Handlebar compass?

It weighs very little, and given it does eat batteries, I use
rechargables, which are fairly inexpensive now-adays. Lasts 15 hours or
so on a charge.

gds wrote:
Rich wrote in message ...

I put a GPSr on my mountian bike (an etrex, with a bicycle mount). It
has a compass, and shows your speed, altitude, etc.. The main drawback
is cost (the etrex was $100 and the bike mount another $20). Also, the
compas only works if you're moving, as it gets info not from the
magnetic field but from it's change in positoin relative to the
satellites it's traking. However, that lets it show true north as
opposed to magnetic north, and it works GREAT! Does everything a
cyclocomputer does (except cadence) without the wires, plus has a compas
and altimeter.


How heavy is this as compared to a cyclocomputer? And does it eat
batteries the way most GPS's do?

"foldedpath" wrote

Also check the online REI catalog. They probably have the Suunto
backpacker
wristmount compass, which may be cheaper than the scuba versions.

Nobody seems to have the full size Suunto wrist compass, they're all
digital now (what the world really doesn't need) for much higher prices.

Peter Cole wrote:
Nobody seems to have the full size Suunto wrist compass, they're all
digital now (what the world really doesn't need) for much higher prices.

That's good. You can put the flux gate itself on the end of a long wooden stick
and the readout on the handlebars, and be free of the influence of the bike steel
on the direction.
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Ron Hardin wrote:
That's good. You can put the flux gate itself on the end of a long wooden stick
and the readout on the handlebars, and be free of the influence of the bike steel
on the direction.

Wouldn't it be simpler just to stick it to the end of your nose?

Norman Wilson
Toronto ON
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On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 15:50:55 -0500, Pat wrote:

Has anyone seen a decent handlebar compass that doesn't look like the one
Bell puts out, i.e., a toy?

Pat

Nashbar had a bell/compass gizmo for about $4.00, which they may still
sell. I've got one and it has been OK, although there are two minor
caveats:

1. It's not like a boat compass, where you look at the side nearest you
and see the direction in which you're going. Rather, the headings are
painted on like a normal compass, so your direction (as in N, E, S, W)
appears on the side of the compass toward the front of the bike.

2. It may be affected by nearby steel on the bike, just like auto
compasses are by all the steel around them. So the thing is probably not
that accurate. But it might help you figure out that you're going west
instead of east, for example.

The bell does have a nice, clear "ping."

:-)

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2. It may be affected by nearby steel on the bike, just like auto
compasses are by all the steel around them. So the thing is probably not
that accurate. But it might help you figure out that you're going west
instead of east, for example.

It just needs a binnacle, c/w quadrantal spheres and
heeling magnets.


cheers,
Tom

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On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 15:50:55 -0500, Pat wrote:

Has anyone seen a decent handlebar compass that doesn't look like the one
Bell puts out, i.e., a toy?

I bought a couple of these: http://www.altimeters.net/altclipon.htm
I bought mine for travel, and I haven't taken a trip yet. A friend took the
other, and she's happy using it around here in Brooklyn.

Don donwiss at panix.com.

Looks nice and compact, yet functional...is it affected much by the metal in
the hadlebar though?

"Don Wiss" wrote in message
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On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 15:50:55 -0500, Pat wrote:

Has anyone seen a decent handlebar compass that doesn't look like the one
Bell puts out, i.e., a toy?

I bought a couple of these: http://www.altimeters.net/altclipon.htm
I bought mine for travel, and I haven't taken a trip yet. A friend took
the
other, and she's happy using it around here in Brooklyn.

Don donwiss at panix.com.

: Has anyone seen a decent handlebar compass that doesn't look like the one
: Bell puts out, i.e., a toy?


: I bought a couple of these: http://www.altimeters.net/altclipon.htm
: I bought mine for travel, and I haven't taken a trip yet. A friend took
the
: other, and she's happy using it around here in Brooklyn.
:
: Don donwiss at panix.com.

Hey, thanks! It's smooth and not like something out of a cereal box.

Pat in TX

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:26:10 -0500, "Pat" wrote:


: Has anyone seen a decent handlebar compass that doesn't look like the one
: Bell puts out, i.e., a toy?


: I bought a couple of these: http://www.altimeters.net/altclipon.htm
: I bought mine for travel, and I haven't taken a trip yet. A friend took
the
: other, and she's happy using it around here in Brooklyn.
:
: Don donwiss at panix.com.

Hey, thanks! It's smooth and not like something out of a cereal box.

Pat in TX


Yea, that would look good on my handlebar, until the first time I
forget to take it when I leave the bike.