Bicycle computers

Vivian said:

Cateye, Velo 5.

I don't know the Velo 5 very well but Cateye computers are generally about
as waterproof as you'll ever need. *Good* manufacturers know bikes are
used in the rain and design their stuff to cope with it. Cateye is one of
the best.

~PB

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Burning_Ranger said:

They're usually water resistant to some degree, but probably woudn't stand
up to heavy torrential rain.

<Panto Voice>

Oh yes they will!

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Echoes of agreement from me.

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Vivian said:

How's New York for cycling? Do they have cycle lanes, cycle boxes, cycle
roads like we have here? How are the NY drivers to the cyclists?

I always thought that the Americans were too "car mad" to bother with
cycling, and that obsession with cars is crossing over the Atlantic!
What's
your view?

Hello again, Vivian. As I mentioned in my response to your post on lumbar
spine problems I have recently jumped back into the saddle after a break
of some 17 or so years. Accordingly, I may not be in a position to
provide a balanced, informed assessment.

In addition, I live in the centre of Manhattan, which I understand is
hardly representative of cycling either in New York State or the country
as a whole (I'm told is's far more pleasant elsewhere).

Still, such a limited perspective doesn't stop anyone else from posting to
newsgroups, so here is my initial response to your question.

Roads in Manhattan are actually the tarmacadam equivalent of Emmental: I
was perfectly accustomed to potholes and tree trunks assailing me in
Oxfordshire and Cheshire, but here road surfaces are a cyclist's
nightmare. Two blocks down the road there is a hole a couple of feet into
the lane (where cyclists would naturally ride) that is somewhere between 8
and 10 inches deep; immediately adjacent is a dislodged pothole. The
camber and incline mean that this pernicious atrocity is pretty much
invisible. I'd say that this is typical of the city roads I have
experienced here in New York. I ride a road bike; perhaps it would be
easier with a mountain bike? Or a cheese-knife?

Cycle paths: there seem to be quite a few of these, although as someone
who appreciates Nature and open roads I am not a huge fan (I always found
cycle paths to be by-products of haphazard latter-day town planning).
Central Park sports a perimeter track which accommodates cars, bikes and
runners (closed to cars from around 7pm and at weekends) which is a fairly
pleasant 6-mile ride. Pleasant if one can avoid the seemingly deaf, blind
and dumb pedestrians who are clearly oblivious to the pain a bike
travelling at 20-30mph could inflict. And rollerbladers, of course -
great gluts and hamstrings, but otherwise a total liability. The west
side of Manhattan likewise has a new (rather too smooth) bike path by the
water; it's fun on a sunny day but, again, can be something of an obstacle
course.

I went on a pleasant cycle path in New Jersey the other week (extending
from Sandy Hook to Hazlet or thereabouts, following a disused railway
line), but it was difficult to get up to speed as it intersected busy
roads every few hundred yards. Still, safe and easy to ride.

Drivers: cab and limo drivers are bad news indeed; no regard for bikes
whatsoever. On numerous occasions I've been carved up by cab drivers who
go hurtling past (in order to do so they usually have to exceed by far the
usual speed of traffic flow) only to make an immediate right to pick up a
passenger or take a side road. Same thing happened with a public 'bus the
other day. Bikes, unlike children it would appear, are neither seen nor
heard on the streets of New York!

Private motor car drivers: probably worse than their cohorts at the wheels
of public service vehicles, but there are not so many of them on the
streets of Manhattan. Many of those who are seem to suffer from the "I
drive a Lexus so I'm a big swinging d*ck and can do what I like!"
syndrome. I do believe that the British equivalent is the driver of the
sportier 3-series BMW: "My neighbour's car is bigger and faster so I'm
going to take out my inferiority complex on pedestrians, cyclists and
anyone in a lesser automobile." Nothing exclusive to New York here, but
it's still a frustration.

Pedistrians: "What's a bike?"

All in all, Manhattan is not the most satisying place to ride. But, that
is inevitable given the number of people, cars and so on on the streets.
One simply has to be a little careful. I suspect that London and other
large citis may be similar, but I lack a perspective on these.

Outside 'the city' there are many rides which stretch out through suburbs
and into something that approaches Nature. It's not exactly the English
countryside; but there are pleasant, windswept roads where one can enjoy a
pollution-free breeze and rides that are conducive to a great day out and
a little worthwhile exertion.

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Vivian said:

Bought one of those the other day. Haven't installed it yet, but got
one question: do these things get damaged by the rain?

mine did. I removed the head unit and it remained dry. The bike part is

now

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non functioning

Managed to mend it today.