Is it still possible to buy ANALOGUE bike milometer?

[Accy cyclist]

Don't forget the lights to go with it. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121767130069?rmvSB=true

 

[Accy cyclist]

I had a colleague who detached the cable to keep the mileage down. What a scumbag.

Never mind that, how do you do it?!

 

[Tin Pot]

Can anyone tell me where I can buy 128 byte ROM cartridges?

I'm sick of data being editable and available all the time on any device anywhere in the world. I want something much less convenient and much less useful than is already freely available to me.

 

[Pale Rider]

Never mind that, how do you do it?!

The cable, which span internally - went from the back of the speedo into the gearbox, attached each end by a knurled wheel.

You could unscrew it from either end, although access to the gearbox end was often easier.

That would prevent the speedo from working, and prevent the odometer from recording more miles.

Turning the odometer back was another dark art.

A motor trader friend of mine had a selection of bent wires to reach the little drums with the numbers on.

Trouble was it was easy to scratch the drum with the wire, making the 'clocking' obvious.

To prevent that, he used to cap the wire end with the narrow gauge bits of rubber tube found on the end of the core of some bicycle tyre valves.

 

[RichardB]

I couldn't stand the ticking, so I bought a 'modern' one, which was on a bracket attached to the front spindle, with a little wheel on the axle and a rubber band to turn a wheel on the device. It worked well, and silently, but the rubber band lasted about a fortnight and I didn't replace it. I'm not a huge fan of modern technology, but I love my wireless cycle computer.

 

[Accy cyclist]

The cable, which span internally - went from the back of the speedo into the gearbox, attached each end by a knurled wheel.

You could unscrew it from either end, although access to the gearbox end was often easier.

That would prevent the speedo from working, and prevent the odometer from recording more miles.

Turning the odometer back was another dark art.

A motor trader friend of mine had a selection of bent wires to reach the little drums with the numbers on.

Trouble was it was easy to scratch the drum with the wire, making the 'clocking' obvious.

To prevent that, he used to cap the wire end with the narrow gauge bits of rubber tube found on the end of the core of some bicycle tyre valves.

I was only joking in asking,but anyway now i know.

 

[RichardB]

The cable, which span internally - went from the back of the speedo into the gearbox, attached each end by a knurled wheel.

You could unscrew it from either end, although access to the gearbox end was often easier.

That would prevent the speedo from working, and prevent the odometer from recording more miles.

After I passed my driving test, my parents went on holiday and left me with the car, a lot of revision, and a strict mileage limit for the week. Just so I could get to the Central Library and back. It was possible to reach up under the dash and unscrew the knurled wheel without any tools, and I spent many a happy hour without a clue how fast I was going, but recording no miles whatsoever. In my defence, I was only 17, and the car was scrapped 30 years ago, so any harm is long in the past.

 

[stephec]

I had a colleague who detached the cable to keep the mileage down. What a scumbag.

The cable, which span internally - went from the back of the speedo into the gearbox, attached each end by a knurled wheel.

You could unscrew it from either end, although access to the gearbox end was often easier.

That would prevent the speedo from working, and prevent the odometer from recording more miles.

Turning the odometer back was another dark art.

A motor trader friend of mine had a selection of bent wires to reach the little drums with the numbers on.

Trouble was it was easy to scratch the drum with the wire, making the 'clocking' obvious.

To prevent that, he used to cap the wire end with the narrow gauge bits of rubber tube found on the end of the core of some bicycle tyre valves.

I worked with someone who had a friend in the trade.

He reckoned that his mate did it by connecting the cable to a drill and put it in reverse, sounds a bit too easy to me though.

 

[Tin Pot]

After I passed my driving test, my parents went on holiday and left me with the car, a lot of revision, and a strict mileage limit for the week. Just so I could get to the Central Library and back. It was possible to reach up under the dash and unscrew the knurled wheel without any tools, and I spent many a happy hour without a clue how fast I was going, but recording no miles whatsoever. In my defence, I was only 17, and the car was scrapped 30 years ago, so any harm is long in the past.

How long until historic speeding crimes are investigated and octogenarians brought to book?

 

[swansonj]

This thread could feature in the other thread about invented phrases and words changing their meaning. Once upon a time, the devices in question would have been called "digital", because they clearly displayed the measured quantity in numbers, as opposed to an analogue device which displayed results by the movement of a needle along a scale or some such. The distinction then was "electrical" v "mechanical". A speedometer would then have pretty well always been analogue and mechanical; a mileometer pretty well always digital and mechanical. Now, as demonstrated by this thread, "digital" has come to mean "electronic". (Which, for anyone following the other thread, I still claim is a natural part of the evolution of language, as opposed to yet a sign of the evil and degenerate times we live in).

 

[Tin Pot]

This thread could feature in the other thread about invented phrases and words changing their meaning. Once upon a time, the devices in question would have been called "digital", because they clearly displayed the measured quantity in numbers, as opposed to an analogue device which displayed results by the movement of a needle along a scale or some such. The distinction then was "electrical" v "mechanical". A speedometer would then have pretty well always been analogue and mechanical; a mileometer pretty well always digital and mechanical. Now, as demonstrated by this thread, "digital" has come to mean "electronic". (Which, for anyone following the other thread, I still claim is a natural part of the evolution of language, as opposed to yet a sign of the evil and degenerate times we live in).

No. The mileometer was an analogue mechanism with a digital display.

Digital doesn't mean electronic, it means the device works in discreet units rather than a continuous way. Our phones are digital because they note movement in specific units, as well as displaying them digitally.

 

[ufkacbln]

I have 406 wheels

My mileage will be impressive!

Almost as impressive as the speeds you used to get with two or three wheel magnets

 

[cisamcgu]

A black and decker drill and an elastic band - easy to add 000's of miles to those old bike milometres

 

[Smokin Joe]

Never mind that, how do you do it?!

On the older cars you just reached behind the speedo and unscrewed the cable.

Or so I was told

Going back to those mechanical odometers, they were rubbish. The Cyclo ones (The most common) came with the instruction not to go over 21mph or the wheel would be clicked round a couple of notches and over read.

 

[subaqua]

Ha ha. You see, these days you can buy a cheapissimo computer from LiDL and then just leave it by the laptop and it'll do at least 45mph just sitting there. More confusingly, I put it down on a worktop in the kitchen this afternoon and found it doing 75 mph and it was nowhere near any electrical device. It didn't click though....

Tube train , especially the old Ham n city line stock was great for that.