Wireless computers
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I recently bought a Cateye Strada Wireless computer which is really good. Its got all the features you'd expect with a very neat sensor and fitting kit which can either be mounted on the bars or the stem. The only downside I've noticed is that it seems to lose the signal every now and then for 20 seconds or so. At first I thought that this was due to interference from a pylon or something but it doesn't happen when using my other bike which has a Cateye Cordless 7 computer on the same roads.
I may be unlucky but its going back to Ribble for a replacement. Would still recommend it though as its only about £280 -
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Dod, it may be your cell phone.
Turn your phone on, take the odometer off the handlebars, (it's quick release, right?) and pass your phone around it. Open it to make sure you try everything. I can do 58mph while my bike sits on the stand.
If it keeps up, buy and install a new battery in the send and recieve pieces both.
There may be nothing wrong, you'll install a new kit and have the same problem.
I ride with my phone off, and when I take a 5er, I turn it on and check it.
Your phone will even bring the odo out of sleep.
'Hope this helps.
Merry Christmas,
Kelly J.0 -
dod 1 wrote:I was thinking of buying a new wireless computer but are they any good? i had one a few years ago (it was a cheap one) that i got as a present but it was rubbish.Which one if any would you recommend.
I use a CYTEK +15 and couldn't ask for better for my use. Has 15 function, two wheel settings (mtn and roadie) and quick release so you can keep it, and have a pocket watch. Runs about $40, that's £20 or so, right?
'Works like a champ.
The cell phone thing can be a problem. See my post above.0 -
If you have fixed forks (i.e. not MTB suspension forks) why not just go for a wired option? More reliable than wireless, which is susceptible to interference from speed cameras, traffic light sensors, etc. as well as mobile phones.0
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I use a Cateye Micro Wireless and find that it's fine on the bike. However, if I leave it on my desk next to my mobile then I do tend to notice that the tripometer distance increases slightly.
On the bike my mobile is in my backpack so I guess that distance provides enough separation for them not to interfere with each other.0 -
It most likely depends on the phone. I own a NOKIA 6133, and it has an FM radio. I never use the radio, but carried my phone in a fanny pack when I first bought it, and had problems. So I just ride with it off.
It's just hard to pin the infection to a specific device. So much in our environment is wireless these days. CD players use wireless technology inside of themselves and don't communicate outside of their own mechanical shell, but yet if you have your disc player or computer on in your house as well as your tv, you get those lines on the screen. My father is an electrical tech and tells me this stuff. I have no reason to refute his knowledge.
It's a guessing game to determine the sources. Cars passing, metro transit talks to the poles on the streets, relaying mileage and position, Treos, PDA's, alot of stuff. RF and other forms of interferance are everywhere.0
