Bicycle wireless speedometer |
My wife tells me I’ve started the first step to “geeking out” my new bicycle by adding a $20 wireless speedometer. It’s not just a speedometer though, it tells the time (12 or 24 hour format), calories burned, mileage, trip tracking and more.
I had some trouble installing it. So much that I needed to take to the local bike shop repair man to see what I did. He chuckled at my lame attempt to install it correctly and then showed me what I did wrong. You need to put the sensor on the bike fork and the magnet on the spoke so it passes close to the sensor. Doh!
If you ever travel this direction and enjoy bike trails, the Pierce County Foothills Trail runs from Sumner to South Prarie is fully paved and includes views like this one:
I started a new Google spreadsheet to keep track of our daily (hopefully) bike mileage.
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Glad to see you hitting the road, TD.
I ride a hybrid (of a mountain and a touring) bike, with road tires.
I’m not much for gadget paraphernalia to encumber my bike, but this looks like something I might actually buy, and the price is right. Thanks.
Comment by Vince Williams — July 2, 2007 @ 11:44 am PST
hey man,
I bought the same speedometer as yours, but I cannot make the speedometer read as I am riding. I have aligned the magnet and the sensor correctly? But not sure what’s wrong. I wonder if I put the receiver on the handle bar within the reading range or not. I put it on the left side of the handle bar from rider’s view. And the sensor is also on the left fork too.
At some point, I get it reading, but only when I ride slowly. As I accelerate, the stupid meter goes back to zero.
Please help
Sincerely
Comment by Bang Nhan — June 6, 2008 @ 4:28 pm PST
Hey, I guess I’m geeking out too! I bought one of these! and I couldn’t figure out how to install the sensor part either. I didn’t get it. I googled installation for the wirless speedometer, and found your site!
thank you! I’m off to attach the speedometer now. The pictures in teh manual book are kinda useless!
Comment by addie — June 11, 2008 @ 10:30 am PST
yeah the manuel instructions suck! i hope to have good results wiht this also
Comment by stephen — August 17, 2008 @ 2:21 pm PST
Yea, I bought that same one too. been trying to get the thing to work constantly for a week. Wal-Mart junk! It’s installed correctly…just don’t work all the time. Have to stop and readjust constantly
Comment by Ron — August 18, 2008 @ 7:20 am PST
what a view! how long is that ride?
Comment by john — September 5, 2008 @ 11:37 am PST
If you’re having trouble with the walmart products, you might want to look into getting one made by Sigma.
Some of the higher end ones even have a usb interface to your computer.
Comment by Jamis Cambridge — October 21, 2008 @ 5:15 pm PST