Bike Computer?

[Scott Mc.]

Looking at a new computer for my road bike these days. Have a wired one on my mtb, but was curious of anyones experience with a WIRELESS one?

Presume the advantages would be ease of installation or setup. Probably the disadvantages are double batteries and more sensitive to movement (and thus errors).

Any experiences here??

PS -- New road bike comes late next week....yes I am pumped!

[Jeff]

I use a wired computer on my road bike. A wireless would be cleaner looking and in some cases more expensive. Don't worry about cadence and all that frilly crap. Time riding avg. speed and current speed and high speed are what i look for. If you really want to spend some cash and get above avg training . Look into the wattage output computers . Hope this helps

[George]

I agree with Jeff, the wireless does look cleaner, but its more expensive and a bit more of a hassle to set up.

Now granted, I have a cateye wireless and there are much better ones out there, but I have a hell of a time keeping the transmitter on the fork leg aligned with the receiver on the bar. Any little knock and its off and I spend more time trying to get the signal pointed in the direction its supposed to than its probably worth. I end up with it working, then hit a pothole and its out, then I hit another bump and it works again.

Also, because it is two parts, if one goes, you usually have to toss the other as replacements might not be readily available.

Let me know what you end up going with because I too am looking to find a better more reliable model.

[Weegster]

Originally posted by Jeff
Don't worry about cadence and all that frilly crap. Time riding avg. speed and current speed and high speed are what i look for.

Amen...BUT, TRAINING for cadence isn't "frilly"...Just ask that guy named "Lance" about cadence...

:D

[Jim_K]

I use VDO C10+ on both bikes, they are wireless, easy to set up and so far haven't had any problems with any of them. Cathy has one on her bike too. If you want the cadence option, the C15+ has that I believe. Another good thing is you can use it on both bikes, it uses two wheel speed settings. Hope this helps...

[Jeff]

He does train cadence. He also uses the Wattage training regime ,not to mention windtunnel training, stationary trainers weight traing, mountain biking and the occasional just for fun ride. Have you checked out this guys diet. Carmichael must be a drill Sargeant.

[been_jammin]

Lance weighs his food before he eats it, and stops when it says he's had enough.

'nuff said in my book.

[been_jammin]

I think to be wired off road and wireless on road is backwards.

The main advantage of wireless in my opinion is to never snag the cable on a limb and tear it out. I had this happen on an epic ride where I was solo and was following directions where turns were marked by distances. Fun day after the cable was ripped out of the handlebar mount!

I ride a Cateye2 wireless on my MTB and have never had a problem with alignment or powerlines, etc.

Cateye2 can be set for two wheel circumferences and then used on two bikes, or a single bike with two sets of tires.

I ride wired on my road bike 'cause I can get away with it.

I tried my wireless on a borrowed bike before I bought my own road bike, and experienced errors when climbing steep inclines. It seems I was torquing the Reynold 531 steel bike so much that the signal was sent to space. Yes, I could have pedalled more efficiently but there weren't low enough gears available (44:21 was the lowest ratio).

And, I wish I had a cadence meter with a sensor, not the estimator method used by Shimano's system.

[dOn]

Well, I've ditched my wired computer due to a 700 acres mishap. Ripped the cable in two! I purchased the cheapest wireless on nashbar.com ($24.99) and it's been great, although the transmitter battery seems to have given out already (only 2 months of use). I haven't had any interference problems with my heart monitor, which was a pleasant surprise. Also, setup was really easy. If you don't mind shelling out a couple bucks each month for a replacement transmitter battery, it's not a bad purchase.

[Scott Mc.]

Cool. I bought a VETTA 100 wireless (by accident). Gonna try it and hope it does not interfere with my HRM ---- never thought about it before now though.

[Weegster]

I just keep my Laptop in the Camelbak:D