinner.

Speed...fun.

Odometer...bike maintenance.

Cheap $5.44 toy with free shipping works great 4 me. Takes a little tinkering to secure it to the bike, but the hardware/software is bug-free. Used one LR44 battery. Unit is very accurate if properly calibrated. My units shows an error of 0.006 mile for each mile travelled.

https://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.24075

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after a little over ten years of commuting, i don't know why i even use one. my bikes all have them on, but on my commute, i just don't know what the point is. i know it's 19.9 miles. i know it's about 85 minutes there and about 70minutes back. when it matters, i also know the temperature before i leave in the morning. i glance down and notice the speed i am going, but that's just because it's there.

the info the computers give you is kinda interesting i guess, but of no real use to me for commuting. i would encourage you to ask what it is you really need a computer at all for? it's useful for figuring out new routes and training rides, but commuting? kind of a mystery to me.

if you ride the same route every day then i can't really think of a great use for a computer specific for commuting, but if you use your bike for other things then it can come in handy.

i just like knowing how far we go on rides and also total miles ridden so far. it is also useful when i just want to motivate to keep a nice steady pace, it's easy to see and do with the MPH right there.