Cyclecomputer Question

"Raoul Duke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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I recently installed a Vetta wireless computer on my bike. After riding around for a while I got
to wondering about something. Does the location

of

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the placement of the magnet and the sensor make any difference? Should

they

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be farther up the fork, closer to the rim or farther down, closer to the center of the wheel? Or
does it matter? Naturally I'm concerned about getting the most accurate reading.

TIA......Dave

Makes no difference. Mount it wherever it's most convenient.

Cheers,

Scott..

Hi Raoul,

I think that I can answer that question. The wheel only goes around once every time it passes the
sensor. Your computer should already have the tire size programmed in so each revolution is a count
at a given circumference. So no matter where you place it along the fork, it only counts once each
time it passes. Now if it were a speedometer, it might make a difference.

Dan "Raoul Duke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I recently installed a Vetta wireless computer on my bike. After riding around for a while I got
to wondering about something. Does the location

of

Quoted message said:

the placement of the magnet and the sensor make any difference? Should

they

Quoted message said:

be farther up the fork, closer to the rim or farther down, closer to the center of the wheel? Or
does it matter? Naturally I'm concerned about getting the most accurate reading.

TIA......Dave

Because you have a wireless computer, I would think it best to have the transmitter as near as
possible to the computer. This means mounting it higher on the fork.

Dave

Did you read the manual? I ask because the designers of that unit ought to know best.

Raoul Duke wrote:
:: I recently installed a Vetta wireless computer on my bike. After riding around for a while I got
:: to wondering about something. Does the location of the placement of the magnet and the sensor
:: make any difference? Should they be farther up the fork, closer to the rim or farther down,
:: closer to the center of the wheel? Or does it matter? Naturally I'm concerned about getting the
:: most accurate reading.
::
:: TIA......Dave

"Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Did you read the manual? I ask because the designers of that unit ought

to

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know best.

Of course I read the manual. It made no mention of where to mount the unit other than how far it
should be from the magnet.

Dan Hall was kind enough to explain why it makes no difference. It makes sense now. Thanks Dan.

Dave

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Of course I read the manual. It made no mention of where to mount the

unit

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other than how far it should be from the magnet.

Dan Hall was kind enough to explain why it makes no difference. It makes sense now. Thanks Dan.

Actually, "Onefred" (Dave) got it right when he said to mount it as high on the fork as possible.
This is absolutely true. You want the shortest-possible distance between the transmitter and the
receiver; otherwise, the signal becomes that much less distinct from background noise (meaning that
you may get random readings) and, as the battery ages and becomes weaker, it will require
replacement much sooner.

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Raoul Duke said:

I recently installed a Vetta wireless computer on my bike. After riding around for a while I got
to wondering about something. Does the location of the placement of the magnet and the sensor make
any difference? Should they be farther up the fork, closer to the rim or farther down, closer to
the center of the wheel? Or does it matter? Naturally I'm concerned about getting the most
accurate reading.

TIA......Dave

It *seems* like it should but it doesnt. Twice recently I had the chance to compare my readings to
those on radar "This is your Speed" doo-hickeys and both times mine was dead on. It was at the
bottom of a hill so I presented a variety of speeds from 12 to 21 mph and across the spectrum it
was accurate.