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Description:With 17 functions, this cyclometer comes loaded with information--including current temperature and shock service reminder!. Functions include: current speed, average speed, maximum speed, speed comparator, cumulative odometer, trip odometer, 12/24 hour clock, . Also total time stopwatch, ride time stopwatch, shock service timer, temperature, min/max temperature, dual bike memory. Includes freeze frame memory, and auto start/stop energy saver.
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Submitted by
Tomgb
a Weekend Warrior
from Warwick, RI, USA
Date Reviewed: January 7, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | This is the simplest, most straightforward, and only wireless bike computer I've ever used. I have the version with Cadence and HR. The HR has become a crutch to me, and the next one I buy will definitely have this feature. Set-up is easy on a roadbike and the sensors stay in place pretty well. Vetta's three year warranty is great and necessary. | | Weaknesses: | RELIABILITY and BATTERY LIFE!!! I've used this for 3+ years and Vetta replaced everything for a double-bike set-up over the summer 2006. That is two receivers, two sets of sensors, and HR strap, all under warranty. The new HR strap came out of the box with a leaky battry and non-functional. This was the second time around for this stuff, having already been replaced in 2004. Battery life on Alkaline Energisers and Duracells varies widely runs from horrible to marginal. Horrible is about two weeks, marginal is about 3 months. The only "battery indicator" I've seen is that the speed/cadence/HR stops working or gets erratic. Oh, and Warranty replacement took 5 weeks the latest time. | | Similar Products Used: | Cateye Mini (~1987-ish), Cateye Solar w/cadence, Vetta RT-88, Sigma something with cadence. | | Bike Setup: | 853 steel w/ dura-ace 7700 and various wheels. | | Bottom Line: | Buy it, use it, enjoy it, and be prepared to replace batteries often and be without it for unknown periods. The 3-year warranty was extended from 1 year by Vetta in 2004 for obvious reasons and there are still some bugs present. My seemingly off kilter value rating is based on the 3-year warranty as I have never had a wired one last more than 2 seasons. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Weekend Warrior
from Fletcher, NC USA
Date Reviewed: December 19, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Long Branch Loop | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$89.00 | | Purchased At: | Beyond Bikes/online | | Strengths: | Very visible, easy to install, lots of capabilities, wireless. this is for the V100A. | | Weaknesses: | slightly difficult to calibrate, but once you get used how to it is no problem | | Similar Products Used: | NA- looked at cateye,sigma, and others | | Bike Setup: | Shift R5 all terrain | | Bottom Line: | Great computer, performing better than expected. Altimeter is a fun feature as well as the temperature gauge. I feel like a got a great deal. Everywhere I looked it was retailing for $139.00. beyond bikes had it for $89. and came out to $100. with shipping.
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Submitted by
Fred
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Strengths: | VL 110 (next generation): backlight, service reminder, temp, heavy duty wire . . . in addition to all the usual functions at this pricepoint | | Weaknesses: | Geez. Zip ties to secure to handlebars, deceitful advertising about "auto start" function. You have to push a button. Very definitely NOT auto start | | Similar Products Used: | cateye mity 3, 8 | | Bike Setup: | Fisher Gitche, 8 sp deore lx rear der, front der, shifters, sram chain, brakes, cassette | | Bottom Line: | I'm a commuter when not on the trails. Which means I'm prone to taking alot of stop/start errands, etc.
The notion of a computer in this day and age -- what, a full decade after the rest of the industry was using a true auto start function -- which still requires you to push a button to power it up is just mystifying. It really doesn't matter what the thing can do beyond that. First and foremost the job of one of these things is to accumulate ride data. If the interface is so flawed that it can't do that dependably, all the functions and build quality in the world will not matter. AVOID. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Auryn
a Weekend Warrior
from San Francisco, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: May 30, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | anything with a hill | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$110.00 | | Purchased At: | beyondbikes.com | | Strengths: | solid array of data, easy to use. stores data for 2 bikes.
| | Weaknesses: | wireless sensor unit not designed for a mountain bike.
goes into a sleep mode that requires user to remember to wake it up. | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | ventana saltamontes. fox vanilla fork. easton monkeylite riser bar, disc brakes.
jamis steel hardtail, marzocchi xfly 100 fork, avid sd7 brakes | | Bottom Line: | won't work on most mtn bikes unless you fabricate a mount for the sensor so it can be close enough to the spoke magnet to register...
here's a better description and pics of the mounts I built for my 2 bikes:
http://www.betawavepool.com/bike/
once i got it to work, I've been very happy with it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nathaniel
a Cross Country Rider
from Lynnfield,mass,usa
Date Reviewed: January 21, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Lynn woods | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | REI | | Strengths: | When working, everything is great. Very accurate distance!! A lot of features. A great computer. | | Weaknesses: | Have had to get it replaced, 1 week later it does not pick up speed. Back to REI...I'll try replacing the battery. Really annoying. They need to improve the efficiancy of it. Burns a battery in just a few days. | | Similar Products Used: | Old Trek computer, Bell. This is my first "nice" computer. | | Bike Setup: | Marin Bear Valley, Reaba Team poploc, U-turn, Deore, 5-d truvativ cranks. | | Bottom Line: | Well, good computer when working. I would not recommend this b/c of short battery time. Oh well, I'll give it a few more chances before I trade it under warrinty for somthing else. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Oren
a Weekend Warrior
from Bay Area, California
Date Reviewed: September 8, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | resolution trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$110.00 | | Purchased At: | beyondbikes.com | | Strengths: | the altimeter is what sold me on finally getting a computer. the percent grade is a cool feature, tho i'm not sure exactly how accurate it is, or if it requires that the head unit be mounted at a flat angle. the total elevation gain and max elevation are nice. | | Weaknesses: | It's not designed to be mounted to a modern [full-suspension] mountain bike, despite the fact that the manual shows pictures of it being installed on a mountain bike. There's absolutely no way to get the transmitter unit close enough to the spoke magnet, out of the box. I had to fabricate a mount that places the transmitter within the required few millimeters distance of the magnet. I doubt that it would work well on a fork with more than 4 inches of travel - but i'm about to find out... The transmitter is not ambidextrous - it's only designed to go on the left leg of the fork. It would be better on the right leg, out of the way of the disc brake (or at least out of the way of the cable).
I suppose that computer manufacturers don't really take full suspension bikes into account.
It's got a fairly lame sleep bug - it does NOT wake itself up automatically (when the wheel moves), but as long as you remember to hit any of the buttons, this isn't really a big deal. | | Similar Products Used: | none. first computer I've owned | | Bike Setup: | '02 ventana saltamontes with stock 4" rockers and a fox float-R shock, x-fly 100 fork (30mm stanchions), bunch of parts... | | Bottom Line: | after seeing my friend's wired computers go thru cables, I figured wireless would be the way to go on a bike with front suspension.
My fork is really not that big (30mm stanchions); nevertheless, it required a whole lot of effort to fabricate a mount that would bring the magnets close enough for the computer to work. So unless you have a really old school mountain bike, or are a roadie, or don't mind fabricating your own mount - I couldn't recommend this computer.
But since I did get it to work, I have been pleased with it. Lots of fun data. All in all it seems pretty tough - I don't go easy on my bike, so it's been thru some pretty nasty conditions - hard rain (got caught in a sudden storm), lots of mud, high temperatures, lots of bouncing jarring trail.
It took me a while to figure out how to use it - especially pre-ride altimeter calibration, but after reading the manual several times, i think i finally got it down.
If it was designed better to work on a FS mountain bike, I'd happily give it 5 chilis.
oh yeah, it's pretty expensive, but so's every other computer with an altimeter.
I'm not sure how accurate any of the data is, but it's not like my life depends on it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dan
a Weekend Warrior
from memphis, tn
Date Reviewed: June 10, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | perfromance | | Strengths: | wireless - light - easy to use - cadence
easy to set up | | Weaknesses: | burns batteries every 60 days- both me and a fellow rider had the same problem - stopped displaying cadence after 60 days - would only work if you drive the cadence pickup near to the display unit (not possible normally). | | Similar Products Used: | trek wired, db wireless, other trek units | | Bike Setup: | litespeed tuscany- ultegra 9 speed - mavic wheels...ultegra group | | Bottom Line: | don't buy it
both me a a buddy had the cadence go bad within 6 months and burning batteries at a high rate.
works great except for this critical point. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Neil
a Cross Country Rider
from Saratoga, CA USA
Date Reviewed: April 16, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | Airbomb.com | | Strengths: | Has all the functions you need. In particular, I like the Max HR tracking that many HR monitors (Timex) don't have. I use it almost daily on my road and mountain bikes. | | Weaknesses: | I have not seen anyone else mention this, but lately it seems to burn through strap batteries. The symptom is the HR goes wacky once your HR gets over 110 bpm. I contacted the manufacturer and all they said was that was the sign of a weak strap battery. I have tried numerous batteries from different stores and manufacturers, but the longest I get out of a battery seems to be a week. Sometimes a change in battery has no effect. Anyone else having this problem? | | Similar Products Used: | Timex (no max HR and bike functions), Cateye (no HR function) | | Bike Setup: | Enduro Pro, and Trionfo | | Bottom Line: | Nice product and I have the both the wired and wireless cadence kit, but unfortunately with the problem I am having I am looking for a different product. It sucks to get started on a ride, to see the HR go wacky once you start getting your HR rate up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam
a Cross Country Rider
from Plainsboro, NJ
Date Reviewed: May 25, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Large easy to read display with logical menus. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Trek Fuel | | Bottom Line: | (This is for the wireless version)
Been using this computer for about a year now. More than 2000 miles gone by without a single problem, didnt even have to replace either battery. Great product. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Malcom Moody
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney, Australia
Date Reviewed: February 16, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | online USA | | Strengths: | NOTE This review is for the wireless speed/cadence model.
Totally wireless, heaps of functions | | Weaknesses: | If you have zero'd its timers and start to ride, the comp will auto start from wheel rotation - good.
When you ride off and then pause for a while it will go to sleep - good.
When you take off again, it will not wake itself up!!! BAD
To wake it up, you have to remember to push a button to manually kick it off which of course you don't think to do until your miles down the road and glance down at your non-existent speed.
While its asleep it does not continue to accumulate data such as distance etc so when you do wake it up you've lost heaps of data. - VERY BAD
Small text around the outside of the display is rather hard to read as its very close to the bezel edge. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano Flightdeck, Cateye Astrale, Enduro, Mity 3, Velo 5, Vetta C5, Echo F2 | | Bottom Line: | In concept its a great computer but its totally let down by this one problem.
How stupid that it can start from a wireless trigger (front wheel) but can not re-awaken itself via wireless (the wired versions are ok) input.
I always forget to stab a button to wake it up so I loose heaps of data before I look down and remember (and curse).
Only takes a couple of minutes to go to sleep so this happens all too easily.
Rather sorry I bought it. I'll be buying the new Mavic to replace this joke computer.
Only 2 flamin' turds as what point is there in having the extra weight of a computer that isn't recording anything. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tracy
a
from okc
Date Reviewed: October 29, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Tom Steed Reservoir, in the ancient Wichitas of SW Oklahoma | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$70.00 | | Purchased At: | a disappointing bike store in okc | | Strengths: | wireless, durable, big display, big buttons, thermometer.
over 16 months now and the batteries are still going.
bike I and bike II, i flip back and forth for mountain miles and road miles. | | Weaknesses: | do any computers light up ? i wish this one did. | | Bike Setup: | hardtail mtn bike | | Bottom Line: | my first computer, but i can tell it's a good one.
i don't stress about replacing a 2-cent zip tie, most bike shops will give you one for free. 16 months of hard riding and only 2 have broken, one on the handlebar and one on the fork.
no adjustments have been needed for this wireless V100 model.
i accidentally washed the head unit at the laundromat the other day, in one of those front-loaders. i know it got roughed up because the previous day's data was reset, and the new timer had reached 7 mins. those of us who own these units know that the flat button on the face needs to be pressed for 2 or 3 seconds in order to reset the timers, and pressed again to start a new one.
tip: when you snap the unit off the handlebars, do it over grass until you get used to it, because it will squirt through your hands to the pavement below.
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Submitted by
Troy Mc
a Weekend Warrior
from antelope, ca
Date Reviewed: October 4, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$90.00 | | Strengths: | The model that I have is the V100A. The plus side is that this computer is loaded with tons of features. I purchased the wired cadence kit and the unit works very well. There does not appear to be oversensitive to mis-alignment of sensor and magnets. I have not yet played with the altimeter much so can't speak on that feature. The auto start-stop feature appears to function very quickly. I mean, it will stop with about 2 seconds after the wheel stops. This is important if you don't want traffic lights to affect your average speed. | | Weaknesses: | I only have a few item that I wish were better:
1. While the speed display resolution is down to 1/10th of a mph, in reality, the display does not appear to change until there is a 0.3-0.4 mph change in speed. This make it difficult to determine if an apparent increase in effort is having any affect on speed. This is especially true if you are riding near your peak capability. Not good for trainging.
2. The atimeter (per documentation) lacks the sensitivity of other computers such as the ciclosport CM414/CM434. The vetta is sensitive to about 10 foot change in altitude while the ciclosport is more like 3 feet.
3. The average cadence function is a cool feature. But it does not appear to take into consideration freewheeling time when you are not pedaling. Thus, if you do a lot of coasting, your average cadence is not penalized.
4. It would be nice if the altimeter would work continueously while of the bike. It would be cool in a car but it's no big deal.
5.Lastly, it would be nice if the unit would display current speed and log odometer miles when the timers are off. | | Similar Products Used: | Cateye, Axiom, Timex | | Bike Setup: | Road bike | | Bottom Line: | Can be improved with a few software changes but overall, it's a nice unit. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Cross Country Rider
from Providence, RI
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Lincoln Woods | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$75.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | This is a review for the cordless V100HR. This is a pretty sweet piece of equipment, if you ask me. As far as the cyclocomputer functions go, it's great. You've got your current speed, trip distance, average speed, max speed, and odometer. Plus two tire sizes, so you can use it on two bikes (which I do - I have the wireless mount kit that came with it on my mountain bike, and I bought an extra long wired kit so I could mount it on my road bike and be able to use it on my trainer. It will keep separate odometers for each bike, too, which is cool). It also has an optional tune-up timer, which I guess is a neat feature for someone who might need a reminder for when to service your fork or something - I was too lazy to set it up, though, personally :-).
With the addition of the heart rate monitor features, this thing is awesome - I don't have an awkward watch HRM cluttering up my handlebars anymore. And the HRM features are great - current HR and percent of max HR while riding, or at any time you can freeze the computer so you can look at time in and out of (above and below) your zone, as well as avg. and max HR for the ride (you can do this at the end of your ride, too, which is what I have been doing to review the info afterwards).
Both the batteries in the head unit and the transmitter are user replacable, which is a bonus over many of the Polar HRM's with similar features, from what I've heard. It's also cadence compatible - so if I ever want to do that, all I have to do is by the cadence kit. The wireless kit has been working pretty well out on the trail, too - this is my first computer that is wireless, and I wasn't too sure how it would perform off road, but it's doing quite well. | | Weaknesses: | The only thing resembling a weakness that I've been able to find is that the handlbar mount is secured to the bar only with a kind of rubberized adapter and zip ties. Yeah, it's secure, and yeah, it doesn't require any shims to fit yer bars (like my old specialized comp did), but if I get a new bike or new handlebars or something, I'm gonna have to get some new zip ties. Which I guess isn't that big a deal, but still, it would be nice if I didn't have to do that. | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized Comp classic. | | Bottom Line: | This is a sweet computer - computer plus HRM functions all in one. Coupled with the deal I got it for on eBay (NIB), It gets straight 5 chilis from me! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Plantation, FL
Date Reviewed: July 12, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | road | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | performancebike.com | | Strengths: | Clear displays, fairly intuitive controls, wireless kit , can convert wired kit to wireless . | | Weaknesses: | Speed transmitter failed at 3 months. The transmitter case uses plastic loops that can break when the plastic tie-wraps are pulled tight, esp on front forks that are slightly bladed. I broke one of the loops on mine but I found that a pair of long tie-wraps will also hold the transmitter and latch on to the grooves in the case.
I had some problems with the speed transmitter pickup but now that the transmitter is completely dead perhaps it was never really working? I am waiting to see if Vetta will replace the transmitter before I give up. In contrast the cadence transmitter is further away and has never failed. | | Similar Products Used: | Topeak Panorama wireless , various Cateye. | | Bike Setup: | Litespeed Catalyst (1997) w Dura-ace groupo, Topilino-wheels, Axial-pro tires, Avocet saddle. | | Bottom Line: | This could potentially be a HOT computer. I want the wireless because it makes for a VERY clean speed/cadence setup.
I think if I bought it today I would get the one with altimeter V100A instead of the plain V100.
The design of the atachment points of the wireless transmitters is poor but if you don't pull too tight on the tie-wraps you should be OK.
I think I got a bad speed transmitter and as long as Vetta replaces it proper I think this is an good product. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Larry
a
from Massachusetts
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Bikeworld | | Bottom Line: | I'm using the cordless version with cadence. Right now it's setup on a road bike, and it works great. Also train with a Polar HRM, and find all these wireless transmissions don't interfere with each other. My first V100 was defective as it would spontaneously reset itself or blank out and lock up. Bikeworld promptly sent me a new unit, and it's worked great over several weeks now - not one glitch. Just hope it stands the test of time, and keeps working over the years. It's real nice not having wires running around your frame. Can't think of any significant negatives. Bikeworld was great to deal with. They price matched another vendor and sent the item quickly.
The V100 has a great set of features, and it's pretty easy to operate once you use it a couple of times. I believe it's the only dedicated cycle computer that offers both wireless speed and cadence (some Polar HRM models also offer this feature). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Yas Katagiri
a Cross Country Rider
from 138 Arthur Ave. SE
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | E-Bay | | Strengths: | Great displays, lots of functionality, easy to read, great manual, looks cool! | | Weaknesses: | I ride an upright mountain bike and a recumbent. I have the V100 wireless version w/cadence. The Cadence never worked on my upright because the transmitter was about 5" too far from the receiver so even though I spent extra cash on the thing, I had to by a seperate wire mount...$20. The speed and the cadence didn't work on the recumbent at all because the signal was too week if I mounted the head unit on the handlebar. So I had to jerry-rig a cross bar lower on the handlebar to bring the receiver and transmitter closer. A little inconvenient since it became harder to read because it wasn't on the handlebar anymore and sometimes it would rub up against my leg...but at least all the functions worked. Then, one day during the downpour something happened and now the speedo give totally inaccurate readings. My assumption is that some water got into the transmitter. So I have given up on the wireless and am in the process of spending another $20 plus shipping on another wire mount but it has to be the extra long one since a standard mount will not extend enough for a recumbent cycle.
All in all the head unit itself is great but the wireless is pretty much useless. Don't waste your money on the wireless and stick with the wire mounts. You'd think if we could put men and women in space, we could build wireless transmitters that are strong enough to work on a little bike! Go figure. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek | | Bike Setup: | Mountain bike and Rans V-Rex Recumbent | | Bottom Line: | Great head unit. Worthless wireless mount. Don't waste your money on the wireless...stick with the wire mounts.
I give it 2 flamin' chilis for value since I thought it was pretty expensive for such an unreliable wireless mount. 3 for overall rating since I like the head unit. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Orthie
a Cross Country Rider
from Caracas, Venezuela
Date Reviewed: November 15, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | El Jarillo | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$120.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Bike | | Strengths: | Vetta V-100HR wireless model. Excellent functional design, has two sets of data that you can alterante between with the push of only one button, allowing configuration with the most important data required. Only device that is able to show both the current heart rate and the percentage from maximum in one single screen, which I find very useful for training purposes. I use it in two mountain bikes, a steel hardtail (Jamis Dragon) and a FS (Titus Switchblade) and have never had a problem with the wireless sensor either sliding from position or failing to send its signal to the unit, no matter how rough the terrain or the ride. With the Polar Wireless sensors, I was always having so many problems, I finally removed them. Another great plus, is the measurment that allows you to record a segment of the ride in both time and distance, which is very helpful to track progress over certain climbs, segments, etc. And it is completely independent from the regular ride data. I highly recommend the V100 in any variation, but I find the best one is the V100HR because it has everything one might need. | | Weaknesses: | Not really a weakness, but its too bad that to include the heart rate measurment in the V100HR, the temperature was removed. The V100 measures temperature, but not heart rate. Otherwise they are identical. | | Similar Products Used: | Cateye Enduro 2 (second choice after V100), Polar S-510 (lousy as a bike computer), Specialized wireless (erratic measurments) | | Bike Setup: | Both Dragon and Switchblade with Fox forks, RaceFace cranks, SRAM X0, sweet bikes both. | | Bottom Line: | The best designed and performing cycling computer, both, wired or wireless. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Flyer
a Cross Country Rider
from Chicago
Date Reviewed: September 3, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | Internet purchase | | Strengths: | Lots of features, more than I would use on a Mtn Bike actually. | | Weaknesses: | See narrative below. By the way, if you have oversized spokes or blade spokes (i.e. CrossMax wheels) you will have to buy a different magnent for the wheels. Vetta's only works on conventional spokes. | | Similar Products Used: | Cat Eye Enduro 2 and Cateye Wireless | | Bike Setup: | 2002 NRS AIR with Time ATAC Carbon Pedals | | Bottom Line: | I tried the Vetta (this is the wireless version by the way) on my Mtn Bike, and to be honest the transmitter is really not made to be used on a Mtn Bike. The method by which it is attached to the fork just doesn't handle rough riding well on the wireless unit and it just kept slipping out of alignment with the wheel sensor. The wired unit might be better. I ended up putting the Vetta on my road bike, and its perfect for that, and putting a CatEye Enduro 2 on the mtn bike.
The Vetta does have a LOT of nice features, far more than the CatEye Cordless for about the same price. The wired version might be better than the cordless. If you have both road and mountain bikes, the solution might be a wired holder on the mountain bike and a cordless setup on your road bike, as the computer handles 2 different bikes easily, complete with dual settings and odometers. Can't rate it down other than the cordless system is not good for rough use. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam Spiers
a Weekend Warrior
from London, UK
Date Reviewed: May 15, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Lakes | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | 55 | | Strengths: | Quality design, good looks, really easy and reliable installation that hasn't required any attention since
I first put it on the book. Well written manual, clear
display packed with info. TONS of features: riding *and*
total time, auto *or* rolling start, speed resolution of
0.1 miles or km per hour, intermediate distance and
stopwatch, freeze frame snapshot of readings mid-ride,
thermometer (current, max, min temps in oF or oC),
service timer, dual bike configuration, low battery
alert, altimeter/heart rate models available, optional
cadence kit (wired *and* remote!) | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Sigma BC1200 | | Bike Setup: | Pinarello Paris, Dura-Ace, Classics Pro, Time Stiletto carbon forks. | | Bottom Line: | It rocks, easily the best computer I have seen. Why
do you think Lance uses it? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sam VeraSforzza
a Racer
from Seattle, Wa, USA
Date Reviewed: April 21, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | REI | | Strengths: | Light, easy to use, doesn't look chinsey, ton's of functions and all the important ones, can add HTM if you want, quick installation, wireless (my version). I got this for free with my REI dividend. . . chick-ching! | | Weaknesses: | None. | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized something. | | Bike Setup: | 2000 S-Works M4 with all the goods (19.8 lbs)
2001 S-Works M4 with all the other goods (20.6 lbs) | | Bottom Line: | Great computer, less $$$ than most Cateye's, it does everything and accurately, user friendly, I highly reccomend. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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