On the subject of the gap between magnet and sensor, I've found on my road bike I have to be very
careful with this gap. When I stand up on the pedals for steep hills and throw the bike around a bit
I find that the magnet starts hitting the sensor. It's taken me a while to find a gap that is small
enough to work, but large enough to compnesate for the wheel movement. When you are talking a couple
of mm difference it's a bit of a balancing act. Dave B.
apologies tomuchspam wrote:
>>>Strex wrote:
>>> > Are there any reviews on these on the web? I'm looking to buy one but most of the ones I've
>>> > had in the past die sooner than later .. Any reccomendations? Or views?
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http://www.mtbreview.com/
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> One thing always worth checking is the clearance between the sensor and the magnet. I've found the
> magnet needs to almost touch the sensor to be reliable. I think Cateye say about 3mm clearance but
> if it is bumped away to 4 or 5 it won't work. So maybe they didn't die? Cleaning the contacts is
> always worth a try. Check your leads as well. You can get lead and sensor kits as well as magnets
> from Phantom Cycles and probably a lot of bike shops as well. Not much can go wrong with the
> computer its a bit like a digital watch really only needs to be dry and have a good battery.
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> The Cateye Enduro is my favourite, mostly because I have 2 sets of wheels with slicks on one and
> knobbies on the other. Calorie functions are a load of BS so don't waste your dough in them. It
> takes so many variables to calculate calories accurately you'd have to have a swag of sensors all
> over the place ie. Wind speed and direction, gear ratio, weight inclination or declination
> (altitude change) blah blah blah etc etc. I do fancy the Cateye altitude one though but have heard
> bad comments on reliability.
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> Good luck with your projects,
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> Regards,
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> Neil.