Well, you've gotten many good suggestions here. I used to have some sort of computer on every bike. I even mounted my car GPS to the hadlebars with some spare parts. Why not? It didn't cost me a penny and the GPS had a bike mode. Got enough juice from each charge for most day trips. But nowadays only 2 out of our 5 bikes has have computers—even then, one of those those has a dead battery I doubt I'll replace. So, I'm enjoying going mostly without these days, as it allows me focus on other things about my rides. The one computer left is a planet bike protege (9, I think) and it's good. No complaints.
That said, computers for cycles has really morphed into something else entirely these days. Lots of questions I'd ask myself if I were to get into it again: Directions? Elevation? Other gps functions? Social and archiving (sharing trip data, comparing trip times, keeping logs, etc)? Just the basics (odo, current speed, clock, a couple of trip averages)? The answers to above quesitons would dictate the type I'd choose. For just the basics, I'd go for the most basic wired, cheap unit. A cateye, planet bike, or whatever. I think they're all comparable, frankly. Anything more complicated I'd be deciding between a garmin (or equivalent) and a phone app/smart phone. Having a smart phone with me anyway (and having access to maps, weather, contact to get help already) I'd probably go for the app but not totally sure without going through the actual thought process/research. Perry -- 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.
