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Submitted by
Matthew
a Cross Country Rider
from Plymouth, Mi, USA
Date Reviewed: August 11, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Potowatomi | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Nashbar | | Strengths: | Easy install, battery life, features, price | | Weaknesses: | No auto-on | | Similar Products Used: | A few wired speedometers, all wires broke. | | Bike Setup: | K2 Zed V w/ stx-rc, Airborne Lucky Strike w/ all XT and Judy SL | | Bottom Line: | Great computer for the price, was about half of comparable others. Batteries have been going for 2 years now without trouble, though i don't bring it every single time I ride. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alex Bikerguy
a Weekend Warrior
from Boston, MA
Date Reviewed: June 6, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Strengths: | I thought wireless will be the one but alas - none | | Weaknesses: | died within a year
but even before that showed some strange numbers like my 90m/h speed ;) | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | cannondale R-300 | | Bottom Line: | crappy | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Zuke
a Cross Country Rider
from Los Osos, CA
Date Reviewed: April 13, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Montana de Oro - Ridge Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$39.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar.com | | Strengths: | All the basic features you need. Cordless! Inexpensive! Survived many crashed during the year it worked. Great product support from Nashbar. | | Weaknesses: | Died after a year. Tactile clicks on the buttons would be a nice ergo feature. | | Similar Products Used: | Cateye Micro, Cateye Cordless2. | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Dakar Expert: XT shifters, XTR/LX derailleurs, Hayes hydraulic discs, Manitou X-Vert front shock, Fox Vanilla-R coil-over. | | Bottom Line: | This was a nice, compact computer w/all the essential features you need from a bike computer. The installation was easy, sturdy, and didn't look too bulky (unlike the Sigmas) - it survived many, many crashes. The cordless feature is sweet, as my bike is cluttered enough with all the cables running all around without having to add one more for a computer. And then add a lighting system for winter/night riding and it's wiring mayhem! Unfortunately, it gave up the fight after about a year of heavy use. I don't know if this is typical. The computer itself still had a working display, so I think it was the fork-mounted transmitter that actually died. Nashbar gave me a full refund, no questions asked, even after I had been using it for a year and it had scratches it! Great customer service will have me looking at their future offerings!
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Submitted by
scott elly
a Cross Country Rider
from belmont,nc,28012
Date Reviewed: September 6, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | beech springs mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | nashbar | | Strengths: | worked well new,mount over stem was nice left room for mounting of lights. | | Weaknesses: | stopped working after about 8 months. | | Similar Products Used: | none first computer | | Bike Setup: | Gt i-drive | | Bottom Line: | was a nice computer while it worked.just sent back to nashbar and they were out so nashbar sent me my money back after 8 months use no questions asked.because of great customer service will give this computer another try when back in stock. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ed
a Cross Country Rider
from Mi
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$24.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | cheap | | Weaknesses: | cheap | | Bottom Line: | Its cheap. You get what you pay for. Stopped wroking after 2 months due to poor circuitry. THere are much better computers out there for not much more. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pete
a Weekend Warrior
from Clearwater, FL U.S.A
Date Reviewed: May 28, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Strengths: | -cheap price
-wireless | | Weaknesses: | -very temperamental
-circuitry is not very good
| | Similar Products Used: | cheap Bell unit from Wal-Mart | | Bike Setup: | 2001 GT Avalanche 2.0 | | Bottom Line: | This product worked fairly good when I first used it, however, time would prove differently. It for no reason at all will switch MPH either high (sometimes has read as high as 60+) or too low when I know I am traveling between 12-16 MPH. Another problem that I have experienced is that if you sweat at all when you ride, you better do something to seal the base because I had the computer go out several times from what I must assume was a little bit of sweat that must have dripped on the computer. In all honest, the Bell purchased at Wal-Mart performed much better, the only problem was that it wasn't wireless. I would recommend that you should spend a little more money and get a quality wireless computer that will last a lot longer than the Nashbar unit. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ed
a Cross Country Rider
from MI
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | NASHBAR | | Strengths: | CHEAP
Works
wireless | | Weaknesses: | Too big
mount is wacky | | Similar Products Used: | vetta
cateye | | Bottom Line: | THis computer is good for the price. I have not experienced any difficulties at all. My only complaint is that it does not have an auto on feature and that the mount is very strange. It is designed to go over the stem which is not possible with many stems and, frankly. not the best place to mount a computer. However, it does mount nicely over the right side of the bar, allowing you to access functions without having to take your hand off the bar. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
BB
a Weekend Warrior
from Columbus, OH, USA
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | A road with little or no cars | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | Cheap, wireless. | | Weaknesses: | It stinks. Literally. | | Similar Products Used: | Avocet 35, Cateye Astrale, Trek cheapo computer | | Bike Setup: | Doesn't really matter for this review. | | Bottom Line: | On opening the box, an intense rubber smell hit me in the face. Handling the computer left a rubber smell on my hands. After letting it air out for 2 days, the odor was still present and intense. It still reeks.
As for how it performed, who knows? I can't get past the smell, and I refuse to put this stinker on my bike!
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Submitted by
Angry Bill
a Cross Country Rider
from Michigan
Date Reviewed: January 25, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$29.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | Cheap, wireless | | Weaknesses: | In the cold (less than 15 degrees f) display reads 4 mph sometimes. On the road racing bike, the transmitter/receiver distance is a problem (they must be close) | | Similar Products Used: | No wireless, snapped a lot of wires and reed switches in my day thou. | | Bike Setup: | Full suspension MTB bike and mid 80's era road racing bike. | | Bottom Line: | Not a bad deal. I've used mine on the MTB bike going on 1 year, right thru the winter (some below zero days), the rain and all. It still works and I consider it a good value thus far. I'm getting a third one for my new mountian bike. 5 chili's for value 'cause you can't compete with the price and 4 chili's for overall because of the speed reading oddity in the very cold weather. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
aaron
a Cross Country Rider
from columbus ohio
Date Reviewed: March 21, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | urban concrete and steps with slicks on my Klein | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | cheap 'asan old 10spd at the salvation army,
large graphics, every function you need, accurate speed display | | Weaknesses: | size | | Similar Products Used: | vetta c-10 | | Bike Setup: | 97 klein mantra comp/ 8? trek 1400 | | Bottom Line: | I haven't had any problems with my vetta c-10 on my road bike but i was at Meijer and they had a computer that I could tell was the nashbar wireless with tour & trail printed on it instead of nashbar ( i may take it off with some alcohol anyway) but any way it was $20 compared to $30 plus shipping, plus tax, since nashbar and I are both in ohio(which sucks)
the mount looks decent and since the display twists on I don't think i'll knock it off. being wireless it looks clean, and i 'spose it'll be mo' aerodynamic.
people wine about the mounts breaking when they crash and it's called failure engineering, with 170 lbs falling on a computer it's going to break if it doesn't move. try making the mount loose so it will stay still but if knocked hard it will move and they won't break. the same with brake and shift levers. I'd rather have to re-adjust them after every crash than to have them break and have to ride back without what ever broke and screw my day of riding. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brandon
a Cross Country Rider
from New York
Date Reviewed: March 1, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | wireless, cheap | | Weaknesses: | the whole thing is huge, the way it is designed it had to be mounted on the left side of my handelbar, not water proof | | Similar Products Used: | Cateye enduro | | Bottom Line: | This was a pretty good computer. I like the fact that is was wireless, and it worked well for a while. The thing kept resetting since all you have to do is press one button. On my last ride about 1 week ago, it was working fine, through the mud I must add. The only thing was that after it started raining, I looked down to see how far I had gone and it was shut off. Then when I looked closer I relized there was water under the screen cover and the unit would not turn on. This is a good computer to buy, but if you have to ride in the rain, be careful. Nashbar is willing to replace it free of charge so I give a three. Minus 3 for all the problem I stated but plus one for customer service. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lee J
a Cross Country Rider
from Mass
Date Reviewed: February 21, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Trail of Tears | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Wireless, cheap | | Weaknesses: | Mine stopped working, big & ugly transmitter strapped to your fork leg. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek computer- my friend has an avocet | | Bike Setup: | Alum HT, z-2 BAm fork | | Bottom Line: | This thing was fine for the first month or so, but then stopped working on the bike. I couldn't get the thing to receive a constant signal. Thought it might be the batt- so I replaced it, no help. Still only worked every now and then. So I took it off, and it's collecting dust. I've put my old Trek computer (from a previous bike I sold last year) back on it, and it works fine. I should have just done that in the first place, but I didn't want a wire running up the leg of my z-2 bam, distracting from that fine forks beauty. Also, even though I had the rubber shims under the handle bar mount, it still managed to vibrate and scratch my CT-2 bar. That pissed me off. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rich Clark
a Weekend Warrior
from Ridley Park, PA
Date Reviewed: October 23, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Cheap. Accurate. Wireless. | | Weaknesses: |
None that matter. Best to calibrate it by doing a sitting rollout on your bike. | | Bike Setup: |
Trek 7300 (hybrid) and Raleigh M60 (hardtail) | | Bottom Line: | Our samples are not what's shown in the picture; they are oval, with a yellow button on the left and a red one on the right. The comp locks into the mount and can't come loose by accident. We've been very pleased with the reliability and functionality after about 300 miles' use, and since these are the cheapest wireless comps available (afaik), that's all we could ask. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jake
a Cross-Country Rider
from Longisland
Date Reviewed: September 27, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
It's inexpensive, it works. | | Weaknesses: |
The unit is kind of big. The bracket looks like its intended to mount the receiver/display unit over the stem attachment, but if your stem has a bolt on top, like mine, this won't work and the unit can slap against the handlebars over bumps. I fixed this with a piece of double sided foam tape. | | Bike Setup: |
FSR XC Comp, mostly stock. | | Bottom Line: | First off, the picture above is not the current version offered by nashbar, and I think that many of the negative reviews below relate to the older version. The newer version is more oval than round and sort of screws into the mounting bracket, so it would be very difficult for this to pop loose in a crash or roll away if it did (as mentioned in other reviews). Setup is easy, and the thing works. I've had it for about 2 months and 250 miles with plenty of crashes and it's none the worse for wear and has never popped out of the mounting bracket. I used it during the XC race at Mt. Snow. It was a complete downpour during the race, and the thing worked throughout. The display is big and easy to read, my only complaint is there's no backlight for evening/night riding. Overall, it works, it's wireless, and so far has stood up to hard trail riding. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave
a Weekend Warrior
from IL
Date Reviewed: August 16, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
NONE | | Weaknesses: |
Stops working just for the hell of it along the way, Doesnt work in the rain(cant even work if it gets wet), inaccurate, | | Bike Setup: |
touring bike | | Bottom Line: | it is unreliable and not worth it. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bacon Wagon
a Racer
from Boulder, CO
Date Reviewed: July 25, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Walker Ranch | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Price. | | Weaknesses: |
1) I could only mount this pig on the left side of my handle bar because of its enormus size. 2) The design of the mount caused the computer to slap against the handle bar on ruff decents. 3) It quit working after 2 months of use. 4) Scrolling thru the displays and reseting the stats was kinda screwie. | | Similar Products Used: |
Specialized speedzone wireless | | Bike Setup: |
Specialized GC Pro (F/S) | | Bottom Line: | My first impression, out of the box, was to return this computer. It is big and ugly and it smells bad. I am now free to buy a real computer becuase of my nashbar computer's untimely death. Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jim
a Weekend Warrior
from New York
Date Reviewed: June 14, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Stay where you put it, usually on the bracket. | | Weaknesses: |
Doesn't show what I want it to show at the same time, I have to push buttons to change modes. Would be nice if the upper and lower displays were individually selectable. | | Similar Products Used: |
None | | Bike Setup: |
Cannondale SVA 700i | | Bottom Line: | The thing works. It works exactly the way it's advertized to work. It registers the heartbeat signal from my HRM (worth about 4.7 MPH) until I start pedaling, at which point it picks up it's own signal and we go on our merry way. I did not have any problems with it poping out of the bracket, mine actually makes a little clicking sound when inserted. The transmitter stays where it is put too, tall grass and weeds do not upset it anymore once I remounted it behind the fork leg (where it should have gone in the first place). No real complaints. Batteries last a long time. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug
a Cross-Country Rider
from Columbus, OH
Date Reviewed: June 7, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Ease of installation | | Weaknesses: |
Frequent battery replacement in the transmitter, weak mounting bracket. | | Bike Setup: |
Lightspeed Hiwasee | | Bottom Line: | This computer performed as stated for about the first 3 months. Ever since then, the battery replacement in the transmitter has become more frequent. At first, I thought the sensor was not close enough or the computer was not close enough to the transmitter, but neither of those tweeks fixed the problem. Maybe I have a defective transmitter. I am not very please with the performance after 1 1/2 years. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rudy
a Weekend Warrior
from Northport NY
Date Reviewed: May 1, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Makamah | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
I have to say the price is what made me buy the thing and initially it looked like a good deal. | | Weaknesses: |
The mounting bracket is a weak point and mine seemed to have a contact problem also. It would just stop recording at random. I made a few adjustments to the bracket and it seemed to work for a while and then went back to its old tricks of not working. I packeted it up and sent it back to Nashbar for a refund. | | Bike Setup: |
Specialized Rockhopper with a Manitou SX Ti shock. | | Bottom Line: | If you are going to hit the trails hard, I would save up and buy a better unit. The folks at Nashbar recommended the Cateye cordless 2. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Crash
a cross-country rider
from Radford, VA
Date Reviewed: March 3, 1999 | | Bottom Line: |
The same problem that the other guys have had follow suit. The mounting bracket isn't worth the screw that's in it. The computer drops out at random, and after one particular rondevue with a tree the bracket snapped. Of course, Nashbar didn't have the replacement bracket, just a second bike mounting kit. So, a new bracket cost $12. On the other hand, it does what it's supposed to, and is about idiotproof to set up. The only trick is the magnet has to be within 3mm to make the sensor pick it up. Great deal for the price, But try adding a peice of duct tape to the bottom of the computer to jam it into the bracket, unless you like running down hills or foraging like a golfer. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Peter J. Ryckaert
a weekend warrior
from Pittsford, NY
Date Reviewed: July 23, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I just purchased and installed this unit on my '98 Klein Pulse. Like a prior reviewer, I bought it because of price. Installation was easy, no problem on RockShox fork. Nice features, works perfect. I won't be thrashing my bike much off-road, mostly on-road. So, I'm not concerned about the mounting system, but I certainly could have been better. This is a great value! 5 chili's are saved for only the very best, so 4 here because of the low price/value. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Batman
a weekend warrior
from Canada
Date Reviewed: July 9, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
This computer is actually not too bad. It has good features, and works well. The only problem is when you crash, the damn computer part usually falls off your bars. I've lost it three times, and after my last adventure (falling off a three foot high bridge into a shallow creek, it was slippery, okay?!) it was gone for good. If you crash a lot, like I do, make sure you tape it on there good. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ed Ferguson
a weekend warrior
from Atlanta, GA
Date Reviewed: February 7, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I first purchased this device based solely on the price. It was the cheapest wireless computer available.
It mounted without any difficulty and was very intuitive to set up. I didn't like the proximity of the
transmitter to the spokes, but what the heck, hadn't tacoed a wheel in a couple of weeks.I had a lot to learn, the book said it would automatically start when the bike started. That meant if you
turned it on first. After that it worked great unless you stopped for more than five minutes. Then you
had to remember to turn it on again. If you didn't it did not record the distance, time, or speed, no
matter how hard you peddeled. After 415 miles only one fault was discovered. The mounting bracket is
very weak. Any time you crash the computer pops off; then it is like an easter egg hunt. Hopefully your
friends will help (right after they quit laughing). (I don't know what they are laughing about, their
computers have broken wires, and don't work most of the time) The last crash on a tree did in the
bracket. Please notice the computer is round like a wheel. When it popped of it took off as soon as it
gained momentum it gained gyroscopic stability. Standing on edge it goes downhill accelorating all the
way. If you are very fast it may be caught in the first few yards, if not watch out for that tree and the
chase is on. It stopped at the bottom of the hill, but it's little numbers were no more. Intimidating words
had no effect. New computer time!I bought a Specilized wireless speed zone from bike world on sale. (Nashbar didn't have any of their
brand in stock until April) When it came, low-and-behold, it had the same mounting bracket exactally.
It also had the same magnet and transmitter unit for $20 more on sale. I will review the specilized in that
column. Had it been possible to do so I would have purchased the Nashbar replacement. I like that
little computer and it does what it says it will do, except for the bad mounting bracket design.Considering the price for the product received I have to say it is well worth the expendature.
Compared to the wire, and wireless computers I see on the trails and what the owners say, this is a
max rating even with the junk bracket. So what if it stays mounted to the bike if it doesn't work.As a side note, after receiving the specilized computer I got the Nashbar working again by shorting
across the battery terminals and putting the same battery back. It is now glued to the bracket and
mount on my son's bike. Works great.
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