what options for computer for Revive?

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I bought a Giant Revive (their semi-recumbent) last week
and am wits end regarding a bike computer. I bought the
basic Cat Eye model and went to install it, only to find
the wire won't reach. Then I bought a wireless model, and
found that the distance from the transmitter to the
receiver is too far for the radio to work. What do riders
of full recumbents use, and does anyone have a working
computer with a Revive?

If you want a wired computer, the Cateye Astrale is designed
to use a rear wheel pickup and accommodate the cadence
feature. It works great on the front wheel of a recumbent.
Other computers: Some can be purchase with an optional ($)
long wire. If you are stuck with a short wire model, you can
splice a section into the middle. Headphone wire doe a real
good job here. If you are not into soldering, RadioShack
sells some very small yellow Telephone butt connectors that
do the job quite well.
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Originally posted by Todd Bradley
I bought a Giant Revive (their semi-recumbent) last week and
am wits end regarding a bike computer. I bought the basic
Cat Eye model and went to install it, only to find the wire
won't reach. Then I bought a wireless model, and found that
the distance from the transmitter to the receiver is too far
for the radio to work. What do riders of full recumbents
use, and does anyone have a working computer with a Revive?

Todd.

I solved the problem of too short a wire by simply cutting the wire, and splicing in a length of 2 conductor speaker wire. I put the sensor on the rear wheel rather than the front.
This fix has been in place for over 4 years with no problems.
BTW, it was just a cheap unit from Canadian Tire in the first place.

I went through the exact thing that your going through except first I bought the wireless model, then exchanged it for the wired model (MITI 8) which had a sensor/wire that was too short. Solved the problem by ordering the long sensor wire for rear wheel mounting. I bought the one for center positioning of the computer (offset so that it can be directly obver the handlebar stem) ”169-9307. The is another one in which the mount isn't offset: ”169-9305.

These parts and part numbers don't show up on the English page for CatEye - only a contact number for ordering:
http://www.cateye.com/smallparts01.php?products_id=100

They are listed on the Japanese page: http://www.cateye.co.jp/cateye/cchtml/mt400p.html
But be careful cause these are for the MITI 8.

You can see the various models at
http://www.cateye.co.jp/cateye/cchtml/ccmain.html
To the right of each image are two or three links. The bottom link is the link that takes you to the small parts. I don't know how much you will be able to see without Japanese fonts installed on your browser.

Correction: For my Revive I ordered the long (rear wheel) sensor wire which is offset for center mounting: #169-6562. But I believe this is an old one that is for the older computers: CC-HB100 & CC-ST300. But the salesman told me it would work with my MITI 8 and it did. The only problem was that the mount for the sensor has two curved preshaped brackets (large and small) that almost didn't fit the fat front fork of the Revive.

The part numbers that I listed earlier are for the newer CC-MT400 (MITI 8). These are better for the fat Revive fork when mounting the sensor because tie wraps are used instead of the preshapped brackets.

Best to call your local CatEye dealer to be sure you get the right one.

Cat Eye makes an extended wire kit for most Cat Eye
computers, I had to get one myself

Current model is a Mity8

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I bought a Giant Revive (their semi-recumbent) last week
and am wits end regarding a bike computer. I bought the
basic Cat Eye model and went to install it, only to find
the wire won't reach. Then I bought a wireless model, and
found that the distance from the transmitter to the
receiver is too far for the radio to work. What do riders
of full recumbents use, and does anyone have a working
computer with a Revive?

Todd.

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Quoted message said:

I bought a Giant Revive (their semi-recumbent) last week
and am wits end regarding a bike computer. I bought the
basic Cat Eye model and went to install it, only to find
the wire won't reach. Then I bought a wireless model,
and found that the distance from the transmitter to the
receiver is too far for the radio to work. What do
riders of full recumbents use, and does anyone have a
working computer with a Revive?

If you want a wired computer, the Cateye Astrale is
designed to use a rear wheel pickup and accommodate the
cadence feature. It works great on the front wheel of a
recumbent. Other computers: Some can be purchase with an
optional ($) long wire. If you are stuck with a short wire
model, you can splice a section into the middle. Headphone
wire doe a real good job here. If you are not into
soldering, RadioShack sells some very small yellow
Telephone butt connectors that do the job quite well.

ShackOfRadios said:

... There are no conditions under which it is appropriate
to demand free off-the-clock labor....

In the US, certain categories of employees are "Exempt"
from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and do
not have to be paid any additional compensation for work
beyond 40 hours. The Cheney/Bush administration has been
attempting to greatly expand the number of workers in the
"Exempt" category.

Tom Sherman - Quad Cities (Illinois Side)

Todd Bradley said:

is too far for the radio to work. What do riders of full
recumbents use, and does anyone have a working computer
with a Revive?

Thanks for all the feedback. It sounds like the easiest
approach would be to splice in some speaker wire to the
wired Cat Eye so it'll reach my handlebar. Then I'm left
with the useless wireless computer. Hopefully, the bike shop
will allow me to return that one. Now, the issue of just how
to go about splicing the wire in seems to be a controversy -
do I spend $2.12 at Radio Shack and thus contribute to the
decline of civilization? I guess I can figure that one out
on my own.

Thanks again, everyone.

Todd.

Tom Sherman said:

In the US, certain categories of employees are "Exempt"
from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and do
not have to be paid any additional compensation for work
beyond 40 hours. The Cheney/Bush administration has been
attempting to greatly expand the number of workers in the
"Exempt" category.

That process started way before the current administration.
The old rules are outdated, no matter what form the final
rules take.

Curtis L. Russell Odenton, MD (USA) Just someone on
two wheels...

Tom Sherman said:

In the US, certain categories of employees are "Exempt"
from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and
do not have to be paid any additional compensation for
work beyond 40 hours. The Cheney/Bush administration has
been attempting to greatly expand the number of workers in
the "Exempt" category.

Do you have an URL for this? I'd be really interested in
reading about that, because I have heard some changes that
someone has attempted to make that sounded reasonable to me
but others were saying it was exploitative (things on the
lines of allowing four 10-hour days a week or three 12-hour
days a week without paying overtime so that people could
have more flexible work schedules).

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wish that He didn't trust me so much. - Mother Teresa

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Tom Sherman said:

In the US, certain categories of employees are "Exempt"
from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and
do not have to be paid any additional compensation for
work beyond 40 hours. The Cheney/Bush administration has
been attempting to greatly expand the number of workers
in the "Exempt" category.

Do you have an URL for this? I'd be really interested in
reading about that, because I have heard some changes that
someone has attempted to make that sounded reasonable to
me but others were saying it was exploitative (things on
the lines of allowing four 10-hour days a week or three
12-hour days a week without paying overtime so that people
could have more flexible work schedules).

--
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I
just wish that He didn't trust me so much. - Mother Teresa

Cletus D. Lee said:

purchase with an optional ($) long wire. If you are stuck
with a short wire model, you can splice a section into
the middle. Headphone wire doe a real good job here. If
you are not into soldering, RadioShack sells some very
small yellow Telephone butt connectors that do the job
quite well.

Thanks for the suggestion. That's what I ended up doing,
although with some speaker wire I had laying around the
house. And I was fortunate enough to find some butt
connectors (I love that name) at Radio Shack that were
marked "100% organic, free-range butt connectors" so I felt
good about spending my $1.29 there.

Todd.