Road bike computer issue
09-29-12, 04:15 PM
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Road bike computer issue
So, this is the first computer I buy for my road bike, a Cateye Urban Wireless. First time I take it out, it says my max speed was 65.9 mph.
Am I really that fast
? Or is interference in wireless computers more of a problem than I had imagined ?
Am I really that fast
? Or is interference in wireless computers more of a problem than I had imagined ?
09-29-12, 05:05 PM
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I have a cateye wireless has 6100 miles on it with the bike. Once in a huge down and wind at the back I hit 39.3. I live in the flatlands and am a decent wrench, and ride ok for an fellow over 50. I say something is wrong with the computer.
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We were stopped one day at a light and my friend said: Look 75 mph.
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09-30-12, 01:22 AM
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Is this something that would happen everytime ?
If so that kinda sucks. Because any time your max speed is set so high, it just killed the feature for the entire ride.
09-30-12, 06:31 AM
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My Cateye Double Wireless did that to me. It registered something in the high thirties as I was slowing down to a stop. I called Cateye to see about returning it and they told me to reset the transmitter and pair the transmitter and receiver to a different number. I haven't had any problems with it since.
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My Cateye Double Wireless did that to me. It registered something in the high thirties as I was slowing down to a stop. I called Cateye to see about returning it and they told me to reset the transmitter and pair the transmitter and receiver to a different number. I haven't had any problems with it since.
09-30-12, 01:53 PM
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Parked my bike next to an ice machine at a rest break. Looked down and I was doing 99mph. Anything with an electric motor will give a bad reading.
09-30-12, 04:13 PM
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You sure you're measuring miles and not kilometers? Or, perhaps you mistakenly installed two magnets on the wheel.
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