Ok, ok - I've heard the buy cheap - buy twice a few times since I started cycling but here goes.
I use cyclemeter on an iPhone, which gives me a fair bit of data I find useful, but I don't look at it on the road - so not real time. It also has an issue with battery life over about 6 hours.
I also have a basic Polar hrm, which I really like. Watch based, big figures to give real time reading and touch it to your chest to give elapsed time and current time.
Then I bought a Lidl computer and it has been the bane of my life! It has menus that are difficult to cycle through, set-up is difficult and constantly needs fiddling with the magnet, everytime I remove the wheel it needs adjustment but now it has developed an intermittent fault where the speed is being read but changes very rapidly. It will jump about between 15 and 22 mph for instance. So I'm looking for a new computer.
Priorities are:
Easy to read - big mph in particular - not too many small fields.
Reliable - easy to set-up, probably wireless and rear wheel mounted. Fit and forget.
Cheap - willing to be flexible on budget but prefer £30-40 ish.
Big issue is whether I should go for cadence. I use a gym exercise bike and use the rpm more than anything else. I started at a steady 76 and have increased it slowly until I'm now happiest about 96 - 100. However I don't really know what I'm doing on the road. At the same time it adds another sensor, either a wire or another transmitter, and I'm worried about too complicated a screen- I need to be able to see it - with failing eyesight! So I don't want it if it is going to be unreliable.
A big ask, I'm sure - but have you any suggestions? Anyone else with similar priorities to me? If so have you met them, or what have you compromised on?
I use cyclemeter on an iPhone, which gives me a fair bit of data I find useful, but I don't look at it on the road - so not real time. It also has an issue with battery life over about 6 hours.
I also have a basic Polar hrm, which I really like. Watch based, big figures to give real time reading and touch it to your chest to give elapsed time and current time.
Then I bought a Lidl computer and it has been the bane of my life! It has menus that are difficult to cycle through, set-up is difficult and constantly needs fiddling with the magnet, everytime I remove the wheel it needs adjustment but now it has developed an intermittent fault where the speed is being read but changes very rapidly. It will jump about between 15 and 22 mph for instance. So I'm looking for a new computer.
Priorities are:
Easy to read - big mph in particular - not too many small fields.
Reliable - easy to set-up, probably wireless and rear wheel mounted. Fit and forget.
Cheap - willing to be flexible on budget but prefer £30-40 ish.
Big issue is whether I should go for cadence. I use a gym exercise bike and use the rpm more than anything else. I started at a steady 76 and have increased it slowly until I'm now happiest about 96 - 100. However I don't really know what I'm doing on the road. At the same time it adds another sensor, either a wire or another transmitter, and I'm worried about too complicated a screen- I need to be able to see it - with failing eyesight! So I don't want it if it is going to be unreliable.
A big ask, I'm sure - but have you any suggestions? Anyone else with similar priorities to me? If so have you met them, or what have you compromised on?
