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Review on ๐Ÿšด PTI Schwinn 12 Feature Bicycle Computer (Colors May Vary) by Albert Tucker

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Hey, it's $10, it does exactly what it says it does and looks good

It amazes me that people would spend $10 on a bike computer here and then go for it complain that it seems cheap. You don't get a $10 Cray supercomputer. It does exactly what it says on the tin, it's easy to install and it's unlikely ever to be stolen because in reality its black market value could be fifty cents. It's lightweight, easy to read, turns on and off automatically (very important) and has a handy scan feature that allows it to continuously switch between different functions. I usually just leave it at Speed/odo as my average speed usually reminds me how inadequate I am as a cyclist. About wheel size adjustment. For those completely indifferent to accuracy, borrow someone else's GPS and use it to calibrate the wheel size setting. The 2155 in size 700 has worked great for me, a bit off GPS, but since I don't see myself chasing a land speed record on a bike I don't care if it's a bit off. However I got bored so I started changing the size setting a few numbers at a time and now it matches the GPS exactly. A word of caution for mountain bikers and riders of hybrid hybrids with suspension: leave some slack in the front suspension area. Plug or the wire will break on the first hard compression/decompression of the suspension. Oh, and if you're my age and don't see anything of value, ask heavy readers to join in! Either they make the installation guide smaller every day or my eyes are getting worse faster than I thought.

Pros
  • No contact or friction distance measurement
Cons
  • Expensive