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Written by Tevis on 2024-10-29 at 19:58

After just ten months of service, my Cateye Velo 7 cyclecomputer fell off its mount--the longest any of my last four cyclecomputers have lasted. #biketooter, any recommendations?

I'm not interested in anything that connects to the internet. I just want distance, current speed, and time of day.

[#]cycling

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Written by Rob Pumphrey on 2024-10-29 at 20:04

@Tevis

I have used the same Cateye Velo+ wireless for the last 3 years without much problem. Certainly not fallen off the bike.

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Written by Tevis on 2024-10-29 at 21:26

@robpumphrey I'd put about 5000 km on mine before it just slipped out of the mount as I went over a pothole. Got the CatEye on a recommendation, too!

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Written by Rob Pumphrey on 2024-10-29 at 21:43

@Tevis

Yes, they are not perfect. I can hardly extract my head unit from the holder. Still couldn't really ride without one. I am looking to upgrade to something with cadence, but not really found what I want yet.

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Written by Tevis on 2024-10-29 at 22:02

@robpumphrey I wonder if the mount is any more secure for the wireless version? I'd prefer wired, but I guess the market for people like me is shrinking.

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Written by Rob Pumphrey on 2024-10-30 at 08:03

@Tevis Could be.

In the 90s I used a wired cateye. That never fell off either, but it always stopped working in heavy rain. The wireless one doesn't have that fault.

The first one I had only did 4k km, and the wheel sensor started gobbling batteries, but the next one I got has done 15k km on the same battery.

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Written by Tevis on 2024-10-30 at 11:05

@robpumphrey That sounds aggravating! I want everything on my bike to be as reliable as possible, and I'm not excited to buy multiple copies of a product on the assumption that some of them will break.

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Written by adamrice on 2024-10-29 at 20:15

@Tevis Cateye is pretty much the company you want. Can’t you put a lanyard on the computer somehow?

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Written by Tevis on 2024-10-29 at 21:27

@adamrice There was no place on the computer to attach anything! And, anyway, it's gone, now.

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