I have my brevet bike computerized, but only use it to guess where the turns are for unfamiliar routes. I also use it as a motivational tool for nearing completion and keeping on pace to finish before dark or finish in time to meet my wife and kids for dinner, etc.
I also have a store of vintage cyclometers that I think are really cool. I have two Avocet Altimeter 50s that are fun for big climbing rides. I also still have the first cyclometer I ever owned, an ANCIENT cateye CC-1000. It takes two AA batteries for goodness sake. It weighs like half a pound. It's just too awesome to get rid of. Magnificently dorky. I've verified it still works, but haven't put it on a bike lately. It was in a box in my parents attic undisturbed for ~20years. If I ever set up a vintage early 80s bike I'll throw that on. Or I'll put it on the brevet bike for an event just to get more confused comments from the randos. On Feb 15, 9:35 am, RoadieRyan <ryansub...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I sold my go fast, it only took me 10 years to figure out that it > was probably too small for me, at first I rode my steel bike with no > computer but while I was haunting the used parts bins at Recycled > Cycles in Seattle's university district I stumbled across a wireless > cateye with a dead battery that I was able to pick up for $5, and with > $4 more in battery I had a working wireless cycle-computer couldn't > resist setting it up but it is a positive step down from the Polar > 720i that gave me reams of data and was computer down loadable. > > My plan is to build a go fast again, move the cateye over to it, and > go "data-less" on the commuter/townie/camper bike, as someone > mentioned above if I get desperate for mileage I can always go to map > my ride and figure it out. > > Good luck Patrick and if you do decide to replace your avocet I highly > recommend the cateye wireless very easy to set up and use and not > "over functioned" > > Ryan > West Seattle > > On Feb 15, 9:17 am, Shaun Meehan <meehan.sh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I didn't have a computer on my Atlantis up until last year when I started > > doing gravel races that require riders to follow the course using queue > > sheets that are based on specific distances. I never really had a desire to > > put a computer on the bike before that. I've had them on other bikes in the > > past and sort of fell into the routine of being a slave to them. But this > > time I've tried not to let myself go down that road. I just try to use it as > > a source of information and not to gauge my performance. In some ways I like > > knowing how far I've gone and how fast I covered the distance, etc. But I'm > > fine without one too, when I don't need it as a means to navigate. I guess > > you could say I can take them or leave them. > > > Shaun Meehan > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
