On May 8, 12:45 pm, "verb" <v...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "thefathippy" <thefathi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 8, 11:17 am, TimC <tconn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> astro.swin.edu.au> wrote:
> > On 2008-05-08, ha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(aka Bruce)
> > was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>
> > > Hi all,
>
> > > my computer has died and I was considering getting a wireless
> > > computer. I don't want to spend too much and I was thinking about
the
> > > Echowell Echo W2. It has all the functions I want and isn't too
> > > expensive.
>
> > > So how much of a problem is interference and drop-out with the
> > > wireless models? Riding is usually a sole effort for me, so no need
to=
> > > worry about "cross-talk." Pros, cons, all comments gratefully
> > > received.
>
> > What's the point of wireless? I doangeddit.
>
> > Pros:
>
> > =B7 Clean lines?
>
> > Cons:
>
> > =B7 But you don't notice the "lines" anyway, because you could just
wrap=
> > the cable around your front brake cable.
>
> > =B7 You have to turn your computer on in the morning, otherwise it
> > doesn't record anything. You can't just start rolling, and the reed
> > switch causes the computer to turn itself on, because if it was
> > running the receiver permanently, it would drain the battery more.
>
> > =B7 Extra batteries. Twice the chance of failure in any given ride.
> > Except more, because transmitters aren't exactly light weight on
> > batteries.
>
> > =B7 There's a transmitter involved, and usually some metal in the
> > sightline. Constantly, they're as unreliable as buggery.
>
> > =B7 And for the roadies, they weigh an extra 0.3 nanograms over the
> > cabled version.
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> > In summary. Why?
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> They're cool?
>
> Seriously, for mtbs, they're brilliant. No wires to get ripped off by
> stray foliage.
>
> Except my Aldi one sucked big time. I was doing 99 kmh regularly (max
> reading), managing incredible speed uphills, and covered some
> incredible distances - even when I wasn't moving. Strangely, my wife's
> Aldi wireless computer works perfectly - luckily for me!
>
> Tony F
>
> 99kmph uphill?
>
>
BULL****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ummm... errr... well, derrr.
That was my point when I wrote "I was doing 99 kmh regularly (max
reading), managing incredible speed uphills, and covered some
incredible distances - even when I wasn't moving." My Aldi computer
suck-diddly-uck-sucked!
Tony F
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