Joerg wrote:
On 2017-07-28 14:03, Roger Merriman wrote:
Joerg wrote:
Had to change the battery again on my Bell Dashboard 100 cycling
speedometer. Or what they call "cycle computer" In the manual it says
one can re-enter the odometer reading but nowhere it says how. When I
contacted Bell years ago they said "no, you can't". Does anyone know a
secret trick Bell doesn't know?

I keep a log but it gets old having to calculate to see when the rear
tire or other stuff is nearing end-of-life. Mainly to avoid a *KAPOW*
surprise way out in the boonies. Many tires don't have TWI.


No idea sorry haven't used a computer like that for years they used to
drive me potty to be honest.


Yeah, their setup isn't the most intuitive. They also failed to design
in a reliable low battery warning. Mine started to ignore button presses
and the LCD was a bit pale. Turned out the battery was at 1.15V, amazing
that it still logged miles.


I'm guessing isn't your sort of thing, but at least one of the GPS
training/logging sites you can keep a list of bikes and components hence I
can see on average how long X part tends to last.

More normally I use it as note to check chains once they have hit likely
mileages.


I'd like to keep it simple, don't want to turn my bikes into rolling
computers. I was just wondering about the discrepancy between what the
manual says and what their customer service said.

I can see/understand that. But the bell being a cheap cycle computer they
probably don't expect anyone to replace the battery it is a fairly
disposable tech since the higher end ones are now GPS etc.

Thing about software is it can do mundane stuff much easier with less
hassle, I do use Higher end GPS computers over three bikes, and I let it
log the miles my bikes and tyres/chains etc are. It's near zero effort. I
did used to log the bikes miles before but not generally the parts as it
was just too much hassle.

I do deliberately buy the models that don't have that many features since I
will not use or want to be bothered by them. Had them for years they just
work to be honest.

Roger Merriman