Your best bet is to get a Sigma computer light and then whatever computer you want will be lit at night....only about £6.99 including battery.Bigtallfatbloke said:...for night riding. I cant see how slow I am riding
I only have a cateye velo 5 and was thinking of getting a better one anyway. Which good ones have a light on them so i can read the display at night?
Bigtallfatbloke said:...for night riding. I cant see how slow I am riding
I only have a cateye velo 5 and was thinking of getting a better one anyway. Which good ones have a light on them so i can read the display at night?
Both my Bikemate/Aldi computers (one wired, one wireless + HRM) have a backlight. Backlight is murder on the battery, I don't think you'll be able to find one where you can have the backlight on constantly. On my computers you have to press a button for 2 seconds, the backlight then comes on for a few seconds before it switches off again.Bigtallfatbloke said:Which good ones have a light on them so i can read the display at night?
I like that idea, Heath and Robinson are my middle names !!gbb said:As an aternative with a difference...for you guys that love to play with something completely different.
Ex colleague of mine had a fibre optic cable running from his rear light to the computer.
Three advantages.
No battery drain.
Computers lit all the time the lights on.
You have an indication that your rear light is actually on.
Its quite easy to do and ony needs a few tyraps to fix it in place.
The downside..he drilled a hole in the light to point the F/optic cable at the LED (for maximum light) then sealed the hole with some clear silicone. Some would not want to do this....
A simple wire bracket was made to point the pointy end of the cable at the computer, f/o cable affixed to the bracket with tyraps.
Its possible to do it with the front light....maybe better that way.
It sounds a bit heath robinson, but he did a damn good job of it. Very effective.
Or Charles Kennedy a bottle of Laphroiag !!girofan said:Yes, BTFB, the backlight on a computer drain the battery quicker than John Prescott can down a pint. If you do buy one either always carry a spare battery or alternatively, use sparingly.