Do any of you use cyclocomputers? If so, how do you get the cord from the fork to the handlebars without a brake cable (for those of you riding brakeless)? If not, how does everyone always seem to know exactly what speed/rpm they're cruising at when (insert mishap here) occurs? Intuition?

fixed gear riders are robots, internal computers tell them everything.

you can do what i did on my bmx when I was racing 11 years ago. retro fit a freestyle bmx stem bolt (they're hollow) to your stem, then just run the cable down through the stem bolt and out of the bottom of the fork crown. this pretty much only applies to gooseneck stems though. they might make a hollow bolt for threadless forks, not sure though.

cyclocomputers?


can you install linux on them?


have you hugged a penguin today.....................

Gawd I spend enough time staring at a @#$%$# computer, why would I want one on my bike?

"Ride Lots" - Merckx

I velcro my GPS unit to my top tube occasionally.

I have one on my road bike, but not for the fixie. I'd rather just ride.

most fixed riders are so in tune with their bikes that they automatically know exactly how fast they are going, how many rpm their cadence is, how many miles they have ridden per ride and total, and their own heart rate...its amazing

if you have not yet achieved this level one oneness with you bike however but are worried about the cables for a cyclocomputer try a wireless one...i hear you can get them somewhat on the cheap

ill be ordering a wireless one shortly

From experience on my wireless one (Sigma BC1600), make sure your handle bars will give you a clean line from the unit to the magnet that mounts to your fork...Shouldn't be an issue since there is likely no brake in the way...

But if there is not a perfect view, you may sometimes lose signal.


If you don't run a brake, you can easily use a zip tie (or a couple) to keep the wire safe...a little ghetto, but it works

Well you know what they say, ghetto chic is better than a wire in the spokes.

When I decided to log my miles, I ran the wire with zip ties and left a little bit of slack from the fork crown to the handlebars.

uhh you said unit..huh huh huuuhh huh

Wireless is the way to go. Especially with no brakes, so there are no cables at all...

I have a wireless Polar on my road bike, and it's great. For accurate data while on a track bike, I ride with a roadie friend and bug him when I'm curious.

okay obi wan.

Up until a month ago, no computer on the fixed, only on the geared. Now that I picked up a Garmin Forerunner 201, it can go with me no matter the bike. On the wrist or in the jersey pocket.

I hate **** like this.

****....i forgot to hit the sarcasm key

I can tell if I am going fast or slow by the wind in face and by how fast the landscape passes by. You can easily measure your rpm if you have a watch (I don't have one). Count how many times your pedals go around in 15 seconds and multiply by 4. For some reason though I know if I am pedalling fast or slow without measuring. I also feel if my heart beats fast or slow and maps can tell me distances quite accurately and they are beautiful to look at.

What I really want is a handlebar TV!

Better yet, hook up a PS2 and a DVD player so you can roll like the bro's in cars...

OOOOOOOOOOhhhh that be supercool! All I would need is trained monkey that can steer and pedal and look out for cars - then I could playstation until my thumbs bleed, while riding!

what if they just invented the bicycle riding video game...who needs to ride a bike

VeloTrackAssualt: Ascent of Cote D'azur

Ride world wide famous velodromes from Parc des Princes in france to Herne Hill in South london, to the 7-eleven in Colorado Springs Colorado. Ride on the inside or ride with the stayers!

Only one man, can push one gear, to be number one!

computers make me crazy...

Damn, is that thing for real? It better be quite acurate at that price. Do you pay some sort of monthly fee for the GPS stuff? Sorry, I don't know much about that sort of stuff.

No monthly fee required for GPS. You can get them pretty affordably these days and they are a lot more useful (in my opinion) than a cyclocomputer. I have Garmin GPSMAP 60CS but I use it primarily mounted to my motorcycle for cross country trips.

Check out the Garmin eTrex or Geko lines.

Kaz

-- oh and they are extremely accurate.

Got mine for ~$110. I looked at from the bigger picture, in that I can use it on all of my bikes vs. buying a seperate computer for each. In addition, the ability to download the info and route after the ride allows you to veg in front of the computer and see all the neat info such as elevation changes graphed over speed over distance and over time. Info overload, but still fun if you so choose.