On Sun, 2013-04-28 at 19:08 -0700, john wrote: > Eric, Steve: > > > Thanks for suggesting the MItty8. I went to Wheel Works, as Steve > directed, and found it was "unavailable at this time". I'll look into > the Strada, but have reservations about going wireless. What's the > difference in battery life (wireless vs. wired)? Also: What's the > verdict on the Cateye 7 or 8? Thanks.
Battery life with wireless is typically less than with wired, and you have twice as many batteries. On the other hand, installation is simpler. The battery life on the (now discontinued) Wireless Micro was dramatically less than I had grown used to on the (now very long discontinued) Cateye Cordless II's I used on most of my bikes in the 1990s and 2000s (the last one of which quit early this year, wouldn't work at under 40 degrees even with brand new batteries) replaced by the Strada Wireless). The Strada Wireless is too new for me to have any idea of battery life. I've never seen them in person, but according to specs the wired Velo 7 and Velo 9 only have 1 trip distance, which doesn't work for me because I rely on trip distance 2 to keep track of mileage since the last chain cleaning. The additional "features" of the Velo 9, calorie consumption and carbon offset, are IMHO entirely worthless. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
