What Computers do you use on your Bike ??

kenmc

every couple of months they have their weekly specials - lidl too.. Due up again around August/September for the students to get their cycling stuff for college.

Hungrycol

I got an Aldi/Lidl wired one for my commuter bike, it lasted 700k's and decided I'd gone far enough. Replaced it with a Mitty 8.

EhBenDisDonc

For a while there I thought I must be the only person happy with my Lidl computer - wireless and HRM for 20€, and it hasn't missed a beat yet. Got it in Gort in April, and could have sworn I saw them still on the shelves last week.

Drapper

garmin edge 305 :-)

the dogs!!

AndyP

Just the basic Mity 8 for me, does everything I need.

blorg

Cateye computers are bombproof, I have a Mity 3 that is still going strong 10 years in. Think I only had to replace the battery once! I have a Cateye as backup on all my bikes for when (not if!) the Garmin plays up.

ob

Garmin Edge 305, tis excellent, never had a problem with it.

Bicyclegadabout

BUACHAILL wrote: »

Amazing how some people find the Aldi stuff great and yet others say it never worked for them. Computers can be got very reasonably really but I guess it depends on what gadgets you want on it.

I guess they don't have the best quality control. They're cheap and an impulse purchase for most people so if they don't work people will just say "meh, ****it."
I guess I was lucky and got one that worked.


Now that I think of it, I would like the Flightdeck. The buttons are in the handlebars lads, in the handlebars. mad! $50 on ebay I see...hmmm.....

TinyExplosions

Bicyclegadabout wrote: »

I guess they don't have the best quality control. They're cheap and an impulse purchase for most people so if they don't work people will just say "meh, ****it."
I guess I was lucky and got one that worked.


Now that I think of it, I would like the Flightdeck. The buttons are in the handlebars lads, in the handlebars. mad! $50 on ebay I see...hmmm.....

There are other systems that have remote buttons that can fit in the flightdeck ones too -for example, the cateye I have can do the same

doozerie

Cateye computers tend to get good reviews (think the Strada in particular got a very good review in Cycling Plus a few months back) but I got sick of the brand after the umpteenth one failed in the wet. That was a few years back and at the time I know of 3 or 4 other people who had similar problems with various Cateye models - in the dry they were fine, but when raining the displayed speed would change to random figures, etc. I would hope that these days they are better but I've not been interested enough to try another Cateye as yet.

I have since used Specialised (my particular one is okay, but not great value for money), Echo (J7 - simple but brilliant value for money and seem to be indestructible, not sure if they are still available though), and Sigma (Sport BC906L - also very good and good value too).

blorg

Might depend on the particular Cateye model- my Mity 3s and 8 have been absolutely reliable in the wet. I have an Aldi/Lidl computer (not sure which) - it just never worked but I wasn't bothered bringing it back.

Tackleberry

Campag only but I have the ergopower compute and its the best I've ever used, has a ridiculous amount of functions including backlights, lap timers, even a setting in case you get a spare wheel, but the display is very big and clear, very handy knowing what gear you're in as I have crashed before while having a quick check!

Also gives you cadence aswell as all the other standard stuff, including an alarm if you wanna set upper and lower cadence or speed, very good value for money and very handy having the buttons in the brake hoods.

Never tried the flightdeck but I'd presume its fairly similar so that could be an option.

Ebay is best

Chips Lovell

I'd love if Campagnolo introduced a new Ergobrain, maybe something wireless with a HRM.

BUACHAILL

ok just ordered up my computer, went for the Garmin Edge 305 with HRM , looked at the 705 etc but couldnt justify the extra money !!

doozerie

blorg wrote:

Might depend on the particular Cateye model- my Mity 3s and 8 have been absolutely reliable in the wet.

I saw it happen to 2 or 3 different models over the course of a few years. I suspect it was a design/construction flaw in how they were sealed. As I say though, that was a few years ago and they might well have resolved it by now.

However, I am still not impressed by some aspects of Cateye products in general as it seems to me that they cut corners/costs where they shouldn't. For example, I have used their bike lights for years, and continue to do so, because they generally work very well - that is, when/while they work. Their lifespan tends to be severely limited though because the body of the (front) lights is usually made of relatively brittle plastic that can end up cracking at the point where they connect to the handlebar clamp due simply to vibrations from the road. The clamps last forever but the body of the light snaps where it clips onto the clamp. I've lost about 3 halogen lights from that problem alone (and know others who have experienced the same problem), and others due to the on/off button biting the dust, fragility of the body where you open it up to replace the batteries, etc. In the same space of time (10 years or more) I've gone through only one back light (made by Vistalite, not a Cateye - used to use Cateye rear lights, but those became problematic over time too while the Vistalite has been excellent).

Cateye produce some good products, but for the money they charge the limited lifespan of some of them makes them poor value. However, they seem to be the brand of computer and lights most heavily pushed by the local bike shops (and some online shops, and others such as Cycling Plus reviewers), so it can be hard to find decent alternatives.

blorg

I can only offer the counterpoint of my two Mity 3s- first one I got in 1998 and still going strong, subsequent one got around five years ago and ditto. Got a Mity 8 this year and it has been bombproof so far.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Cateye Velo 8.

Just bought it and found Aldi are doing better next week..

http://aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/58_6416.htm

blorg

Mairt wrote: »

Cateye Velo 8.

Just bought it and found Aldi are doing better next week..

http://aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/58_6416.htm

I wouldn't feel hard done by, that Velo 8 is going to give you many years service while the Aldi job is a bit of a crapshoot as to whether it works or not. Having said that, €20 is an unbeatable price for a HRM.