Bike computers and brevets
03-01-07, 05:36 AM
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When I get info overload, I set my computer to display max speed, a stat I don't care about. Sometimes seeing the miles creeeeeeeping by or your avg. speed plummeting can be a real buzz-kill.
As an aside, I don't have cadence on my computer. What I do is count how many times my right knee taps my right elbow (works better in the drops) over a 10-second period. That number X 6 is my pedal strokes/minute. I do this once in awhile to check my cadence or to alleviate boredom.
Dan
As an aside, I don't have cadence on my computer. What I do is count how many times my right knee taps my right elbow (works better in the drops) over a 10-second period. That number X 6 is my pedal strokes/minute. I do this once in awhile to check my cadence or to alleviate boredom.
Dan
03-01-07, 10:18 AM
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I rode a 200k brevet without a cyclocomputer last month. It's doable even with complex cue sheets, but a cyclocomputer would have been very helpful so that I didn't have to check for a street name at every corner. It's hard to know on a 7 mile stretch whether you're actually coming up on 7 miles if you don't have something helping you keep track.
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