cateye strada wireless comments

disney
disney Posts: 51
edited March 2008 in Workshop
Works extremely well except when temperatures fall below 12 degrees then the speed sensor starts to fail and within 15 minutes the unit is useless as it gets colder. Tried a new battery etc . The only factor is temperature that reduces the sensor transmit distance to about 6 inches. I hear that this can be a common problem with wireless. So folks be careful what you buy. Mine may of course have been a QC issue.

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  • geoff_ss
    geoff_ss Posts: 1,201
    My Cateye Vista (which probably uses the same communication technology) worked OK this morning when I think the temperature was below 12 deg but perhaps not by much. I only fitted it on Saturday (3 days ago) so it's only been used for about 80km. I'll bear your comments in mind.

    Geoff
    Old cyclists never die; they just fit smaller chainrings ... and pedal faster
  • fatfreddy
    fatfreddy Posts: 332
    had my Strada wireless since last summer - commuted all winter on it and never had a problem.

    ff
  • mm1
    mm1 Posts: 1,063
    Had to exchange the first one I had after it packed up (forever) after 60miles. Replacement ok except that it reads "0" at speeds over 30 mph.

    Other Cateyes on other bikes (Micro on TT bike) work fine.
  • geocycle
    geocycle Posts: 202
    Had this problem with a Cateye microwireless. Switched to a wired cateye strada and had no problems at all this winter. I really like the simplicity of the strada design and display.
  • cannonfodder
    cannonfodder Posts: 183
    bought one at the weekend - its the nicest computer to set up and use that I've had. Just touching the unit to advance through the functions is an excellent idea

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