Speedo on the back wheel?

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

You could of course strap the speedo to your top tube, where you can see it. I suggest you wrap it in a bit of cling film first though.

You could also if you wanted turn your plain speedo into a cadence counter, but not at the same time as it is a speedo. One or the other only.

You could of course buy a speedo that is supposed to be mounted on the rearstay and stop all of this messing about trying to get something that isn't meant to work, to work.

That's probably a bit too sensible though.

 

[MacB]

You could of course buy a speedo that is supposed to be mounted on the rearstay and stop all of this messing about trying to get something that isn't meant to work, to work.

That's probably a bit too sensible though.

what a spoilsport

 

[kedab]

I goes on the non drive side of the chain stay, so that you get speed and cadence.

this is correct - it's not really all that difficult to set up although garmin's instruction manuals do tend to baffle rather than help imho

 

[Typhon]

You could of course buy a speedo that is supposed to be mounted on the rearstay and stop all of this messing about trying to get something that isn't meant to work, to work.

That's probably a bit too sensible though.

Yeah this is what I did, I just bought a Garmin (which goes on the rear wheel). Much easier.

Before that I had a cheapo wireless computer so the signal didn't reach the handlebars if it was on the back wheel. When I used the turbo I used to take the transmitter and magnet off the front wheel, stick it on the rear wheel, then take the wireless computer off, move a table close to the rear wheel and put the computer on the table. Not easy to see, impossible to operate and most importantly it was another thing to faff with and I have enough excuses ready in my mind for not using the turbo as it is.

 

[dan_bo]

Have you tried Strava?

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Have you tried Strava?

That will really help, on a turbotrainer.

INDOORS

 

[dan_bo]

That will really help, on a turbotrainer.

INDOORS

Never mind.

 

[simon.r]

You could of course buy a speedo that is supposed to be mounted on the rearstay and stop all of this messing about trying to get something that isn't meant to work, to work.

That's probably a bit too sensible though.

There doesn't seem to be anything cheap and cheerful that will suit. Happy to be corrected if anyone knows otherwise?

I suppose many of us have old bike computers knocking around that can be modded to run on a back wheel without too much difficulty. I bought a cheap wireless one (second-hand, from this forum) recently, for my turbo.

 

[screenman]

My turbo has lots of in formation available on the display screen.

Brilliant piece of kit.

 

[simon.r]

@screenman - got a link?

 

[gaz]

Huh?

like this

 

[black'n'yellow]

There doesn't seem to be anything cheap and cheerful that will suit. Happy to be corrected if anyone knows otherwise?

Cataye Strada Cadence. It's wired, not wireless. But it runs off the back wheel, and is (obviously) cheaper than the wireless version.

 

[simon.r]

Cataye Strada Cadence. It's wired, not wireless. But it runs off the back wheel, and is (obviously) cheaper than the wireless version.

Thanks, but your definition of cheap is different to mine!

 

[black'n'yellow]

Thanks, but your definition of cheap is different to mine!

£30?

 

[screenman]

Simon, it is the Cateye CS-1000 we have 2 in the family one gets thrashed to pieces and is 20 years old, the other mine gets not so thrashed and is 18 years old. Definitely the smoothest turbo we have ever owned and there have been lots.