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Any Rec's for a good stem-mounted bike computer?
I am looking for a new bike computer, one that actually mounts to the
stem. The one I have has a bracket that mounts *beside* the stem on the handlebar. The computer then sits over the stem(or to be exact in front of the stem face). This design, however, takes up a little space for hand placement, or for slapping on a pair of aerobar clip-ons.. Any suggestions for a new computer? |
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I would recommend PowerTap, either:
http://www.cycleops.com/products/powertappro.htm or for a few extra pennies: http://www.cycleops.com/products/powertapsl.htm John Bickmore "Holden" wrote in message oups.com... I am looking for a new bike computer, one that actually mounts to the stem. The one I have has a bracket that mounts *beside* the stem on the handlebar. The computer then sits over the stem(or to be exact in front of the stem face). This design, however, takes up a little space for hand placement, or for slapping on a pair of aerobar clip-ons.. Any suggestions for a new computer? |
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"Holden" wrote in message oups.com... I am looking for a new bike computer, one that actually mounts to the stem. The one I have has a bracket that mounts *beside* the stem on the handlebar. The computer then sits over the stem(or to be exact in front of the stem face). This design, however, takes up a little space for hand placement, or for slapping on a pair of aerobar clip-ons.. Any suggestions for a new computer? Take a look at the Shimano Flight Deck. I used one of these before I went to the Polar 720i HRM. The Flight Deck is controlled by those little rubber nipples on the inside of your shifters. Kind of a pain to set up but has a lot of nice features. The other neat thing is that you never have to take your hands off the hoods to operate the computer. It mounts like you described over the stem. -p |
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For $10 you can get an attachment from Profile Designs which allows you to
attach your bike computer to your stem. see: http://www.profile-design.com/produc...utermount.html party on! "Holden" wrote in message oups.com... I am looking for a new bike computer, one that actually mounts to the stem. The one I have has a bracket that mounts *beside* the stem on the handlebar. The computer then sits over the stem(or to be exact in front of the stem face). This design, however, takes up a little space for hand placement, or for slapping on a pair of aerobar clip-ons.. Any suggestions for a new computer? |
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It's all very simple. Get a two sided strip of Velcro and a Velcro watch
band. Remove the wrist band from the polar unit and slip two sided Velcro under the metal pins which formerly held the watch band. Then place the Velcro watch band (found at any drug store) perpendicular through the two sided Velcro. The watch band can now wrap around the stem and is easily removed to download. Mark VandenBerghe "JayofMontreal" wrote in message ... For $10 you can get an attachment from Profile Designs which allows you to attach your bike computer to your stem. see: http://www.profile-design.com/produc...utermount.html party on! "Holden" wrote in message oups.com... I am looking for a new bike computer, one that actually mounts to the stem. The one I have has a bracket that mounts *beside* the stem on the handlebar. The computer then sits over the stem(or to be exact in front of the stem face). This design, however, takes up a little space for hand placement, or for slapping on a pair of aerobar clip-ons.. Any suggestions for a new computer? |
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If you are the slightest bit handy with tools you can make a stem
doohickey to let you mount any computer to a stem. I used the leftover steerer from a carbon fork, cut off about one inch length, cut this down the middle length wise, drilled four holes into the half pipe, Then I used two zip ties and a piece of double sided tape to attach to stem and two zip ties to attach the computer to the half pipe. Just dispose of the cancerous carbon bits from the drilling safely. |
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