The astrale works in the rain up to a point. I've owned several and they all will fail after 50 or
60 miles of downpour, but will hold up to a 20 mile shower. The design is flawed in that rain can
get through the front in some situations. I've always thought that a piece of tape over the front
should fix the problem.
Frank
Frank "Allen Foster" <bigal@REMOVE_THISnewtownbreda.demANDTHISon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I'm curious now, maybe I have a dud one.
>
> My problem with the Astrale is that during a heavy rain shower water can get in between the
> computer and the mount so that the contact pins are in a little pool of water. The computer still
> works but intermittantly the speed read out will drop by about 5-10 mph for an instance beofre
> returning to the correct value, if I remove the computer and dry the contact pin area on the mount
> the problem disappears. I have a feeling that the water is shorting out the pins and perhaps
> causing 'crosstalk' between the cadence and speed pin. I can solve the problem with a bit of
> clingfilm over the computer but it's annoying.
>
> Allen
>
> On Fri, 30 May 2003 21:29:53 GMT, B a r r y B u r k e J r . <n/a@> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 30 May 2003 18:58:44 +0100, Allen Foster
> ><bigal@REMOVE_THISnewtownbreda.demANDTHISon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>Just don't use it in the rain
> >
> >I have five Cateye computers that have been in rain storms so strong, I thought I was under
> >water. All are working well.
> >
> >Sorry to hear about yours.
> >
> >Barry