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Permalink Reply by Pat on March 7, 2010 at 11:24am

I put a cheap one on my mountain bike (lol) and my top speed was like 32mph

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Permalink Reply by Andrew (Wombat) Wright on March 7, 2010 at 4:04pm

That's 50ish km/h. Quite quick... you could get done speeding if you do much more in most roads in Adelaide! haha

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Permalink Reply by Andrew (Wombat) Wright on March 7, 2010 at 4:02pm

I have one on my MTB, but I have not used it since my 2nd week riding this year. I wanted to find out how far/fast I was riding, but now that I know how far and I can work out how fast (average not top speed) by maths I have not been using it recently. Also, I am not sure it was that accurate anyway, being a VERY cheap supermarket model.

I have no plans to put one on my ss/fixie bikes. I think it takes away from the simplicity. I will probably keep the computer on the MTB when it becomes the pack mule just so I can see how far the fam is riding with me.

I am starting to enjoy riding much more now that I have been doing it for a while (only started commuting by bike at the start of the year) and I am wanting to declutter my experience as much as possible throughout this year.

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Permalink Reply by MothmanH on March 7, 2010 at 8:42pm

I agree with being as simple as possible, however it is a great way to push yourself when you can see how fast your going... and not long after I wrote that, decided to push myself down a big hill, and my computer told me I clocked 57km/h... so I am stoked :D

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Permalink Reply by Andrew (Wombat) Wright on March 8, 2010 at 2:40pm

Nice work. I agree that it is interesting to see what you and your bike are capable of. That was one of the reasons I had one at the start, but I found it distracting. I was looking at it too much.

Now I take a bit more notice of my surroundings.

If I went on a long ride I would possibly fit it again, but until then it stays at home.

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Permalink Reply by MothmanH on March 10, 2010 at 10:17am

after testing my speed against my dads car, we figured out my bicycle computer is spitting out speeds 5km/h slower than I'm really going, so my speed was actually 62km/h :D

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Permalink Reply by Kane Mannix on March 10, 2010 at 5:49pm

car speedo's are notoriously inaccurate
Try a cop's speed gun or buy the Hotwheels speed checking gun.....LOL

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Permalink Reply by Kane Mannix on March 10, 2010 at 5:47pm

no computer - more of a minimalist look...... although my roadie would say I usually average around 22-24

52.1....wow. you running fixed gear????? coz you legs must have been turning

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Permalink Reply by MothmanH on March 10, 2010 at 9:38pm

my legs do turn fast, but it's between 57 and 62 now :)

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Permalink Reply by Thomas G. Wilhelm IV on March 18, 2010 at 9:28am

i'm looking into getting one of these. my budy has one. track his top speed, average, travel time. he only paid $20

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