Why? An LBS by me went away from Cateye computers and went with Sigma. Well, that was at least the story they gave me why they did not carry Cateye.

Sorry, forgot to say the LBS went away from Cateye because of claimed reliability issues.

Me too, but the exact opposite.

Expensive, rubber band mounting mechanism is terrible, flaky sensors (esp. on the wireless units).

I've used both the 1606L wired and wireless units.

The wireless unit actually came with my trainer and it's the worst piece of bike junk I've ever owned. I couldn't even give it away to a co-worker for his beach cruiser, that's how bad it was.

Read reviews of Sigma online, I'm not the only one...

Oh yeah, and also who the heck designed Sigma's magnets? :crash:

Everyone else uses screw-on type magnets.

The genius at Sigma decided to use a design that either seizes on bladed spokes as used in Mavic wheels and other popular spokes like Sapim CX-Ray and makes it very difficult to take off, or doesn't fit on thin, round ones, like DT Revolutions, which makes the magnet move around.

Agree on Sigma. I had one that crapped out after a month of use. Went back to Cateye. This is one of the few instances of the French having superior technology to the Germans.

cateye v2c. i think the 2.4ghz standard has far fewer interference issues.

Cateye Mity 3 (I think?) Wired, small and simple. Never changed the battery (10 years+).

I use wired (mity 8). It was cheap.

I also use a wireless (different bike).

I like the wireless better, the wire itself is ugly. Never had interference problems. The wireless seems to function the same (although the update time is a little slower).

Personally I think powertap has the best solution. However, I'm not buying a powertap...

I do. As mentioned above, no interference from/with other electronics to worry about.

Cateye are most reliable.

I've never had any of the issues your describing with the rubber band or magnet and I'm using those exact DT revolution spokes. Interference even though there coded and loosing signal is a big problem. Lost 3 km on my ride today and cadence was all over the place.

I'm going back to wired, the 5 year old Cat eye Astrale 8 on a older bike has the original batery. The sigma 1606L wireless I've gone through 7 in just over 2 years.

i have a cateye Mity8 on my road bike. I have never had a computer on my 97 Cannondale Super V700.

I have a Sigma 1606L wired computer. Only thing I don't like about it is that it has too many features.

Of course, at the moment, it's installed in a ziplock bag in a drawer in the garage right next to the Garmin. I realized that most of the time I just plain don't care. :o

Shimano FlightDeck - wired - like the cadence and gear indicator functions.

Wired. Got it cause it is 20 less than the wireless of the same abilities. Like it. Sigma.

^ some of this

Two points: yes, I gave up on wireless for the same reasons. No, I haven't given up on knowing how far you are or how fast you are going.

I use a wired Blackburn 3.0 w/cadence.

I'm not trading.

Have the Flight Deck wired and wireless. No difference.

I'm looking for speed, distance and calories burned. What wired unit can I get? Can't seem to find what I want looking online at various sources...so I figured you guys n gals would be able to give me some advice/suggestions....TIA!

I was happy with wired Flight Deck - especially the gear indicator - for years but have had nothing but trouble with the wireless Flight Deck. Most rides the time/distance functions give out somewhere, though the current speed/odometer still works. Have played with the sensor - if anyone has advice it would be welcome. Maybe I should find rides that avoid crossing railways and power lines.

Not sure that's a wired versus non wired issue. The flight deck sensors can be quite finickie.

sigma wired unit with the backlight. Works well and even came with cadence(haven't set it up), big display screen is nice. I went from wired, to wireless back to wired.

Wired Cateye Strada w/ Cadence

I had a wireless. I stopped using it when the battery died after 3 months.
It registered my max speed as 186km/h during a 1.5 hour ride and my average speed was somehow 9km/h.
never really trusted it after that.

I think I have to replace my Avocet 20. Just like Quijibo187, according to the Avocet, I am just a rocket on the MPU, always going 28 mph regardless if it is hilly, flat or downhill.

$10 Schwinn wired speedometer. It seems silly to call it a "computer" when all it does is show speed, average speed, etc.

Can someone give me a hand? Id like to pick one up in a week and need to know what good brands are out there, and also ones to avoid.

Just get a Cateye and be done.

We all ready did.

http://www.pakayas.com/schwinn-17fun...-comput17.html

Sigma Rox 9 - wireless...no interference...ever...not with other riders, not with power lines...works great.

someone mentioned wireless doesn't wake up when you start?....I dont think I've had a wired or wireless that doesn't auto start.