veganbikes

Why people feel the need to mess with a good reliable product like Cateye who makes excellent lower cost computers that have worked and worked for a loooooong time I don't understand? I get it a billionaire who has more warehouses and money than sense can get ridiculous prices and products and all of that but there is something to be said for known qualities and quantities that you just cannot get through places that don't specialize in bikes and bike parts.

To those knocking wired computers I have never really had an issue with one and the Cateye Enduro is pretty robust. I can understand on a mountain bike it having more issues but a road bike would be pretty rare. I have found the wireless units to be a bit more fidgety and problematic at points and having two batteries to deal with kind of sucks. However I am not talking Garmin, Wahoo, or similar just the more basic wireless models. However I haven't had enough or consistent issues with wireless to say don't go with one but just that wired is super simple and easy and if you are looking to save money Cat-Eye has got you covered.

top506

I use the wireless one on my flips as a value enhancer. Shop around a bit on the 'Bay for a better price.

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indyfabz

I had an early CatEye in the mid-80s. The unit was big enough to see with the naked eye from low-earth orbit , but it worked great. I wish I had saved it for nostalgia purposes.

In 2011 I needed a new computer for.a tour. I had a LBS in Missoula slap one on when it received the bike from UPS. It was a Sigma. The first morning of the tour the computer kept resetting to 0 miles. Couldn’t figure out what was going on. Finally did. Every time I stopped to take a photo of the Bitterroots on the right, the bars would twist left and rest against my left knee, pressing one of the buttons and resetting the mileage. Really dumb design.

And yes, wireless does have the issue of a second battery. I went with wireless for the touring bike because it usually got boxed and shipped one a year. Pro tip: When hitting the road for a while with an older battery, pack a spare. I had one die on me on the first day of a two-week trip.

DomaneS5

Yes they are. I have both.

choddo

A lot harder to glance at though

choddo

This made me wonder how many batteries I’m up to now and … it’s 11 including my phone

cadence, speed, 2x power pedals, varia radar/light, small front light, Di2, heartrate, Garmin, theft prevention tracker
Most are rechargeable and they all last for ages on a full charge fortunately except the lights.

vane171

I got XOSS which came in a set with two wifi sensors for cadence and speed plus an arm band HRM that looks like a watch that you wear on forearm or high up above shoulder.

OP said he wants XOSS doesn't show you the time of the day (well, not on primary display, need to press its button twice to see it which IMO is fine), which while it would be handy for touring is likely not included due to the limited space on the display main screen. Even as it is, the 'ride time & distance ridden' are displayed in too small digits for my taste. I don't quite see the colon btw hour and minutes and you can't tell at a glance which of the two is the time and which distance.
Maybe if your vision is 20/20, I do have optical glasses but don't wear them while riding my bike, they don't quite fit under cycling glasses. But I see quite fine, especially short distance like if you are bent over handle bars, the computer display is right at your face.

Those two values (time spent riding and the distance you covered) come from GPS and I'd advise to explore how each computer works before buying (what people complain about in reviews). If you expect sometimes to use it indoors, on a trainer or on a roofed track, the time and distance won't show because they come from GPS and for that you need to be under open sky.
It even happened that I rode under a tree canopy for a bit and the unit lost GPS signal.

If I was buying again, I'd try to get a computer that doesn't rely on GPS to display anything that you look at while riding. It should only store its stuff from GPS to show you the ride once offloaded on your phone or a desktop computer.

For one thing, when you turn the unit on, it takes 10 to 15 seconds before it gets that GPS signal. I also don't see why it couldn't get the time ridden and the distance covered from the speed sensor and inner time counting.
But then again, if you would start your ride before the GPS synchronizes, the map after offloaded to your phone would not begin where you started, so...


Given that you look for a basic computer, make sure the digits on it are large enough for you to see them at a glance. Also that it auto-pauses which probably all makes do have, but check anyway. Don't worry about BTooth, it works well enough and the batteries last long enough, if you don't buy them from dolarama but even then...

I just checked and XOSS now makes many different units, mine is G+ (not Gen2) and it has rubber buttons which I like, the new units have touch buttons that might be too fiddly for some of us.

vane171

It seems, CooSpo is the same as XOSS, just a variant from a different Chinese company. Chinese do this often, if something has good sales, others copy it and sell under different brand, though I don't know which brand here is the original or which is better.

I see CooSpo displays Power on the primary screen which I don't have sensor for, probably more geared towards racers, or competitive amateurs. Well, I am competitive but don't have power meter.

Fredo76 

+1 on CatEye

I have a Velo 7 and a Velo 9 (both wired) and two of the Urban Wireless.

As a workable engineering solution, compared with two computers and two radios, plus an extra battery, a wire has a lot going for it. Vanity got the best of me, though, twice.