Recommend a
 

computer for my bike. I do not need a top of the line widgit just a decent basic model. Lp

Cateye Velo 5. Speed, avg. Speed, trip distance, total distance and clock. About 30$ max.

Cateye Mity 8 also works great and runs $20-25. Has speedo, odo, trip, ave, clock. Easy to read display. Easy to work buttons.

+1 I had this one on all my bikes before I bought the Garmin.

My Cateye Mity 3 (predecessor to the Mity 8) is still going strong.

Most any Cateye.

Cateye "Astrale 8" if you can still find one (I think they have been discontinued). Wired, with cadence, under $30!

Specialized computers are good, have basic functions AND the digits are larger so my old eyes can read them from riding position. The MPH digits are large enough on most computers, but on the Specialized the odometer digits are large enough too. You can get a good basic one for $30 - $35

I like my Cateye Enduro 8.

I've been well pleased with my Cateye Micro 8 wireless.

+1 for the Specialized. I got a Specialized SpeedZone Comp "free" when I got my new bike earlier this year. It's been through a rain-soaked century, and a rain-soaked 58-mile substitute for a century, and it's still ticking. It is a basic instrument with the basic functions. Not sure what it cost new. Given that it came "free" with the bike, I suspect that it was probably not the top-o-the-line. I'm satisfied with it.

I have had one of these for over a year:

http://www.schwinnbike.com/products/...tail.php?id=53

Got it at the local W***Mart, $9.95.

The main number is fairly big but the button (right one) that changes modes is a little hard to push. Otherwise it works pretty good.

I also have a CatEye Strada Cadence. Its numbers are smaller and harder to see. I will eventually be replacing it (recycle to another bike) with one of these, which has a bigger display (have it, but not installed yet):

http://www.sigmasport.com/us/produkt...punkt=features

I have some of these:

http://optx2020.com/reading.cfm

one on each right eye side of my riding glasses so I can see the speedo numbers better.

Still need the 'cheaters' to read the fine print on stuff off the bike.

I like my plain old wired Cateye Strada.

If the only information you are interested in is "how far" and "how fast" the basic computers are almost a commodity. I have a slight preference for the Cateye Enduro because it has a fatter, more durable wire that's less likely to open circuit.

Cateye (notice a pattern) Micro, wireless. Almost bombproof. My wife has one, I have one. NEVER a problem, ever. Works every time, rain, snow, hot, cold.

Wow, I have never seen this much agreement in 50+ about anything.

Cateye seems to be the best buy for the buck with me too.

There used to be a better product for us oldies with bad eyes but Topeak stopped making the old style Panoram (3 screens side by side no scrolling necessary for most data) with the really large print and new and improved it. The old 3 wide case is still available from some Pacific Rim knockoff company but the text is not as large or clear.

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+1 for the Cateye Astrale.
I would put a priority in getting the cadence feature. Being in the 50+ forum you might be interested in protecting/saving your knees. By working on your cadence they will last forever.

Yeah. I HATE when that happens. I'm ashamed to have been a part of it.

HUMBUG!

Cateye again and I would say any of them. The astrale 8 with cadence is great for finding out you do not pedal fast enough- but the cadence feature can be tricky to set up. The wireless ones are fantastic till something goes out of alignment or "A" battery runs low. and the wired ones work great but do look messy with the cabling.

I have used all of them and swear at all of them aswell. I do mean it that way- They all have their faults in setting up. But whatever Make or type you get- Put the set up instructions away somewhere you WILL remember where they are in 12 months time. I can never find mine when I want to fit a different wheel size or change a battery cos it has gone flat and it resets itself to Zero.

Again...kudo's (is that spelled right?!) to Cateye. The instruction manuals are online and can be downloaded as PDF's.

I like the wired computers. Road bikes just don't look right to me without a computer wire spiraling down the front brake cable housing.

I use a Cray XT4.

I mourn for the 1980's era Cateye solar powered cyclocomputers. Anyone have one of those?

I have a cateye micro wireless that is boringly totally reliable. Not sure what more one could ask.