Hello everyone.
I look for cycle computer with one easy feature, but can't find any.
The problem: I often commute by bicycle through the city. I often need to wait for green light, and trip time doesn't count while I wait. Or, sometimes I need to put on/take off some jacket or something, and, of course, trip time doesn't count too. So, real trip time and average speed are actually wrong.
There could be really easy feature as a solution: we need to add new setting: maximum in-trip stop time. Say, I would set it to 5 minutes.
Then, computer should behave like that, consider the scenario:
I looked for such computer, but I really can't find. Instead, there are really useless "features" sometimes: say, my Sigma BC 12.12 counts saved fuel, i.e. how much fuel did I save by riding a bike instead of driving a car. There is a special setting: litre/hour, and a special page. This is completely useless, this "feature" is just a toy, and, unfortunately, it pollutes device menu, which is annoying for me.
There is also "CatEye Commuter" model, which is designed exactly for commuters, but is doesn't have desired feature; instead, it calculates carbon offset.
I believe that max in-trip stop time is much more useful feature.
I don't want to use for that any iPhones, Garmin navigators, Android devices, etc: I like "usual" cycle computer, that has huge battery life and is always on my bicycle.
So, is there any computer with such feature? And, please, participate in the poll above.
Thanks!
I look for cycle computer with one easy feature, but can't find any.
The problem: I often commute by bicycle through the city. I often need to wait for green light, and trip time doesn't count while I wait. Or, sometimes I need to put on/take off some jacket or something, and, of course, trip time doesn't count too. So, real trip time and average speed are actually wrong.
There could be really easy feature as a solution: we need to add new setting: maximum in-trip stop time. Say, I would set it to 5 minutes.
Then, computer should behave like that, consider the scenario:
- I ride for 10 minutes, and then stop at the red light. Computer shows that trip time is 10 minutes.
- I wait for 2 minutes (i.e. I stay at place), computer still shows that trip time is 10 minutes.
- I start riding again. Now, computer should check: is that stop time (2 minutes) less than max in-trip stop time? In my example, this is 5 minutes. Surely, 2 minutes less than 5 minutes, so, computer adds actual stop time to my trip time! So, once I started again, my trip time should become 12 minutes.
I looked for such computer, but I really can't find. Instead, there are really useless "features" sometimes: say, my Sigma BC 12.12 counts saved fuel, i.e. how much fuel did I save by riding a bike instead of driving a car. There is a special setting: litre/hour, and a special page. This is completely useless, this "feature" is just a toy, and, unfortunately, it pollutes device menu, which is annoying for me.
There is also "CatEye Commuter" model, which is designed exactly for commuters, but is doesn't have desired feature; instead, it calculates carbon offset.
I believe that max in-trip stop time is much more useful feature.
I don't want to use for that any iPhones, Garmin navigators, Android devices, etc: I like "usual" cycle computer, that has huge battery life and is always on my bicycle.
So, is there any computer with such feature? And, please, participate in the poll above.
Thanks!