Take a look at my new Catyet computer, Strada Cadence....


Where is the computer there? It's smaller than my thumb, and I have small fingers.


I figured I'm getting a computer, instead I got a toy. Most toys are bigger than this thing. Smaller isn't better, IMO. Because small looks not as valuable as big, there is a visibility issue with small, and durability issue too. It's easier to break small than big.


Moving on to sensor and wiring. These look very fragile as well. Any sort of misuse - such as falling down, touching with your foot, or otherwise wiping bike down - can cause the wires to break, and possibly break right where they connect to sensor. Thus repair would not be possible.



My opinion on Strada Cadence by Cateye. Although small and compact, this device is too fragile for use on a bike. It's kind of like iPod, although slick, compact, and all that, you won't take it to the gym with you, because you could break it easily.


I should have went with Topeak Panoram V12, for the same money, but no cadence sensing.

So how do you like your Cateye computer?

Too fragile. Fragile is not practical because you have to watch for fragile things. Extra headache.


Other than that, it's an 8 out 10.

If it is installed correctly, the wiring will last for years. You don't leave it dangling loose.

The computer will probably last ten years or more. They are pretty robust, solid state and no moving parts. Sure if you hit it hard enough it might break, but so do most things.

You're right, here's my computer. Now I just have to figure out the best way to mount it on my handlebars....

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Ahhhhhhhhhhh Man, You're Hillarious.


Keep It Up Playa

The boy has a sense of humor, good to see.....

The OP must be a Vetta rep or some other bike computer company. I run a Strada with no issues at all. I also installed mine, and several others, and I've never had issues or even seen any. It is intended for road bike use, not trail or rough off road use. The read outs are very easy to read and the user interface is simple.

That or you are a gorilla (mechanic's term for someone who over tightens everything and is too ignorant to understand why that is a bad thing)

Bigger is better is a very odd sentiment to apply to computers. Putting aside the obvious wouldn't a lower profile device on the bar be less likely to sustain damage?

So have you already broken one of these or is it your guess that it'll be easy to break?

Bad news pal, you picked the wrong hobby if you're afraid of breaking things. Unless you can find a computer made of titanium (just about all bike computers are plastic), it's going to break under the worst conditions, ie. falling or crashing. And in those cases, just be happy if it's just your computer that ends up breaking (I'm guessing you'll never be buying a carbon bike).

Poking fun aside, my guess is that you want a computer for mountain biking. You can find computers with heavy duty wires that are just a little too thick and unwieldy for roadies like me. The Cateye ENDURO comes to mind. It's pretty much the standard cheapo' Cateye (no cadence) with "heavy duty" wires, but it still shares the "tiny" display you disliked about the Strada (as do all Cateyes... and most other bike computers).

"Where is the computer?" Oh come on...

Agreed. That was a stupid point for him to make. Stupid comment about the iPod, too.

I have a Cateye Strada Wireless and love it. Why would you want something bigger? Just because it is small does not mean it will break.

Tim McTeague

I have the Cateye Strade Cadence wired, Works great. Never had a problem. And it's not too expensive. I figure it'll last at least a few years. By then someone will have a new "toy" to buy with more functions.

I don't know nuts bout no Strada's Cadence, but I just wanted to say--if you take it apart and see how small the silicon chip is that makes it work, you'd really be pi55ed off.
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One other point I think is invalid -- "smaller than my thumb". I can scroll through functions with the heel of my hand if I want to.

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OP based his review on looks alone.

I use a scanning cathode tube setup(220 tubes, 64 "bit"). It uses a shimano front generator hub and a rear drive hub from a scooter(converted to generator) along with a zener diode and some capcitors to maintain constant output. It weighs 87 pounds and I carry it on a BOB but it works great as long as the lights are shorter then two minutes(Then it resets to zero)