A miles only cyclecomputer??

[lungimsam]

Any such animal?

 

I lost my cyclecomputer. Don't know if that's a good or bad thing.

 

All I wanna keep track of is miles.

 

I don't care about speed much anymore.

 

PLease advise.

 

[PATRICK MOORE]

I use Cyclemeter for the iPhone.

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[dougP]

There's a lot of us that would love to have a single function device.  The market, however, seems to offer only instruments with wider capabilities. 

I seem to either lose or break a computer every few years, and don't miss it for a long time.  It is handy when one is touring unknown country and keeping track of distance to the next turn. 

dougP

[René Sterental]

IF you own an iPhone 4S or 5, which include the new Bluetooth spec, you can buy the Wahoo Blue SC Speed/Cadence sensor. Then, if you really don't ever want to see speed or cadence, and just track distance, download the Wahoo odometer app. The sensor will keep the distance internally whether or not you have your iPhone with you or not. Then, when you get home, you launch the odometer app and it will update the new odometer value on your screen. The app will offer a few additional items like distance ridden per week and so on. 

Current limitation I'm hoping will be addressed soon is that the app can currently sync with only one sensor at a time, so if you have multiple bikes you'll have to pair if each time. The good thing is that each sensor will still maintain its own internal odometer readings. 

http://www.wahoofitness.com/mobilecommerce/Wahoo-Blue-SC-Speed-and-Cadence-Sensor-pro270_0_173_42.aspx

René 

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[Leslie]

I've not looked for one, but on my dad's old Nishiki roadbike from the mid-70's, he had an odometer mounted down just above the fork's drop-out.  A little nub attached to the spoke, everytime it went around, it turned over the 'gear' on the end of the box.  No electronics, purely mechanical.   I've thought such would be neat, to keep a battery-failure-free tally on a frame's mileage...

[campyo...@me.com]

There was that type, and there was the Huret Multito:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3087/3223761637_9c5a025f71.jpg

Slightly more refined, it used a tiny belt and pulley. Reflecting the analog nature of the machine, the only way to fine-tune its accuracy was to wrap a piece of sandpaper around a nail and slightly reduce the diameter of the pulley on the device itself. This had to be done to use with 700C wheels, since the Multito came out of the box set up to more or less accurately record mileage with 27-inch wheels.

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P.S. Another choice, if you want to hunt around on eBay, is the Avocet 50, still in my mind one of the best cyclocomputers ever made:

http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com/2010/03/in-praise-of-avocet-50.html 

It offers more than just mileage, but it's very simple to set up and use.

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On Oct 29, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Leslie <leslie...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Robert F. Harrison]

There's always the Jones Counter...

http://www.jonescounter.com/

Aloha, 

Bob

 

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[Rex Kerr]

A piece of electrical tape works wonders...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rexkerr/6724309713/

[Leslie]

Don't know if this is the one he had or not, but very similar to it:

http://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=01b7845c-244d-496e-ab4c-435ba068a908&Enum=103

[Brian Campbell]

Planet Bike makes this:

http://ecom1.planetbike.com/8000.html

Cheap & basic.

[Bertin753]

The link takes you to a 5 function computer ...?

I used one of those star wheel mechanical odometer long ago. Their accuracy is only fair because you can't calibrate them. I prefer an iPhone app, that has the advantage of working with all my bikes. 

Patrick Moore

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[Brian Campbell]

^ True, but as far as modern computers go, it is pretty minimal. 

[charlie]

Had one years ago......in the 70's. Took off my electronic speedo a few years ago and don't miss it. The thing is, on your normal routes, you already know the distance and a stop watch, pencil and paper will tell you your mph . My average mph hasn't changed in ten years it goes up as I get in shape at the end of the season but not by much. Top speed, a ridiculous 49 mph down a hill......I probably have gone faster since but don't want to know  and I try to avoid it. Top cruising speed on flat ground somewhere in the high 20's. I'm getting older and have less time to ride my speed isn't going up and my distances don't matter either. The only thing I look at is how long have I been riding....its easy to estimate mileage over varied terrain and its usually in the area of 12-15 per hour for me. Maps are better however. I just look at where I left from and where I end up then look at my watch and measure the distance on the map then its paper and pencil time if I just have to know how fast I covered the distance. Usually I am too lazy to figure it out and soon forget about it. The older I get the less concerned I am even about how far I have ridden I just want to ride. For maintenance purposes I go more by months or hours on the bike by estimation but lately I just lube my chain, pump the tires, give the bike the once over and ride. Its a mindset that takes a while to develop.....old habits die hard.