Best Value Wireless Cycle computer;Any Advice?!!

Arequipa

Evening all! Hope you are well &enjoying the fine weather!
I have just purchased my carbon racing bike and am loving the transition from heavy Trek mountain bike to fast & light racer.
I would like to get a good, reliable(lightweight?!!) cycle computer with as much functionality as possible. Oh yea and it has to be wireless.
I have a Polar watch and HR monitor already! But maybe computer could show HR, cadence, power etc...but maybe not in my price bracket?!!

So I am planning on spending between 50- max 150 euro on the computer.

Could you recommend any?

I have considered the Cateye Strada Wireless computer...

I really appreciate all and any advice!

Arequipa.

jeffwode

I got a Cateye Strada double wireless about a month ago and I think it's fantastic. It's the first time I've had cadence function on a compute and it has made a real difference to my cycling already. I can really see the difference.

I got it on CRC using a £10 voucher they sent to me so it worked out around €80. I can't fault it. Easy to fit, very reliable and the cadence function is really helping my cycling. Average speed is up by nearly 2km per hour already.

Arequipa

Hey! Thank you for your reply; that is 1 I am looking at; think options are amazon, wiggle,crc or eBay!!

Arequipa

Can any1 else recommend some other wireless cycle computers for €50-€150?

Thank u!

ednwireland

jeez if your prepared to spend €150 you might as well go the whole hog and get one of these
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/garmin/edge-500-gps-enabled-computer-ec021844?query=edge 500

CheGuedara

ednwireland wrote: »

jeez if your prepared to spend €150 you might as well go the whole hog and get one of these
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/garmin/edge-500-gps-enabled-computer-ec021844?query=edge 500

+1 if you're going to throw that much at it you'd be as well off going all the way and getting a Garmin, best prices I've found in the last while have been at handtec.co.uk.

If you don't want to go the satellite option there's a significant review of some wired and wireless computers in the May issue of Cycling Plus

Arequipa

Thank you gents for your replies; the Garmin 500 looks really cool; is there a wristwatch version which can be used cycling and running; with heart rate, cadence, speed etc?

Would be great to be able to use the computer cycling & running!

Arequipa

CheGuedara

Arequipa wrote: »

Thank you gents for your replies; the Garmin 500 looks really cool; is there a wristwatch version which can be used cycling and running; with heart rate, cadence, speed etc?

Would be great to be able to use the computer cycling & running!

Arequipa

Running? You must be lost, the A.R.T. forum is just across the way!

There are multisport garmins available, don't know much about them, best advice I can give is to check out the DC Rainmaker blog - he's done extensive reviews of most if not all these devices.

If you're most likely to end up using it for cycling purposes though the edge 500 is an excellent piece of kit

mgmt

Buy a Vodafone 845 smartphone online for 60euro. Then download the endomondo app. Its better than most Garmin cycle computers.

ashleey

Except battery life maybe? I swear by the garmin edge 500 from handtec. No wheel magnets and you can preload it with your routes and it tells you if you're off course and plus you can extract your training diary to your computer and also upload to their website.

Hail 2 Da Thief

How accurate are the altimeter & gradient readings on the Garmins?

CheGuedara

mgmt wrote: »

Buy a Vodafone 845 smartphone online for 60euro. Then download the endomondo app. Its better than most Garmin cycle computers.

Proof/source?

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

How accurate are the altimeter & gradient readings on the Garmins?

They're pretty good, models like the edge 500/800 use a barometric altimeter which is accurate to +/- 30ft max IIRC (typically within 6ft of accurate in my experience).

You need to leave the unit on the bike for a few minutes to acclimatise on colder mornings to get it spot on as it's affected by that kind of large quick temp variation (warm house --> cold air). If you do get hinky alti data you can correct it on garmin connect which takes it off OS measurments so no biggie

tuxy

mgmt wrote: »

Buy a Vodafone 845 smartphone online for 60euro. Then download the endomondo app. Its better than most Garmin cycle computers.

WOW didn't realise you could get something like that so cheap.
How does the app calculate cadence?

macnab

I use the Garmin 305, it is a wristwatch but it is a bit bulky. I usually strap it onto the handlebars. The stats are good but the maps are poor so I usually export the info in a GPX file to another program (RideWithGPS) I paid €137 delivered from Amazon.

CheGuedara

+1 on ridewithGPS - much more useful than GC. If you haven't tried it give Strava a goggle as well, good alternative also.

ashleey

+1 on ridewithgps.com. Also you can use gpx converter if you need to edit the file for any reason

ednwireland

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

How accurate are the altimeter & gradient readings on the Garmins?

just looking at my rides in france last year and the sign at the top of the col du grand columbier says 1501m my garmin max elevation was 1499m

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/62457513

honestly i'd rather have the garmin than the phone as i never have to worry about the battery life six hour rides dont even take half the battery

and the garmin has an IPX7 waterpoofing rating (from garmin website "An IPX7 designation means the GPS case can withstand accidental immersion in one meter of water for up to 30 minutes. An IPX8 designation is for continuous underwater use. "

how waterproof's that phone ?