I hit a bump and my cateye adventure went flying. Spent about an hour looking for it and it is gone.
Looking for a replacement. – I like that it did slope calculations, and recorded total climbs.
In my search, most models that do that are GPS models. I do not want GPS – I want long battery life.
I do not need/want cadence
Must have odometer, tripometer (I like that adventure had two tripometers – one I used for daily rises, and the other for multi day tours) (all have speed and most have up/done pace)
Other than buying an adventure on ebay, any real options? (the closest I’ve found is the Sigma BC 14.16)
Thanks,
Brian
ETA I do not have smartphone, not would I always carry one on my bike if I had one
What is your objection to having GPS? battery life of the rechargeable vs. battery life of a coin cell battery in a Cateye or something else?
Garmins have 12-24 hrs battery life, depending upon model. That’s riding time, not wall clock time. How much are you riding in a day? In a multiday event? Would you exceed that? Are you camping or do you have access to wall power to recharge after the ride?
I recently went camping with my bike – there was no electricity available (I suppose I could have used my car) – I like having 6+ months battery life. I have also done (ok, once) a multi day loaded tour with no easy access to electricity (Maybe an outlet in the restroom, but wouldn’t want to use that to recharge)
(OK, so on my most recent trip it was only ~11.5 hours of actual riding – still bothers me)
Hard to find something without GPS I imagine, it’s a bit like trying to find a mobile phone that only makes phone calls. Have you considered getting one with GPS but leaving the GPS turned off to save battery? I assume bike computers still have a speed sensor to back up the GPS.
Altimeter without GPS is going to be hard to find, as most bike computers these days use the GPS for elevation gains. Non-GPS models tend to be the very simple type that just pick up speed/distance/time. The customer base that wants elevation but doesn’t want GPS is going to be tiny.
I don’t think they do. I just bought a new bike computer a few months ago. There’s no sensor to detect wheel revolutions; as near as I can tell it uses GPS as its only input source.
I haven’t run the battery down, so I can’t really say how long the life is. It’s nice not having to calibrate the computer, or fuss with the sensor and connections. On the down side, it seems like the speed measurement fluctuates as I ride under trees; I think they may be interrupting the GPS signal.
Yes, my criteria are unusual, but Cateye did make the Adventure. Maybe at the time GPS was too expensive so they made that unit.
Will probably go with the 14.16, at least it is close-ish.
They may not necessarily come with the computer anymore, but they are still available, and a lot less fiddly to fit. These Garmin ones mount to the wheel hub for speed and the crank for cadence.