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   Michael P. Palya Sr. says:

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   Although this model is not wireless, I was surprised that it was so easy to set up and has so many functions for the price. I ran this computer on one of my bikes while using a 75.00 Topeak wireless model on another bike and the Schwinn was just as accurate. The extra functions such as calories burned were also a nice feature. Unless this breaks early, it can’t be beat for the price.

   June 9, 2008, 2:18 pm
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   C. Rodrigues says:

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   This bike computer, for the price, is by far the best on the market. How do I know? Because there is no other bike computer that boasts a name brand company, has as many features, and costs as little as this one! I made sure to read all the reviews on Amazon before I purchased this, and I find it disheartening that I was almost swayed to *not* buy it. Fortunately, I read between the lines of all the negative comments and figured their age and/or grammar explained why they had difficulties with the device.

   To start, almost everyone is correct in stating it’s difficult to install; honestly, it is! The instructions suggest a 1mm distance between the magnet and the sensor, which basically means: as close as you can get it without the two pieces hitting! To achieve this, the task takes a considerable amount of fiddling, but once you find the right spot on the fork and spoke to where they come closest without hitting, you’re golden. I spent about 10 minutes doing this. After the magnet and sensor were on, the setup of the computer was a breeze. It asked for wheel diameter (which is required if you want accurate readings of speed, distance, etc), age, weight, time settings, etc. If you read the instructions, it will explain how to set each of these values.

   I want to address a few of the complaints on this page. The first was from a young man who said he was riding 60 mph. Your problem: you didn’t set the correct wheel diameter! The instructions provide you a handy chart to tell you what code to type in based on the corresponding diameter. Now, if you don’t know what a diameter is, or don’t have the intelligence to look it up online, you probably shouldn’t be using this computer in the first place. If your wheel is 26″ and you set it to 15″, yes, you will not have the correct and accurate display of your speed!

   I read another review that said he couldn’t figure out what buttons to push. Answer: READ THE DIRECTIONS! The directions tell you what to push, for how long, and when. They do this for all displays and all features. If you can’t figure that out, I don’t know what else to tell you. Honestly, there are 2 buttons, are you that stupid?

   I read another review that said distance traveled couldn’t be reset, nor could the calories or fat burned. WRONG! Yet again, people fail to actually *read* the instructions, and have the nerve to come online and submit a negative review. There are 7 displays that are shuffled with the *right* button. The *odometer* display does not reset, because it’s just that, an odometer. Do you reset your car odometer, too? What you’re looking for is the *tripmeter* display. The tripmeter can be reset by holding the *left* button for 2 to 3 seconds. When you reset the tripmeter, you also reset the trip timer, and the average speed value which was set during your previous trip. To reset the calories burned or fat burned, go to that feature display, and hold the left button for 2 to 3 seconds. Simple enough?

   In summary: this computer is accurate in all its features if you read the instructions and input the correct wheel diameter. Speed, distance traveled, average speed, trip timer, temperature, and everything else, I have found to be 100% accurate. I checked the speeds against a driver and the temperature against a 3rd party thermostat. Since I’ve only used this product for a couple weeks, I can’t tell you how durable or what’s its longevity will be, but if the features and accuracy mean anything, I should be using this computer for a long time.

   Quick note to everyone who set this thing up wrong and feels foolish for complaining: if you input the wrong diameter, press both buttons down at the same time for 3 seconds and it will reset the whole device so you can input data from scratch. If your speedometer is reading out “0.0″ while you ride, you have the sensor and magnet setup wrong. Try to align the magnet with the arrow next to the “Sensor” text.

   The key to having a pleasurable experience with this bike computer is to read the instructions. If you don’t feel like reading instructions, don’t buy this. If you feel you can bare with the idea of reading a bit and want a great piece of hardware at the lowest price on the market, BUY this device.

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   Okay, I’ve uploaded the manual scans to the user submitted images area.
   
   However, since Amazon re-size the images, here they are on TinyPic hosting…

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   You can find all the above 4 larger pieces of the manual on one page, as well, here: [...]

   June 18, 2008, 10:59 am
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   Charles T. Nichols says:

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   When you set this thing, its best to measure the outside circumference of your tire using a tape measure then convert this to mm for the “wheel factor”. For example Bontrager 700 x 35C tire has an outer diameter of 2197 mm.

   If you try to cheat this by multiplying pi times twice the outer radius you will get an error that will very quickly accumulate even on short rides (I observed an -11% error with both the speed and distance traveled).

   Once this is set, decide on km/hr or mph and fill in the rest of the setup. Afterwards, take the bike on the road for a few miles then check with Google Maps or your car’s odometer to see if your distance traveled is reasonable. That is how I was able to determine the distance error.

   The calorimeter is off by -25% on average. You’re best off using the formula:

   CalBurned = Hours x 60 x (-55.0969 + (0.6309 x AvgHeartRate) + (0.1988 x Weightlb x 0.45359237) + (0.2017 x Age) )/4.184

   [from "Prediction of energy expenditure from heart rate monitoring during submaximal exercise", L. R. KEYTEL, J. H. GOEDECKE, T. D. NOAKES, H. HIILOSKORPI, R. LAUKKANEN, L. VAN DER MERWE, & E. V. LAMBERT that was published in the Journal of Sports Sciences.] to find a better estimate of calories burned.

   I reccomend the blue Nike triax C8 Heart Rate monitor to help you out with this. A reasonably accurate way to find max heart rate is

   MaxHR = 205.8 – (0.685 x Age)
   
   [Journal of Exercise Physiology (2002)]

   One final note: the time recorded by this computer is the total time in motion, so if you stop for traffic or breaks your average speed isn’t greatly effected.

   May 30, 2009, 5:59 am

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