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Cat Eye Mity 8 or Enduro 8 computer?
Hello,
The two computers look pretty similar and are priced about the same. The Enduro 8 is more rugged. Any other differences? Andy |
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An anonymous Yahoovian wrote:
The two computers look pretty similar and are priced about the same. The Enduro 8 is more rugged. Any other differences? They're the same computer, but the mount kit with the Enduro has thicker, heavier wire. The Mity 8 is my favorite cyclecomputer, I've got them on several of my bikes. I don't like the fat wire of the Enduro kit, it's too stiff and awkward. Thicker wire has no advantage if you secure the wire properly. See: http://sheldonbrown.com/cyclecomputer-installation.html Sheldon "Mity 8" Brown +-------------------------------------------+ | Any smoothly functioning technology | | will have the appearance of magic. | | --Arthur C. Clarke | +-------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 http://harriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com |
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Where can you get the skinny plastic ties? I got a bag of thicker ones
at CompUSA. These are for tieing down computer wiring, but they work. They are a little too thick, but have fit everything so far. I was moving my computers around between bikes until I got settled with what I ride. Sheldon Brown wrote: An anonymous Yahoovian wrote: The two computers look pretty similar and are priced about the same. The Enduro 8 is more rugged. Any other differences? They're the same computer, but the mount kit with the Enduro has thicker, heavier wire. The Mity 8 is my favorite cyclecomputer, I've got them on several of my bikes. I don't like the fat wire of the Enduro kit, it's too stiff and awkward. Thicker wire has no advantage if you secure the wire properly. See: http://sheldonbrown.com/cyclecomputer-installation.html Sheldon "Mity 8" Brown +-------------------------------------------+ | Any smoothly functioning technology | | will have the appearance of magic. | | --Arthur C. Clarke | +-------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 http://harriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com |
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catzz66 wrote:
Where can you get the skinny plastic ties? Home Depot. |
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An anonymous Yahoovian wrote:
The two computers look pretty similar and are priced about the same. The Enduro 8 is more rugged. Any other differences? Sheldon Brown wrote: They're the same computer, but the mount kit with the Enduro has thicker, heavier wire. The Mity 8 is my favorite cyclecomputer, I've got them on several of my bikes. I don't like the fat wire of the Enduro kit, it's too stiff and awkward. Thicker wire has no advantage if you secure the wire properly. I always instinctively choose the Enduro version. From my ham radio days thick RG-8 coax was better than skinny RG-58 so I guess I have that prejudice. OTOH, I remember buying some SCSI cables that were as thick as a garden hose thinking they must be super high quality and they turned out to be crap so you can't always judge a cable by its thickness. Even if you do secure the cable properly it is exposed so it could be banged so I figure a thicker cable is more likely to survive such inadvertant abuse. |
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Russell Seaton wrote:
...About the only problem with the Enduro mounting hardware now is they do not use the clamp on band anymore. They use a stick on, zip-tie, mounting method. I suppose because this is easier to mount on a fat shock fork and they think the Enduro will only be used on fat shocks and not road forks. I am guessing the Mity uses the band clamp mounting method like they used to use on the Enduro and Mity both. Nope, Current Mity 8s use the same ziptie mounting system. Earlier versions of both models used the screw-on mounts. I prefer the newer ziptie mount system, personally. Easier to mount, fits well on many different fork designs. The screw-type mount was difficult to use on some plastic forks. Sheldon "Mity 8" Brown +--------------------------------------------------+ | The word processor to end all word processors: | | http://www.e-2.org/perhect/frame.html | +--------------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 http://harriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com |
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