6/25/2023 0 Comments Cateye bike computer![]() This cycle computer offers 9 functions including calorie consumption and a carbon offset measurement to help calculate your carbon footprint. The Adventure scores well on all points, and it's a good all-rounder.The Cateye Velo 9 Wired Cycle Computer features large easy to read display and easy set up with pre-programmed tyre sizes. If you're spending a hundred quid on a standalone computer you'll want something that provides you with a good range of data and is well made and easy to use. Anyway, it can be interesting, more so in the winter when it can warn of unexpected ice patches. ![]() Temperature I find less useful – my fingers always tell me how cold I am anyway – but the two seem to be intrinsically linked, you never get one without the other. The Adventure gives you a full tally of metres gained and lost, which is a good number to bandy about at the end of a long ride. ![]() On long flat bits that are hard work you can instantly see whether they really are flat or not thanks to the gradient readout. Similarly, you can track your descending and judge from how low you go how hard the next climb will be. If it seems like you've been climbing for ages and the needle's only just crept above 100m, you know there's going to be more to come. I took the Adventure on the Forest of Dean Classic sportive and it's very handy to be able to look down and get an instant reference of your altitude, there's far fewer shocks along the way. Gradient updates every few seconds and is accurate to 1% on the climbs whose gradients I've measured.Īnd is it useful? Yes, or at least I find it so, especially when I'm riding somewhere different. Obviously air pressure varies during the day and that will affect the readings, but it's unusual to arrive home to find the altitude more than five metres different than when you started. You need to set your altitude at a known point to get a reference, but after that it's pretty much spot on. I've used a lot of barometric altimeters and most of them are very good this one is no exception. The main draw of the Adventure is its pressure-based altimeter and temperature sensors. Useful features that you don't often find include a countdown distance timer and the ability to toggle auto-stop on the clocks, which is handy for timed events. Scrolling through the functions and resetting the computer is a piece of cake thanks to the fact that you just click anywhere on the face there's a small secondary button that's used for accessing some data. Their indicators are a bit small and hard to read until you get to know the sequence, but it's not a big deal. At the bottom are all the other functions: trip distance, average and max speeds, odometer, clock, elapsed time and so forth. At the top there's your speed, writ large, and underneath that there's a dot matrix row that concerns itself with altitude and gradient. Mine has performed flawlessly throughout testing and has been unfazed by sportive traffic, overhead wires and LED flashers. Once everything's in place the Adventure, which is small and classy-looking, is great to use. The sensor needs to be paired with the head unit, which takes about a minute and ensures trouble-free communication. ![]() The mount itself is one of Cateye's plastic Jubilee clip affairs that you can attach to your bars or stem, and it's the usual zipties and thumbscrew for the sensor and magnet. The one thing to note is that the Click-Tec™ Plus button – you can basically press any part of the face – is in reality a small switch on the rear that only becomes easy to use once the unit is mounted, so you'll need a bit of dexterity. Setting up the Adventure is a pretty simple process, just follow the step-by-step instructions in the leaflet and you're up and running in about five minutes. For your hundred quid you get a well made, easy-to use bit of kit that adds a few useful features to the standard set. Cateye's Adventure computer occupies the middle ground between basic units and the more involved, data-downloadable computers at the high end.
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