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  1. Hey everyone, hope all is well in the "bent world" of the bent rider.

    I'm looking to add a new computer to my Aero. I currently have your
    standard run of the mill Catseye, the kind that gives miles and
    speeed, including average speed. But need to add another one. I've
    entered into next months Katy Flatland, the MS150 in Oct, and am
    looking at a couple of other rides in August. Also, for my 50th
    birthday in
    October, I'm returning to Houghton Lake, MI so I can ride around the
    lake to celebrate reaching 50. It's about a 65 mile ride. I used to
    ride it occasionally as a kid growing up, and have ridden it twice
    since leaving the town in the late 70's when I visited on vacations.
    Also, depending on recovery, I'd like to also ride from Tawas City to
    Manistee, MI a few days later. It's a ride of about 175 miles. But,
    to do so, I need to actually do some serious training rather than
    my "let's jump on the bike, ride a long time, push myself to the
    limit, then be comatose for a week because I rode 80 miles on an
    empty stomach, stopping only at the Shell station to get some energy
    bars when I needed a nibble." To that end, I'd like to add a
    computer with the rear wheel cadence included. I have a wireless one
    on my Trek Roadie, (which is is attached to the trainer in the living
    room). It would be nice to have on the Aero. Any suggestions or
    recomendations would be appreciated. In return, I promise to keep
    my posts much shorter in the future. Except when I write about the
    rides in Oct. I do for my 50th.

    Scoot
    Soli Deo Gloria

  2. Scoot wrote:
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    Quoted message said:

    Scoot
    Soli Deo Gloria

    Another five minutes of research and I would have had the answer to my
    question. The answer, for the curious, is NO...

    Thanks for reading....

    Scoot
    Soli Deo Gloria

  3. Scoot said:

    Scoot wrote:
    [snipped the body]

    Quoted message said:

    Scoot
    Soli Deo Gloria

    Another five minutes of research and I would have had the answer to my
    question. The answer, for the curious, is NO...

    Thanks for reading....

    Scoot
    Soli Deo Gloria


    Why don't you just get another Cateye? Don't they have one with
    cadence? I thought the Midi, or Midy or something had cadence? I think
    you'd have to order the sensor kit for tandems, if your bike is anything
    like a typical recumbent. Last I heard it'd run about $35 for the whole
    setup.

  4. In alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent on 23 Jun 2006 19:34:17 -0700

    Scoot said:

    Hey everyone, hope all is well in the "bent world" of the bent rider.
    computer with the rear wheel cadence included. I have a wireless one
    on my Trek Roadie, (which is is attached to the trainer in the living
    room). It would be nice to have on the Aero. Any suggestions or

    Never found a wireless suitable for a bent, but I have a Sigma cadence
    on my Giro 20 which works fine. I mount the cadence sensor via the
    front derailleur mount. It's currently on a bit of rubber to get it
    close enough to the magnet on the pedals, which will eventually be
    repalced with a bracket made of ally strip.

    No idea what "rear wheel cadence" is, cadence is usually about pedals,
    not wheels!

    Zebee

  5. Zebee Johnstone said:


    No idea what "rear wheel cadence" is, cadence is usually about pedals,
    not wheels!

    Zebee

    It was a poor choice of words on my part, as well as a slight
    misinterpretation as to how cadence is measured. It is of course based
    on pedals, and not rear wheel. DOH!!!!!!

    I am looking at a good alternative to rig a cadence "puter" to the
    bent...I've been give a fair amount of good advice as to how to
    accomplish the task...

    Thanks for your help...

    Scoot
    SDG

  6. Scoot said:
    Zebee Johnstone said:

    No idea what "rear wheel cadence" is, cadence is usually about pedals,
    not wheels!


    It was a poor choice of words on my part, as well as a slight
    misinterpretation as to how cadence is measured. It is of course based
    on pedals, and not rear wheel. DOH!!!!!!

    However, some computers do combine a rear wheel sensor and a cadence
    sensor in a common unit, so "rear wheel cadence" makes sense in that
    situation, though it'd be useless for a recumbent unless it had a 1:1
    mid-drive that was very close to the rear wheel :-).

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