Thinking of buying a new VDO C2DS wireless. Instruction manual says to mount transmitter on front fork with magnet on front wheel. I'd rather mount on rear so I can record speed while on the trainer. Does anyone have experience with this new VDO computer, with or without mounting the transmitter on the rear (but particularly with)?
Thanks in advance.
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Thinking of buying a new VDO C2DS wireless. Instruction manual says to mount transmitter on front fork with magnet on front wheel. I'd rather mount on rear so I can record speed while on the trainer. Does anyone have experience with this new VDO computer, with or without mounting the transmitter on the rear (but particularly with)?
Thanks in advance.
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Most wireless transmitters are low power and have a very short range. Mounting on the rear wheel is further away than the max range of the transmitter, plus your body is blocking it too. During winter I mount a cheap wired computer on my bikes rear wheel so I can count my mileage.
Most wireless transmitters are low power and have a very short range. Mounting on the rear wheel is further away than the max range of the transmitter, plus your body is blocking it too.
Not only that, but they are extremely susceptible to interference, which can be very annoying for anyone using them to record total mileage.
Most wireless transmitters are low power and have a very short range. Mounting on the rear wheel is further away than the max range of the transmitter, plus your body is blocking it too.
Not only that, but they are extremely susceptible to interference, which can be very annoying for anyone using them to record total mileage.
But you can't really blame them, if they were strong enough to register from the rear, they'd also be strong enough to register from the fork of your buddy next to you.
Not only that, but they are extremely susceptible to interference, which can be very annoying for anyone using them to record total mileage.
But you can't really blame them, if they were strong enough to register from the rear, they'd also be strong enough to register from the fork of your buddy next to you.
I must have expressed myself badly - what I meant to say was that they are *already* too damn sensitive, as it is. The one I had used to pick up from all sorts of sources.
I could practically never go into a shop with the thing in my pocket, as the anti-theft barriers at the cash desk would make it joyfully bound forward, anywhere from 100 metres or so to over 4 km!
