Hi,
If i put a wireless cycle computer on my front sus bike, will it be inaccurate because of the suspension movement? I lock the forks on road riding but I was thinking for when im in the woods etc. Is there a way around this?
Cheers
makes no difference
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it measures the revolutions of the wheel-doesn't matter whether the suspension moves!
Just don't wheelie!! 😆
The magnet mounts on the spokes and the receiver-e-thinga-me-bob attaches around the lowers on the suspension. So the movement in the suspension doesn't affect it
Unless they're upside down forks.
get a gps one like Garmin Edge of Dakota no need for faf and better results you can up load to training centre 🙂
I just woke up and thought 'not unless they're upside down forks'.
total mind fail... cheers.
cat eyes wireless suck - esp when your 55 miles into a ride and it fails ... (on its first ride) reset its self - so i set wheel size again and it lasted 10 miles ...
Back you go ... for a 40 quid computer that is poor ! try velomann - far superior (used to sell both - far less returns on velomann - ie we had 1 in velomann ever and many many cat eye )
I just bought a 99p wireless computer from Hongkong on Ebay, it looks OK in the pictures and the functions are good, its only got to last the 100 miles of Kielder.
Just get one with wires - far more reliable, and I really don't understand why it's so much hassle.
Ditto, and the batteries last ages on wired ones compared to wireless.
And they weigh less.
And cheeper.
Anyone say upsidedown forks?
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the magnet looks like it'd miss the sesnor by quite a bit?
I bet the sharp end of those self tappers played havoc with the stanchions 😉
Uppside-down fork won't make a difference 🙄
Just avoid the tradmill! 😆
the magnet looks like it'd miss the sesnor by quite a bit?
That magnet was for the Polar speed sensor I used to have mounted on the back of the leg.
+1 on avoiding wireless. Mine has been very hit and miss so I binned it.
Cateye Velo 3 wireless here. Been used in all weathers for over a year and never missed a beat on speed or cadence*.
Would probably go wired again in future though, just prefer to have that warm sense of reliability. 🙂
*What's the betting that it fails 1/2 way around Kielder now... :S