lts@druor.UUCP (SpencerLT) (08/22/85)
I just recently purchased a Cateye Mate non-solar bike computer. Unfortunately it did not come with directions. Does anyone out there have a copy of the directions that I might xerox. Lacking that, is there anyone who can tell me how to set the computer to compensate for wheel diameter. I have put the computer on a tandem with 27" wheels. The only numbers I can get when I push the set button vary between 210 and 220, and none of those seem to be correlated to either wheel diameter in metric or English units. Larry T. Spencer AT&T-IS, 11900 North Pecos, Denver 80234, 1B56, (303) 538-5021 ihnp4!druor!lts
michaelk@azure.UUCP (Mike Kersenbrock) (08/26/85)
> I just recently purchased a Cateye Mate non-solar bike > computer. Unfortunately it did not come with directions. > Does anyone out there have a copy of the directions that I > might xerox. Lacking that, is there anyone who can tell me > how to set the computer to compensate for wheel diameter. I > have put the computer on a tandem with 27" wheels. The only > numbers I can get when I push the set button vary between 210 > and 220, and none of those seem to be correlated to either > wheel diameter in metric or English units. > > > Larry T. Spencer > AT&T-IS, 11900 North Pecos, Denver 80234, 1B56, (303) 538-5021 > ihnp4!druor!lts You set the Cateye Mate to the circumference of the wheel in centimeters. You can figure your tire's exact circumference in a number of ways, but the way I like is to mark the tire & floor, and move it a number of wheel-turns on a straight line WITH YOU ON THE BIKE so it squishes down proper. Then do the measurement & divide by rotations [measure with a meter-stick :-) ]. I bought my Cateye Mate about a year ago, and it has given me excellent service. Mike Kersenbrock Tektronix Software Development Products Aloha, Oregon