I used computers for a few years, then not for a few. When I bought a new go-fast two years ago, I went all in and bought a Sigma Rox 9 to go with it. It doesn't have GPS built in, but does have about everything else - speed/time/distance, cadence, heart rate and altitude, plus data logging and a USB connection to the PC. When logging it takes a 'snapshot' of speed, distance, altitude and heart rate every 5 - 20 seconds. The data can be downloaded to the computer to generate route profiles and track total mileage, climbing, calories burned, etc. Not at all Riv-approved, but I do like having the HRM data and the profiles of climbs. Last year I bought a second mount, so I can swap it between two bikes. It has one big advantage over GPS's - the battery life is well over a year, compared to a few hours for a Garmin.
there are still a few bikes in the garage that are computer-less, including my Riv Road, and I won't support two computers so they will stay that way. I'm not compulsive about tracking every ride, and I can still estimate my speed pretty well by eye and feel. I like having the computer on hard, hilly rides, I don't miss it on easy rambles. To everything there is a reason, and a time to every purpose under Heaven. A time to ride flats, a time to ride hills A time to ride fast, a time to ride slow A time to draft another man's wheel A time to refrain from drafting... (Apologies to Ecclesiastes and the Byrds) Bill On Feb 15, 7:44 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > How many of y'all have computers on your bikes? The Avocet 35 on my > gofast failed after many years and I am very tempted not to replace > it. But weaning myself from the numbers is surprisingly hard, > particularly mileage numbers. > > What do y'all do? Do you use computers? Just a watch to time yourself? > Just ride and say the heck with it? > > Note: I'll still like going fast; I'm just not the rambling type. But > I can ride hard even without the computer. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.