Is this too cheap to be any good?

[Amy446446]

I am loking to get a little more serious with my cycling, currently just for fun and so thought i'd start with a computer to monitor my performance.
However there are so many to choose from and they vary so much in price i saw this and thought it may be a ggod start https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07DHL6LKZ/ref=as_li_tl

I know i could use my iphone but didn't really want to have it strapped to my handlebars just incase of accident or it falls off. I do take my phone incase i have an issue with my bike though.

 

[Lavender Rose]

That looks good!! Good reviews, good price....I would go for it!

 

[vickster]

I am loking to get a little more serious with my cycling, currently just for fun and so thought i'd start with a computer to monitor my performance.
However there are so many to choose from and they vary so much in price i saw this and thought it may be a ggod start https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product...L6LKZ&linkId=af014e3bd82ef48ed2bd11db7f30eda4
I know i could use my iphone but didn't really want to have it strapped to my handlebars just incase of accident or it falls off. I do take my phone incase i have an issue with my bike though.

I'm sure it'll be fine. You can still use your iPhone to collect more detailed data on Strava or similar. It'll work perfectly well with the phone in a tri bag, saddle bag, pannier or whatever other luggage you use on the bike. I wouldn't put my phone in a jersey pocket as it'll get hot (bodyheat and if the sun is on your back) and sweaty and you could land on it if you come off the bike!

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Way overpriced. If a job's worth doing, then go properly cheap!

In all seriousness, direct from China stuff on eBay is now so very cheap I find myself ordering more and more of it. This came up on first search for instance:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wireless...294:m:m-PgX3Tna9yD6BdaoCfO7vA&redirect=mobile

 

[vickster]

The issue with these super cheap computers from prior posts seems to be a lack of decent instructions in intelligible English!

 

[Bonefish Blues]

The issue with these super cheap computers from prior posts seems to be a lack of decent instructions in intelligible English!

Any Forum member here should be sufficiently well versed in said matters to puzzle it out

 

[vickster]

Any Forum member here should be sufficiently well versed in said matters to puzzle it out

Not necessarily if no one has used that particular one

Fwiw I'd get a cateye velo/strava/commuter wireless as I know they work

 

[Amy446446]

Not necessarily if no one has used that particular one

Fwiw I'd get a cateye velo/strava/commuter wireless as I know they work

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Pale Rider]

That looks good!! Good reviews, good price....I would go for it!

This is what good reviews are worth:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47952165

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Not necessarily if no one has used that particular one

Fwiw I'd get a cateye velo/strava/commuter wireless as I know they work

I was making a light hearted comment about the Forum and its sometimes esoteric use of language

 

[midlife]

Snap! I'd splash out the extra 9 quid and get a cateye one

 

[Kajjal]

As long as you can set your wheel + tyre size on it, it will be fine. Then run strava on your iPhone in your pocket to get a better overall recording of your ride.

 

[cyberknight]

i would just get a second hand garmin etc on ebay assuming the battery is ok, you can normally pick up a 200 for around £40 or so

 

[Amy446446]

As long as you can set your wheel + tyre size on it, it will be fine. Then run strava on your iPhone in your pocket to get a better overall recording of your ride.

I have heard good things about strava but never tried it, i assum you can download from itunes?

 

[Kajjal]

I have heard good things about strava but never tried it, i assum you can download from itunes?

Yes and it is free unless you want the extra options which I have never needed. The website can be easier to look at your rides when you get back