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Bike Computer Recommendation

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  • 21-02-2013 3:18pm
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    banner_phoenix
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭


    Anyone recommend a good reliable bike computer for indoors and outdoors use. I have the Cateye wireless Cadence and it's breaking my heart! Stops working every second day so time for the bin.
    I would also like to upload the data afterwards to Garmin connect or Strava. I have a Garmin forerunner and know I can get the cadence sensor but would prefer to not to have to check my watch for speed during the likes of a duathlon.
    Cheers


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    tunney
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    banner_phoenix wrote: »
    Anyone recommend a good reliable bike computer for indoors and outdoors use. I have the Cateye wireless Cadence and it's breaking my heart! Stops working every second day so time for the bin.
    I would also like to upload the data afterwards to Garmin connect or Strava. I have a Garmin forerunner and know I can get the cadence sensor but would prefer to not to have to check my watch for speed during the likes of a duathlon.
    Cheers


    Quick release for it on the bars?


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    banner_phoenix
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭banner_phoenix


    tunney wrote: »
    Quick release for it on the bars?

    A nice to have but not bothered if it doesn't.


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    tunney
    Registered Users Posts: 12,583 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    banner_phoenix wrote: »
    A nice to have but not bothered if it doesn't.

    Sorry as in buy a quick release that allows you to use your Garmin on the bars?


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    banner_phoenix
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭banner_phoenix


    tunney wrote: »
    Sorry as in buy a quick release that allows you to use your Garmin on the bars?
    Ah gotcha, sorry! Mmmm hadn't thought of that one, they not fiddly during transitions? Fairly slow so I need all the seconds I can get!!


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    joey100
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    I wear my garmin on my wrist for racing and just turn it so it's facing in rather than away from my body. Find I can check out the speed no problem this way, if you pair it with the cadence sensor you might be able to use it on the turbo too.


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    banner_phoenix
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭banner_phoenix


    Tis amazing where a bit of research will get ya :rolleyes:. I have an older 205 which won't work with the cadence sensor so that's not an option. My 410 is not multi-sport and from what I can see I can only get the bike mount and not the quick release so it's a pain in the ass if I am mixing sports. Open to correction/suggestions here.

    Is it worth flogging the 410 and upgrading to the 910 full tri package?


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    dited
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    I've used my 405 in a couple of races. I attached it to the bars with one of these that I usually use for my bike light, and then just stuck it on my wrist for the run. Not having the multisport option meant that I spent a few seconds resetting and restarting the watch during T2 but it was easy enough to do on the move so it didn't seem to slow me down too much, though I did nearly run into a barrier :P

    It's not ideal, and I'm thinking of upgrading to a 910 myself, partly for ease of use during races, but reported reliability issues are making me hold back. A clubmate spent 70 of our 80k cycle last week variously giving out about/trying to fix his almost brand new 910 :eek:


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