Cycle Computers

[Groovemachine86]

Hi all

Im just getting into distance riding and am looking to get a computer, any recommendations you could give would be awesome.

 

[Dave5N]

Decathlon.

Highly reliable. Wonderfully cheap.

 

[ajb]

I use a Cateye,

I see you are from London/Devon, where in Devon? I'm in North Devon, Bideford.

 

[Cranky]

From personal experience I'd recommend one with a resettable odometer. My ones reset to zero when batteries are changed.

 

[jimboalee]

If your 'distance' ride is from London to Devon, you'd be best to get a computer that shows you a map of where you are and which way to go.
And has little symbols for supermarkets and pharmacies.

 

[mondobongo]

I have had a Sigma BC 1106 for over a year now and had no problems just had its first battery change. Its cordless and have not suffered with interference.
Has the following features Ride Time, Distance, Average Speed, Max Speed, Clock, Total Time Riding and Total Odo.

 

[Soltydog]

Cheap wired ones seem to be okay, but I'd stay well clear of cheap wireless ones I currently have 3 cheap wired ones & all are fine (tescos, aldi & halfrauds)

 

[dubman]

From personal experience I'd recommend one with a resettable odometer. My ones reset to zero when batteries are changed.

can you actually get them with resettable odometer ? never seen one before and would like this function.

 

[Scoosh]

From personal experience I'd recommend one with a resettable odometer. My ones reset to zero when batteries are changed.

Most of them nowadays have a facility to enter your mileage/kilometreage after zero-ing for a battery change - provided you remembered to make a note of the reading before opening ......

The main starting point is to establish what functions you need (eg. current speed, trip mileage, odo, clock time, trip time, avg speed), then the nice-but-not-essential (eg. faster/slower than avg speed, cadence, altitude, calories burned [yeah, right !], power, etc. Then look at threads on here for computers and weigh the evidence yourself.

Useful that Christmas is a-comin' too !
Garmin Edge 705, anyone ???

 

[Randochap]

As a retailer, I can say Cateye are most consistantly reliable. Ones w/ heavy duty wire, such as the Enduro 8 are best, in my opinion.

 

[Groovemachine86]

Computers

Thanks all! Good info ta.

The Sigma's mounting looks a bit flimsy (a bit of elastic looks like)

http://www.sigmasport.de/us/produkte/bikecomputer/topline_wireless/bc1106dts/?flash=1

I think for that reason the Cateye Strada Wireless seems best unless you wanna spend £80 on their dogs bollocks model

 

[Groovemachine86]

I use a Cateye,

I see you are from London/Devon, where in Devon? I'm in North Devon, Bideford.

Wow, I'm from Barnstaple. Small world eh? Are you into what be called the North Devon music scene?

 

[BentMikey]

Cateye strada cadence. Awesome!

 

[jayce]

polar are very good had mine a while no trouble at all and its 11 function and back lit

 

[zacklaws]

I use a VDO C4, which has all the normal functions but it is the "forecast" function which I find the most usefull. I simply input a time into the computer and based on the average speed will tell me how far I will travel in that time. In conjunction I use a Edge 305 for most other readouts.

The time I input is normally the fastest time of one of my routes and then by seeing what is on the "forecast" readout I know if I am going to beat my record for that route, if not I speed up.

The only problem I have had with it is the part which mounts it to the holder broke somehow. But as I am that impressed by it I have bought another. If this one breaks then I shall have to look around for another make which has this "forecast" function. So far I have not seen one.