does it work ...... YES!

Post by **2088 bob** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:45 am

For those of you that have gotten to know me a little bit ,over the last year you may have discovered that i love to tinker .In fact I can't help my self i am that much of a tinkerer

Although this is not a new idea its one i have been wondering about for quite some time, i had some time to myself in shop yesterday (which is never a good thing) so i did some experimenting

So pics first then the story

I have always wondered about this bicycle computer thing so i mocked it up . and have to admit this works better than even I had imagined ,plus i have been under pressure to get a odometer in my car to fully street legal

this is the most basic computer from cateye but ..... its good for 185mph the install took me less than an hour and at present is just a temp install

my dad being a retired cop called in a favour and had one of his buddies dust off the radar gun ....long story short even my dads buddy was impressed how accurate this setup is it can be calibrated to 1/100th of a kilometer also works in mph
Like i said this is the most basic of units cost me 18.95 but it has the required odometer ,speed ,highest speed attained ,trip distance and clock
This one is from cateye but apparently the ones for sigma or topeak are even better both have models capable of 185 mph readings
avoid the wireless models as they only have an average transmission range of 18" and are also affected by ignition noise and i have tried the wireless one with less than stellar results

So for those of you you that are maybe building a car and are looking for a quick and easy speedo/odometer install this is one solution

even though i have the intellidash unit in the car it still does not give me the odometer i require to make me completely street legal

I have done a fair bit of research on the subject in the last day and am quite willing to share what i have found out

Ol'fogasaurus · Post by **Ol'fogasaurus** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:12 am

Interesting!!! for those of us who drive on the ocean beaches where there is a speed limit, that is inforced, this just might be the ticket not to get a ticket. Thanks. Lee

MNAirHead · Post by **MNAirHead** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:56 pm

bob..

I can't believe how blatant that is... can't tell you how long I've been trying to figure out how to rig one to the front..

Dang.. you win the street sense prize.

Post by **2088 bob** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:24 pm

Tim I would like to be able to take credit for this but i can't .got the idea from my intellidash its triggered off the other side of my trans with a reluctor wheel and a proximity switch go to specificdesign.com he has a variation of the same scheme

I just wanted to see how well it worked and like i said in my first post it does work well ,and Lee you are right would be a perfect solution to your problem and cheap to boot

Just came back from a 120km road tour with my Mrs thing worked flawlessly

Post by **2088 bob** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:56 pm

This makes an interesting read www.canyonchasers.net/shop/generic/sigma.php

follows right allow with Lee's idea

Post by **2088 bob** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:02 pm

i calibrated mine by running a piece of masking tape around the center of my wheel overlapped it by a bit and made a nice clean cut with an exacto knife peeled it off stuck down to the shop floor measured it very exactly and entered that number into the computer it don't get more exact than that

72bajaben · Post by **72bajaben** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:12 pm

how close this the unit attached to the CV to the one attacked to the trans? is there a specific distance?

Post by **2088 bob** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:56 am

It calls for a 5mm clearance i have mine set at just slightly more than that

72bajaben · Post by **72bajaben** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:13 am

alright, so it tells you on the package.

This is a sweet setup, and like you, ever since i heard of someone wanting to try this i have always wondered.

Thanks

MNAirHead · Post by **MNAirHead** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:59 pm

any rough price on one of these setups?

Post by **2088 bob** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:45 am

i paid 18.95 for this one but lets say between 20 and 40 dollars

Post by **2088 bob** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:21 am

Just a quick little update .Have just gotten back from a weeks vacation most of that vacation was spent in the buggy traveling here ,there and everywhere and have now racked up 1200 kms this thing has not missed a beat ,I am very pleased with its performance thus far

Post by **Leatherneck** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:39 pm

What are you going to do when the battery dies, is losing your original miles since install going to matter?

Post by **2088 bob** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:17 pm

It warns of a lo battery it will retain memory for up to twenty days with no battery in unit so i will be okay in that respect

Ihave had one on my mountain bike for three years now and the battery just went dead

Post by **Leatherneck** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:30 pm

Cool did not know they would retain memory now. You win!