35,320miles slave to the 'puter,
I grew to love my CatEye CC8000.
I reckon you couldn't get one beauter.
It didn't wear out though I wore out many trousers.
Then I hit oily tarmac in Venezuela
Landed on my hip and slid for thirty meters.
So slippy nothing ripped so I didn't need a tailor.
But CatEye disappeared and I broke my femur.
Two heros put me in their cab and bike upon their trailer,
Took me to hospital, where I was the loudest screamer.
Private jet to Caracas, where they pinned my bone together.
Morphine morphine morphine and more and more morphine....errrrrr
A little blood short, I returned to Britain paler.
Now all I want is another CC8000 CatEye meter.

I know they don't make them any more, but can anybody find one for me?

Keep the rubber side down.
Richard

I got a Supergo branded wireless computer. No problems w. it yet. had it for about 4 months.

Thread is three years old..................

Please thank cogrotator, heh.

As a side note, to those of you who have computers going bad real quick, make sure the magnet's not directly over the sensor when you store your bike.
The magnetic reed switch makes a contact everytime the magnet passes over the sensor. But if the magnet rests over the sensor, it's a constant short and will drain your tiny battery like nothing.

My computer has a 17" flat screen monitor. I love it.

Good one. Stop being so darn smart. :)

Wow, never thought of that... interesting.

Interesting of you to find that out. Do work in the industry or something? I don't think it's ever happened to me or my cc, but then again, I almost never store my bike with the main unit still mounted. So now I'm thinking that that's good, because I won't have to go all anal and check that the magnet and sensor aren't lined up whenever I leave the bike for a while.....
Please forgive me for my resurrection job on this string. Have people just stopped having problems with their cc's, or have they just stopped using them all together, as some people advised earlier in the string?

The metal horse be with you.
Richard

I too have always made sure to never leave my magnet and sensor lined up when storing the bike partially because I knew how the sensors worked and also because I think I recall seeing that warning in early CatEye manuals.

My how time passes!! And I still haven't found a replacement for my long, lost CatEye CC8000. HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!

Love the Cateye Strada

I was actually thinking about going to a wireless computer before reading the horror stories on this thread. Now that little, thin black wire does not look so annoying. Maybe when the technology has been perfected, I will reconsider.

My wireless friends don't have such horror stories if you exclude the occasional 100 km/h display, but they certainly eat more batteries than I do.

My wired commuter, a Cateye Mighty, has been running on the same battery since I bought it in 2002 or 2003. I run the wire along the brake cable so it doesn't look bad. Not perfect, but between that and the huge sensor/transmitter of the wireless systems, I'm not sure which is uglier.