I'm typing this on an Abacus.

Anyone know of any computers that only compute total mileage? I'm not interested in speed on my fixed, but would still like to compute mileage. Wired is fine but I would probably mount it under the saddle as to not see it until I've finished my ride.

For $10, I suppose that would probably do more than enough for my mileage requirement. I'll check it out today.

I wouldn't go straight to the cheap shiz, Old Dirt Hill. I've had a Cateye that was ****ty despite costing me $50. It drained batteries like no one's business. Those quarter sized cells aren't cheap.

The Cateye Strada does so much more stuff that you'll probably just learn to love. It has great battery life and wireless as well.

I love having one, I love to know how fast I'm going, how far/long it took me (though these are often relative to traffic/time of day with inner-city rides) I don't have one on my fixed gear yet, but do on my road and MTB bikes - one is a Schwinn rebadge I got at Canadian Tire and another is a Filzer dB4L from MEC ($15) - I'd recommend the Filzer no problems - both are wired, but you can get it wireless - though I've heard the wireless gets messed up in the city. For a cheapo solution it's great, and I always take the thing with me when I lock. I'll likely be getting another Filzer for my new build, I wanted cadence for my road bike, so maybe I'll do a little switcheroo and look out for the Strada on sale.

Cateye Mity 8. It's very basic: speed, distance, avg., max., elapsed time. I don't really need cadence, especially on the fixed gear because at a given speed, you'll always have the same cadence. All you need to do is used Sheldon's gear calculator and choose the display option for a given cadence (say 100 rpm) and it'll tell you how fast that is.

Just get a cheap wireless computer, set it to count up your mileage for the day and throw it in your jersey pocket, seat bag etc. It works just as well there as mounted on your bars. I have done this in the past. Mine doesn't remember top speed, cadence or anything like that... at the end of the day I just have a total mileage figure and pleasant ignorance of how fast I was going at any particular time.

I know people who mount their sensor on the back wheel and put the head unit on their seatpost to do the same thing with a wired system.[/QUOTE]



Yeah, you have to find a cool place to put it. One, so it doesn't get stolen by a nasty person. And, two, so you can send a picture of it.

Where to put it? Under the seat? On the top tube? End of the handlebars?

I would just get a cheap cateye. The nice part about a fixed gear is that it is really easy to work your cadence from your speed (or average speed), so I wouldn't bother with the cadence function. The Mity 8 works well and is cheap. Just take the head off when you get off the bike if you are concerned about theft.

i have a whole bunch of stickers!

get with the times
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I use (and love) a Garmin 305. Money very well spent.

Computers never seem to work for me in the winter, LCDs refuse to work at a certain temp.

If I am curious on how far I rode, I use this super handy tool (it even allows you to save maps):


http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/

Example of a map:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1679953

plus it gives you elevation!

i had a cheap on i got from jensonUSA, can't remember the brand, but got it for about 30 bucks.

worked fine on my SS commuter until it got wet.

I seem to have a talent for destroying computers. I've considered the GPS computer thing - maybe when they get cheaper.

I find a computer useful for following a cue sheet and for pacing myself on long rides, but for most of my daily riding it doesn't really matter so I don't use one.

I bought the cheapest one I could find, a new $13 Mavic.
It lasted about 3 months, I guess you get what you pay for.
I want to get a wireless cateye with heart rate monitor for training next, but itll only go on my roadie. The fixed will probably never have a computer again.

i have a cateye micro wireless and love it. $30 on teh nets.

http://www.cateye.com/en/product_detail/281

I've had very good luck with the three VDO computers I've had; they all worked in temps down to -25c, although the LCD does get a bit sluggish.

I have that one on my roadie. I like it a lot but sometimes it won't register when my light is on. It's a halogen and I'm guessing it throws up just enough electronic noise to block the signal. It's no big deal, I just moved the light head to the other side of the bar, but it's worth noting.