Accessorize My bike...
07-06-10, 07:06 PM
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Accessorize My bike...
I was thinking of buying a few small upgrades and useful things for my road bike...
I need a Cheap good carbon water bottle cage
I need a Very large sized bottle because i drink a lot and it has to be see through
I need a Frame pump with a guage
and i need a wireless cycle cpu and does it need special installation?
help me out =)
I need a Cheap good carbon water bottle cage
I need a Very large sized bottle because i drink a lot and it has to be see through
I need a Frame pump with a guage
and i need a wireless cycle cpu and does it need special installation?
help me out =)
07-06-10, 07:38 PM
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Get two bottle cages and two bottles. Cages are cheap, unless you want to waste your money on carbon, which is kind of pointless considering water weighs 10lbs/gallon.
Camelback podium bottles are really nice IMO.
Topeak road morph G is the pump for you.
Why wireless? Do you like replacing 2 sets of batteries instead of one? Wired is cheaper and more reliable. vetta, cateye, topeak and others all make good computers from cheap to expensive. Find one with the options you like.
Camelback podium bottles are really nice IMO.
Topeak road morph G is the pump for you.
Why wireless? Do you like replacing 2 sets of batteries instead of one? Wired is cheaper and more reliable. vetta, cateye, topeak and others all make good computers from cheap to expensive. Find one with the options you like.
07-06-10, 08:07 PM
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I agree regarding a wired computer. It's a pain when overhauling your headset.
Aside from having bad experiences with Walmart. I bought a Bell F-20 wireless computer at Walmart for $20. I like it a lot. It's backlit, the odometer can be set (for when you have to change the battery), thermometer, calculates calories burned, min/max speeds, trip distance and time.
It doesn't seem to be listed on their web site. But, I found it in two Walmart stores. I see it's sold here too.
Aside from having bad experiences with Walmart. I bought a Bell F-20 wireless computer at Walmart for $20. I like it a lot. It's backlit, the odometer can be set (for when you have to change the battery), thermometer, calculates calories burned, min/max speeds, trip distance and time.
It doesn't seem to be listed on their web site. But, I found it in two Walmart stores. I see it's sold here too.
07-06-10, 08:07 PM
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You definitely don't need carbon bottle cages, the cheap aluminum ones are fine. Agree on the Camelbak Podium bottles and Road Morph - see if you can find the mount that bolts underneath one of your cages and holds the pump off to the side. I have a Cateye Micro wireless computer and it does the job. I did get a deal on it though, and you can probably get one with slightly fewer features for less money. Mine has clock, time, distance, max speed, average speed, and odometer, as well as a 'secondary' mode which lets you track a second distance and time. I could do without the secondary mode, and I do wish the backlight were less crappy (it lights up, but you can't really read anything on the screen).
