Bikehut 16 function computer

[PaulSecteur]

Hi,

In a rare moment of spontainious "Buy it now" clicking I brough a 16 function bikehut computer, it has cadence too.

Usually when buying something like this I do research, but not today.

So, have I bagged a bargain at £12, or wasted my money? I have checked the instructions on the halfords site and cant see any problems fitting it, but any tips will be greatfully recieved.

Paul.

 

[l4dva]

I had a bike hut computer think it was 12 or 13 functions, it worked fine but after a few weeks i kept getting a message on the screen saying "KEY" and there was absolutley no way of getting rid of it. It would come and go as it pleased, eventually it appeared on the screen pretty much 90% of the time, very annoying to say the least. Reading around on the net it seems like this happened to quite a few people. the computer would keep recording your distances traveled etc as this message was on the screen but you just couldnt see any of the readings making it pretty much useless

I eventually took it back to halfords and exchanged it for a cateye computer. Hopefully your version won't have this problem and for £12 it dose sound a bargin, esp if its got cadence messurement as well

 

[PaulSecteur]

Hi, Just to give a conclusion not that its fitted in case anyone else comes across this thread looking for similar info...

It all went on quite easily, mountings for the computer and wheel sensor can either be by using o-rings or cable ties. I used the o rings as they allow for chaning the position while setting up and getting thing just so. I will probably change them to cable ties once I am sure the position are OK, though Im going to have to cut some rubber off an old inner-tube to use between the cable tie and the forks as I wouldnt want them digging in to the paint! One point to note is that it only starts to display speed information after about seconds, so when you first install it give it a little time with the wheel spinning before you check! Also, the touch sensitive button seems to be more reliabloe if you swipe you finger over it, like on the fingerprint readers on thinkpad laptops than if you just push it.


The cadence sensor is wired and needs to be routed down to the lower rear seat stay. I had about 12 inches of extra cable so I had to wrap it around the bottom bractet a few times and secure with a few cable ties.

After a short test ride it all seemed to be working as it should, and I think having the cadence will be good for training. One feature I like is it will tell you iff you are going faster or slower than your average.

One of the shortfalls is that having so many funtions takes a while to scroll through them all. It would have been good if it had a few buttons on the side that you could set to specific functions, such as a buttom for cadence, a button for odometre and a button to scoll.

But all in all im happy with it for £12 from ebay, would probably feel OK about paying £30 from Halfords too.

Will get some pics up when I have chance.