Re: Bike computer that work in the rain

Good for you! Perhaps it's me then, but I've had a couple of Sigma computers and a few lights. ALL of them fail intermittantly. I guess I'm just not meant to be a Sigma usere...

My Speialized work great except in the rain - their mounts suck in rain to the contact area like through a straw.

I've had problems with Trek as the sensor is not sealed. It's a little tube with a rubber cap. The cap will come loose and, in the rain, it will fill with water and fail.

My CatEye has worked in the rain so far, but it's not had very much exposure.

Hank Wirtz wrote:
"James Gladden" <jvgtwo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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My old Avocet 45tt bike computer has died and I need to replace it. There were several things I really liked about this computer:

1) It was rain-proof. I have ridden many hundred of miles in the wet
with it and never had a problem with it leaking.

2) It always worked in the rain (actually, the cadence feature
wouldn't always work in the wet, but you can't have everything). This
distinguised it from other bike computers I have owned that stop
reading speed with the contacts on the mount get soaked.

3) It had cadence. Silly, I realize, but I enjoy it.

4) The odometer was settable so that if you did a mid-year battery
change you could re-enter the mileage. Also probably silly, but I
enjoy keeping track of my mileage as the year goes by (about 2850 so
far this year).

I am a high-mileage comuter in Seattle so stuff that won't survive
rain doesn't have much place on my bike. I suppose wireless would
solve some of the rain reliability problems, if it really works
reliably the rest of the time.



I'm in your neck of the woods, and I commute 2-3 days a week between Mill Creek and Redmond (35 miles RT). I've been using Sigma Sport computers for the last couple of years and have had great luck with them with wired mounts (but have had 2 wireless kits fail on me). I'm currently using a BC1200, which replaced a BC800 I moved to my mountain bike. I got the 1200 because it has dual wheel sizes, and I switch back & forth between 28mm clinchers and 22mm sewups, depending on mood & conditions.

I think the BC1600 would fit all of your conditions, at least 3 & 4 objectively. As to 1 & 2, like I say, I haven't had a wired mount fail yet.

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