punkypossum
Donut Devil
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- My own little planet...
Well, for those of you that read my recent post on my little accident in the cowpoo-pool, apart from my shoes, it appears that my cycle computer has also been a casualty of this rather unpleasant experience .
I realised it had stopped working the next time I used the bike. I took the sensor apart (it's a basic cateye vectra wireless one) and it didn't look as if any moisture had got in, but I left it open for a few days anyway, just in case. It's still not working and in theory I suppose it might just be the battery that has run out, but that seems rather coincidental, considering it died just after the mud bath. Had a look round the shops and the replacement batteries are about £5.00. Now, if I knew it was definitely a battery problem, I would simply get a new one, but that somehow seems a bit unlikely, and being a poor student, I don't want to fork out a fiver for a battery only to then realise it's still not working and then having to buy a new computer which might need a completely different battery anyway.
So, I'm wondering, shall I get the battery or would I be better off just getting a new basic computer? If so, any suggestion for cheap, basic and wireless? What are the chances the current one will come back to life?
Any ideas/tips/suggestions???
Thanks,
Jana
I realised it had stopped working the next time I used the bike. I took the sensor apart (it's a basic cateye vectra wireless one) and it didn't look as if any moisture had got in, but I left it open for a few days anyway, just in case. It's still not working and in theory I suppose it might just be the battery that has run out, but that seems rather coincidental, considering it died just after the mud bath. Had a look round the shops and the replacement batteries are about £5.00. Now, if I knew it was definitely a battery problem, I would simply get a new one, but that somehow seems a bit unlikely, and being a poor student, I don't want to fork out a fiver for a battery only to then realise it's still not working and then having to buy a new computer which might need a completely different battery anyway.
So, I'm wondering, shall I get the battery or would I be better off just getting a new basic computer? If so, any suggestion for cheap, basic and wireless? What are the chances the current one will come back to life?
Any ideas/tips/suggestions???
Thanks,
Jana