Date:         Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:02:50 -0400
Reply-To:     Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 1984 Speedos (alternatives)
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
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What an excellent and simple idea.  I wonder if the wireless bicycle
computer would transmit through the sheet metal.


2010/4/14, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>:
>   Bicycle computers are inexpensive and quite robust.  For around $25 you
> can get one, put a piece of velcro on it and stick it somewhere readable.
> They have a simple 'correction' proceedure to calibrate them to whatever
> your actual tire diameter is.  Garmin also makes some small GPS cycle
> computers with all kinds of features.  I sometimes use the one off my bike
> for finding or marking an intricate route in the back country or when my
> speedo is inoperative.  There are user-sites on the web to post routes, etc,
> too..If you have a 'secret' fishing hole or campsite you want to share you
> can post your route right off your Garmin, etc.
>
>   The GPS ones are less trouble to mount and portable between vehicles (or
> bicycles) because they don't use magnets or barometers, but you will pay a
> few hundred for the GPS...Google cycle computers for the cheaper ones..many
> are wireless between the speed sensing magnet and the "head unit"
>
>   Don Hanson
>
>> >
>> > Personally, I just made a little conversion chart adhered to a
>> > 'business card magnet' that is on the dash so I can check my speed
>> > when needed.
>> >
>> > Geo
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris S.
>> "No solution is too complex to be executed incorrectly"
>>
>


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Chris S.
"No solution is too complex to be executed incorrectly"