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want a wireless, dont need heart rate, just something small light and easy to use.

for my roadbike btw

budget dunno £20?


 
Posted : 01/08/2009 11:57 am
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Cateye Strada (I run the wireless version which are out of your price bracket), clear display, very easy to use as there are no fiddly buttons. Wires shouldn't be a problem on a road bike either unless your funny about that sort of thing.


 
Posted : 01/08/2009 12:25 pm
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I've got two Cateye Velo 8s

They are dead simple and I got mine for £8 on CRC in the flood sale. Might be some in the normal sale.


 
Posted : 01/08/2009 12:28 pm
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Bought a cateye velo 8 2nd hand off here and it's great.


 
Posted : 01/08/2009 12:52 pm
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Aldi £12.99


 
Posted : 01/08/2009 12:53 pm
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+1 for the cateye strada, easy to use, clear and small. Should be able to get a wireless one for ~£30. Pretty waterproof too - mines just been through the washing machine 😳


 
Posted : 01/08/2009 12:58 pm
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+2 for Cateye Strada


 
Posted : 01/08/2009 2:27 pm
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Strada's £ 27 on CRC

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=26190

Wireless version is £ 36 (best wireless computer I've used, good range and seems nearly immune to interferrence).


 
Posted : 01/08/2009 5:19 pm
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StuE +1 the Aldi wireless ones are brilliant.


 
Posted : 01/08/2009 5:20 pm
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You even get instructions you can understand with the Aldi one, it is a good bit of kit for the money, wireless with heart rate monitor


 
Posted : 01/08/2009 7:00 pm
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In my experience the wired Cateye Strada has a tendency to stop working when it gets wet. I'm pretty sure this is caused by water on the contacts on the bracket/back of the cycle computer, so I presume the wireless one won't have this problem.


 
Posted : 01/08/2009 7:09 pm
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Just put one on my bike from Aldi. Works great. Comes with heart monitor aswell. You might find a use for it (training etc)


 
Posted : 01/08/2009 11:40 pm
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its quality - my mates lidl or aldi ones what ever ones doing them on special just now doesnt work when i ride near him with my HRM on ....drives him mad .... i wear it just to piss him off now.

sigma sport onyx - few years old mind

my experiance says cat eye strada wired braket is shite, resulting in bad connections and lots of mis calced speeds and milage - this happened in the last 500k of 3500km journey. Really irritating the smallest of bumps upset it.

Look into Velomann computers , they come in at your budget wireless and work well


 
Posted : 01/08/2009 11:58 pm
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Another no to the Cateye Strada (wired). Connection to the mounting bracket is unreliable especially in the wet like CraigW says. I just replaced mine with a VDO unit but its too early to say anything about its performance.


 
Posted : 02/08/2009 12:50 pm