![]() If the wired Strada doesn't work I'll try another wired computer. Not one ride has it worked for 100% of the trip. At least the Strada wired has managed to record the whole ride sometimes, the wireless has not once accurately recorded the whole ride. I'm going to give up on this and try the wired Strada again for a while. Even though there is a new battery in that and I have tried to bend out the contacts it still doesn't work a fair bit of the time. I think I have managed to work out the problem, I think it is the battery in the sensor/transmitter on the fork. The bloody thing barely works at the moment. Yesterday the Strada wireless recorded this as 3.6 KM and today a bit over 6KM. My ride to and from work is about 31.8 KMs. Thanks for the replies and keep them coming. I'll see how it goes but I am seriously thinking of trying the wired Strada again or buying yet another cyclecomputer, it will be wired I think! Worked a bit better but still had some strange speed readings, like 10KMh going downhill on Swanston St, then a quick change to 32KMh. I also moved the sensor as far up the forks as I can to make the distance to the main unit as short as possible. ![]() The sensor and magnet are so close I think they were touching this morning. Really a measuring tool which is supposed to keep track of averages speed and distance travelled needs to be more reliable. Might also pull out the old Strada wired and see if it wants to work any better now. ![]() I'd like to see what the contacts are like though. I had a quick look at a VDO online earlier and it might do the trick. The funny thing is that I have a light close but I ride with the light in my bag on the way to work and it makes no difference whether it is there or whether it is on or off. What I really want is one that damned well works. I don't really want to go down the road of GPS computers as I only commute with the bike and just want the basics: speed, average, trip distance. I don't care if it is wired although wireless does appeal. Is there another computer available which has similar features, especially an indicator telling you if you are going more or less than your trip average and an odometer which goes to more than 10,000KMs, which is more reliable. Has anyone else had similar problems and is there a solution? But it is a bit like a clock which only works some of the time, bloody useless unless it is reliable. Now, this is a fairly simple device, its function is to record my speed, distance average and the like. It also often drops out near trams, especially Z3 trams (narrow front, square headlights). For example, going South along Swanston St between Little Lonsdale and Lonsdale Sts in town it always drops out, sometimes for a few hundred metres, sometime a bit less or sometimes more. Furthermore, there are certain spots where it always drops out. I still have some issues even when I test the computer on my bike on a repair stand. I replaced both batteries and this helped a bit but not a great amount. It constantly drops out to the extent that I am yet to have a day where the distance is correct. No contacts on the base as the signal is sent wirelessly. So, I thought I might be able to fix the problem if I got the wireless model. ![]() On my previous bike I had done over 20,000KMs so this was a good feature. And, a clincher form me, the odometer goes up to 99,999 KMs. Gives me an indication as to whether I'm going above or below my average speed. The thing is that this is a very well designed computer in terms of the display and the like. Anyway I thought I would keep the contacts clean (cleaned with isopropyl alcohol for a while) but the problem persisted. Looking at the computer I figured the issue was the very small contacts on the base of the computer and thought they must be affected somehow. This was the wired model and it would drop out every now and again and simply read 0KMh when I was moving. A while ago I was having some issues with a Cateye Strada cyclecomputer.
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