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Submitted by
mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Jersey, CI
Date Reviewed: July 22, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | 40 | | Strengths: | reliable as anything | | Weaknesses: | bit simple | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Trek 7000zx hard tail. | | Bottom Line: | I used this BC900 on an old bike years ago in 1998, and then lost it, but put the old wires on my new bike. Just today in July 2006, I had a look for it cos a mate noticed I didn't have a computer and I found it again. Cleaned the contacts, put new batteries in it. the wires looked really dodgy on the bike but the bloody thing worked first time. brilliant. I'll be using it in a race tomorrow. A bike comp as reliable as a 1960's washing machine!
I even set the 24 hour clock.
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Submitted by
Ray
a Weekend Warrior
from Australia
Date Reviewed: December 24, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Bottom Line: | Hi! I've lost my Instruction book of how to set the BC 1100 up.Can some one please help
Merry Xmas
Ray | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
shabbir hussain
a Weekend Warrior
from toronto, ontario, canada
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | re-my sport | | Strengths: | all good features | | Weaknesses: | no power on/off switch and no light for early morning and night riding display. Bigger display would be nice. | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bottom Line: | have been using this bc 1100 for three years no complaints, good value..would like to see a switch and light on future models. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Downhiller
from Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Dapper Bicycle | | Strengths: | Everything not listed in weaknesses | | Weaknesses: | doesn't shut off, initial setup of the sensor is difficult on a mountain bike's fork | | Bottom Line: | Ever notice how there are a ton of people who will say something is great and then there's the few that you just can't seem to please? These reviews seem to reflect that. I've had this computer for over 3 years now (it's actually a BC800 but the way Sigma changed the product line around mine is now equal to the BC1100 that my friend has) and I've never had a problem. I've ridden through downpours and waterproofing has never been a problem, niether has battery life as the thing is still ticking. Someone on here said there is no 12 hour clock and they obviously have no idea how to read an instruction manual because there is a regular 12 hour style clock on it. For the money I think this is a great computer and if you get it and are dissapointed then you either don't know how to properly set it up or are used to much more expensive equipment in which case spending 40 or 50 dollars on this won't make you go bankrupt! | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MArtin Hojgaard
a Racer
from Denmark
Date Reviewed: September 15, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Strengths: | Simple, dead reliable, easy installation, plenty of functions, cheap, easy-to-read display | | Weaknesses: | cadence sensor attachment to the base unit sucks. | | Similar Products Used: | Vetta VHR-50, Sigma BC1600, Polar X-trainer | | Bike Setup: | Various road- and MTB's | | Bottom Line: | The Sigma is a little Kraftwerk and keeps ticking like a Duracell bunny. I've had this thing on my bikes for 5 years now and it has never failed me. It's done more than 60000 km's in all sorts of weather on the road and never complained.
The Sigma just works - and that's it. The rubberband attachment works fine with road bikes, the sensor never came off and I've never snapped a rubber band.
You get plenty of functions at a very low price and this model (which has been replaced by newer versions) is highly recommendable. I've heard it's quite popular among motor cyclist as well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
T Schramm
a Cross Country Rider
from Florida
Date Reviewed: September 8, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Cheap,relatively easy to program, holds up well to MTB riding. | | Weaknesses: | Would like to see speed to the tenth, not just a +/- read out | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized, Avocet, etc | | Bike Setup: | Trek Y3 with Time pedals. | | Bottom Line: | Good computer for the money. It seems to be fairly accurate. I have taken it out on the trail for over 2 years, had plenty of spills, and it still works just fine for me. It would have gotten 5 flamers if it displayed speed to the 1/10 mph. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
abm
a Racer
from houston
Date Reviewed: October 30, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | ho chi mhin | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$50.00 | | Purchased At: | CYCLE SPECTRUM | | Strengths: | wireless, has many different functions | | Weaknesses: | BATTERIES NEED REPLACING ALL THE TIME | | Bottom Line: | DONT BUY THIS PRODUCT UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE DISSAPPOINTED | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
MICHAEL EADDY
a Racer
from Brooklyn, New York
Date Reviewed: October 24, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | No trails here | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | R & A Cycles | | Strengths: | independent resets, can reset everything and keep my Max Speed | | Weaknesses: | Rubber band snapped after one fall, occasionally stops reading, need an online manual | | Similar Products Used: | Cateye Mity 2, Vetta HR 1000 | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Road | | Bottom Line: | I've had my Sigma Sport for well over 5 years, in fact i bought it when it first hit the cycle shops and i don't remember how long ago it was but 6 or more years should cover it. I have over 7000 miles on it and its never failed me in rain, sleet, or snow. Those of you who had problems with water, i know nothing of it and i ride in all weather. Now I notice the BC 1100 has a new look. Its smaller than the one I have. Maybe thats the one with the water resistant problem because mine stands up to the hottest and coldest and wettest rides. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brennan Coulson
a Downhiller
from Newtown Wellionton New Zealand
Date Reviewed: September 1, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything that has steep hills and lots of mudd!! | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | 0 | | Strengths: | Good mount and takes lots of beating from me but keeps on ticking!!!! | | Weaknesses: | WHY will it not turn off???? | | Bike Setup: | -Marin Frame
-RST Mozo Pro 4" adjustable fron shocks
-Magura blue hydrolics
-Deor LX front/Deor DX rear derailers | | Bottom Line: | well it is alright i would have rather had one that will turn off but you know if its free its all good! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ziegel Ziegelaar
a Weekend Warrior
from Spaarndam
Date Reviewed: August 7, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Rond Spaarndam & Haarlem | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$15.00 | | Purchased At: | de wolkenfietser | | Strengths: | It still works and with my kind of biking that's almost a miracle. | | Weaknesses: | It doesn't shut itself down so it's display wears out the battery, slowly, but it does. | | Similar Products Used: | none whatsoever | | Bike Setup: | Giant Iguano | | Bottom Line: | Put a clear instructionbook somewhere on the net for people that did lose the instructionbooklet like I did and didn't bike for a while so the batteries ran out... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chuck
a Weekend Warrior
from Marietta GA
Date Reviewed: July 7, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | silver comet | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$45.00 | | Purchased At: | roswell bikes | | Strengths: | there are no stengths with this product | | Weaknesses: | everything.... | | Similar Products Used: | avocet | | Bottom Line: | Trash...I'll never buy a sigma product again. Poor instruction manual, hard to set up and the thing never did work. I can't believe LBS sold me this thing. No help from them either. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jon Are
a Cross Country Rider
from Molde, Norway
Date Reviewed: March 24, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | -DURABLE! Takes plenty abuse.
-plenty of functions
-affordable
-easy to use (haven't tried the new models, though) | | Weaknesses: | -ugly | | Similar Products Used: | None. The 1100 haven't broken yet. | | Bike Setup: | 98 K2 Proflex 4000, X-link forks, Maguras (love 'em), upgraded wheelset. | | Bottom Line: | I've abused this thing for 5 years and 3 bikes. Crack'd the display on differen occations - it keeps on going. Machine washed it several times (both before and after the cracks). Dried it out and went riding again. I've worn out the batteries and busted the wire a few times, but the computer is still going strong. Great product. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug Szumski
a Cross Country Rider
from UK
Date Reviewed: December 1, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | new forest | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | bike shop | | Strengths: | Once it's set up it works great, backlight, loads of features | | Weaknesses: | NOT WATERPROOF, instructions are not worth having, display is a little small | | Bike Setup: | Proflex 757 | | Bottom Line: | Once it's set up it works fine until it gets wet. I noticed some condensation on it after a wet ride so i left in a warm place to dry out. The next day i go to use it and the thing had reset itself and the backlight was permanently on. The backlight is now useless nso i am going to buy a water proof speedo next time. Buy it if you don't ever get soaked on your bike, if you do stay well away. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
biknben
a Racer
from Robbinsville, NJ
Date Reviewed: September 23, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | porcupine rim | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | L.L. Bean | | Strengths: | CHEAP!!! You get what you pay for. | | Weaknesses: | Cheesey rubber harnesses. Weak Magnet | | Similar Products Used: | Cateye, Specialized. | | Bike Setup: | GT I-Drive, Full XTR, Z-2 X-Fly Fork | | Bottom Line: | I gave this computer a chance and it just keeps getting worse. I bought the computer and a wireless mount. I put the regular mount on my road bike and the wireless on my MT bike. I bought it because I could use it on two bikes relatively easily and it had a wireless option.
On the first MTB ride (happened to be a race) I crashed hard. 15 minuted later I looked down and the computer was gone. Luckily, I found it on the next lap. The two tabs that hold the computer to the mount broke off so the computer just slid out of the mount. I realize that my crash caused this but it was the first time I went down the first time I had it on the bike. It's gotta be able to put up with SOME abuse.
Since the tabs on the wireless mount broke I only use it on my Road bike now. A few weeks ago it just stopped getting a reading from the magnet. After screwing with it for an hour it started working again. Still don't know what was wrong. But noe it gives weard top speed numbers. After every ride I always get some rediculous max speed like 63 MPH. I'm not fast. This screws up the avg. speed so I can't trust anything it tells me. All it is good for now is the speedo and stopwatch.
It will be replaced soon. If I can find an address, I'm gonna send it back to Sigma and tell them what I think.
The price is real cheap...but if you're gonna have to buy another in a couple months what are you saving. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brad
a Cross-Country Rider
from Littleton CO
Date Reviewed: December 7, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Deer Creek | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Has all the functions I need
Durable | | Weaknesses: |
None Yet | | Similar Products Used: |
Avocet 15 | | Bike Setup: |
Yeti ARC, Judy SL, Race
Face/XTR | | Bottom Line: | The reason I bought this computer was that the yellow & turquoise matched my bike perfectly. After spending way too much on yellow Race Face parts, it was a small price to pay to continue my color scheme. Now after owning it for over a year I'm as impressed by how well it works as by how good it looks. I ride in the rain once in a while and haven't had any problems with it's ability to stand up to water. The metal sleeve is a pain in the ass, but one it's on the spoke, the magnet stays put.
After 600+ rough miles it works great!
5 flaming chilis. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Russ
a Racer
from Portland, Or
Date Reviewed: October 17, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
easy to read display
simple attachment | | Weaknesses: |
poor instructions
did not include all tire sizes | | Similar Products Used: |
avocet | | Bike Setup: |
Custom road bike | | Bottom Line: | Over performance good, batteries will not last more then 6mo then have to recalabrate the whole thing. avocet on other two bikes will last over a year. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Curtis
a Cross-Country Rider
from Lomita
Date Reviewed: September 5, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
Easy functions
cool looking | | Weaknesses: |
NO 12 CLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This really sucks | | Similar Products Used: |
none | | Bike Setup: |
Motive | | Bottom Line: | I love this Bike computer. The only draw back is that it doesn't have a 12 hour
clock only in Military time. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jonathan
a Cross-Country Rider
from huntsville
Date Reviewed: July 27, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
monte sano | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
its easy to toggle through all the options you have | | Weaknesses: |
the viewing screen is kinda small | | Similar Products Used: |
the schwinn (huge viewing screen) | | Bike Setup: |
schwinn moab1 | | Bottom Line: | its a great computer and i like it .its a great bargain for th money you pay | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Seth
a Cross-Country Rider
from Lakewood, CO
Date Reviewed: July 12, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
durable | | Weaknesses: |
initially a pain to get working properly | | Similar Products Used: |
-none- | | Bike Setup: |
super-v 900 comp | | Bottom Line: | Great computer. I have had the computer itself for two years now and never really had a problem with it (except tearing out the wire during crashes). However, I have recently replaced the wire pick-up with a wireless and it works beautifully. I had to place the magnet really close to the sensor (problematic with spinergys), but it works now and i have no complaints. I have never had a problem with water-proof issues as other people have compained of, but the thing survived a crosscountry trip in the middle of winter strapped to the roof of my girlfriends car, so i am pretty impressed... | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Milton Scritsmier
a Weekend Warrior
from Boulder, CO
Date Reviewed: June 23, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
none | | Weaknesses: |
Poor instruction manual (mostly pictures,
not a lot of text). | | Similar Products Used: |
none | | Bottom Line: | After getting no response from the thing after trying all kinds of
positioning between the magnet and the pickup, I then pulled it
off the bike and tried moving a much more powerful magnet by the
pickup. Surprise, it started working!. After testing the BC 1100 magnet
on a piece of steel, it was apparent that the magnet was bad. Given
that several others have recently reported here that they got no
response from the unit while earlier reviewers did, it's likely
that a whole shipment of these things had bad magnets. My guess
is that the magnets were overheated during shipment, which
tends to weaken permanent magnets.Shame on Sigma Sport for not picking this up and issuing
a recall!! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jerry
a Cross-Country Rider
from Austin, TX
Date Reviewed: May 22, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Hmmm, comes in a nice box maybe?? | | Weaknesses: |
Doesn't work! Tried a second one - didn't work either! Cheesy pickup unit on spokes. | | Similar Products Used: |
Cateye, Avocet | | Bottom Line: | Can you say GARBAGE??? Bought two of these - one for my son and one for me. Put the first one on his bike - nothing - no problem, we have a spare - again nada, zip, no pulse. The pickup unit was about 2mm from sending unit - moved it so they almost touched - still nothing. The sending unit clips onto the spokes and can be knocked off with the flick of a finger, branch, shrub, stiff headwind maybe. Did I say I think this is a piece of junk? Oh yeah, I guess I mentioned that. Took them both back and got a Mity 3 for my son. I'll stick to an Avocet. Can I rate this lower than 1??? | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brock Phillips
a Weekend Warrior
from Bellevue, WA
Date Reviewed: May 22, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Its ok....good for the price. | | Bottom Line: | I am trying to set the thing back up after replacing the battery, I don't have my instructions anymore. Anyone know what I can do? All it will flash is DST and won't go on to anything else. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
quicksilver
a Weekend Warrior
from Edmonton, Alberta
Date Reviewed: May 12, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Weaknesses: |
NOT WATERPROOF!!!! | | Bottom Line: | What the hell is up with Sigma making computers that aren't waterproof?? It rains occasionaly where I live, and thats enough to kill this computer. What a piece of crap. I'd give this piece of crap no stars if I could. Anyone that knows how to contact sigma on the web, drop me a line, I'd like to let them know what I think of their rainlogged product. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shawn
a Cross-Country Rider
from Phoenix, AZ
Date Reviewed: April 30, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Don't Know | | Weaknesses: |
Won't Work | | Similar Products Used: |
Cateye | | Bike Setup: |
IF Deluxe, Atom Bomb | | Bottom Line: | This computer is crap. I just picked it up for $20 and there was no way I could get this thing to work. I tried the magnet in several different positions etc. I had it all but slapping the sensor with each pass. I could hear the sensor clicking with each pass, but no speed, no distance, all I would get is an average speed of 0.23 mph regardless of how fast. Maybe the batteries were almost dead. I'll never know...it's going back to the shop. Also the metal sleeve for the magnet is just plain stupid and a pain in a** to remove. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bertrand
a Weekend Warrior
from Concord.CA
Date Reviewed: March 18, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Many functions and easy to install | | Weaknesses: |
Difficult to click into its holder | | Bike Setup: |
Marin Nail Trail | | Bottom Line: | Pretty good computer. It hasn't given me any problems but for some people it is gives them problems such as popping it completely into it's holder which causes problems in that it will stop reading or it will completely fall off the bike. My father has had this happen to him. This can be avoided by simply taking the time to properly snap the computer in place! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Duane
a racer
from Roswell, GA
Date Reviewed: September 1, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Worst cycle computer I have ever owned. The batteries lasted about 5 months(the owners manual says 2 years). When you change functions it slides ahead on the mount, causing it to quit registering. The wireless unit quit working after about 7 months. I use an avocet 45 on my other bike. Much better computer than the sigma. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
James Rimmer
a weekend warrior
from Devon, England, UK
Date Reviewed: August 25, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Overall, this is an extremely handy computer. I bought the BC900 (which is identical to the BC1100 apart from losing two of the functions). It only cost 10 UK£ (about 15 US$) - which was very cheap. I didn't bother with the wireless version, which is uneccessary unless you have suspension - it's never caused me any problems. It has heaps of features, but a few niggly problems. The first is that it is uneccessarily complicated. There are three buttons, and two of them do essentially the same thing. When setting it up, the instructions are not very good, and it is quite difficult to make it work in mph rather than kph. The batteries don't last very long (4 months). It slips around in its bracket a bit when on the move, and the time between readings is annoyingly slow - the speed only changes once every three seconds or so, so it can show 25mph after you've stopped. The unit itself is very big - much more so than other ones on the market, but this allows a big, easy to read screen.
Overall, I would happily buy it again, but then again, there's only so much ingenuity you can apply to cycle computer design - most cycle computers are, after all, basically very similar. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Victor Lin
a weekend warrior
from Sydney, Australia
Date Reviewed: August 17, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I have been using a Sigma BC800 for about 4 months with no trouble, until it rained while I was out last weekend. Within 10 kilometres, the unit expired. At home I found that it was full of water. Holding the unit upright was like looking into a half full fish pond. I removed the battery, to try to shake out some of the water. With so much water in it you would expect some to come out with a little shaking, but alas, not one drop appeared. Complained to the bike shop where I bought it, and they said the Sigma rep would just laugh if they tried to have the computer replaced. A completely useless computer if it rains while you are out.
No stars for reliability for something claimed to be water resistant.
Something about it being water resistant but not waterproof. It seems to me that with a fish pond inside the computer, it wasn't even water resistant. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a cross-country rider
from Alexandria, VA
Date Reviewed: August 16, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Crap. My test of most things is whether they work as expected. I bought a couple of the Sigma 1200 with 4 wireless units. The specs and price were fine (and by the way the service from Mud Sweat and Gears well above average). Mounted one of them yesterday. Should have realized I'd have problems when I had to glue the magnet to the spoke. The wireless receiver rattles like a babies toy. Thought that it was only one of the units. Nope all four, full bore rattle. Two things -- the first I won't ride with that sound. I wouldn't tolerate it on any other part on any of my bikes, why on this. Second, anything that rattles like that indicates a total lack of quality control (something isn't mounted internally).In any event, the product doesn't work for my purposes. Back to the drawing boards. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nate
a racer
from Wisconsin
Date Reviewed: August 9, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I have the Sigma BC-1100 Computer and the Sigma RCS Wireless Upgrade and i like it good. I paid $18.95 for the computer and $9.95 for the Sigma RCS Wireless Upgrade. I think it is well worth the 30 bucks that I paid for it. That is what I think of the computer | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Myles Weitzman
a cross-country rider
from Traverse City, Michigan
Date Reviewed: July 6, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
BC 800 The computer works well except when you are racing and attempt to change modes it flies off the mount. Since I was leading and didn't feel like stoping I lost the computer. They are great disposable units. My buddy had the same problem. Maybe Sigma could be talked into a refund or at least a replacement of a defective product.Thanks, Myles | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Les Harunaga
a weekend warrior
from Honolulu, HI USA
Date Reviewed: May 28, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I have been using the BC1100 with the wireless sender and a prototype cadence wired sender for a few months now. I like the large display and the wireless speed function, I'm having a little problem with the cadence readout as reading 64 instead of 94 and 50 instead of 100, but have contacted Sigma and have gotten some great service... they sent out a new cadence sender right away. One other thing is, as compared to my Cateye Astrale the readout sampling seems to be a little slower, But all in all a very nice setup. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Allan Crompton
a racer
from Melbourne, Australia
Date Reviewed: May 3, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I have had a Sigma 1100 computer for more than two years. Its performance has been impeccable - up until now.
I have the wireless version on my racing bike and a wired version on my Audax bike (I swap the unit over depending on which bike I'm riding. For reasons unknown, the unit refuses to work in the wireless mode. I've changed all the batteries and have managed to get it going for a short period before it refuses to co-operate. (It works OK on the wired version). Even my local bike shop has given up. So, Sigma Sport what's the story? Can you help? Can anyone help?Another problem has been battery consumption. The original batteries in the unit lasted about two years. The replacements burn out after two/three months. My rating: Great - when it's working!
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Submitted by
Hans
a cross-country rider
from Chile
Date Reviewed: April 24, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I use my Sigma everyday. I jump, fall, crash with it and nothing happend! It's a very resistent computer. I have the RCS System too, so i have no wire to cut.
The TOT function (Total riding time), I use it each week, so i can see
how much i have use the bike.
Very nice computer! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Chad Maccanelli
a cross-country rider
from CA
Date Reviewed: March 12, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
The BC1100 computer I have had for about three months now, it works great and has alot of cool features. But, there are two really annoying things about this unit. 1) When you reset the mileage and time using the yellow button, it wont work sometimes until you press the yellow button again. Similar to an on off switch. and 2) The time is in 24 hour only. I live in America and am a civilian, so this 24hour crap has to go. Other than that this is a great computer. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Greg G. Azevedo
a cross-country rider
from Campbell, California U.S.A.
Date Reviewed: March 8, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I agree with the comments I have read here--especially would like a feature, (I
had on older cyclometers) which allowed me to control the ride time separate
from the rolling of the wheel. It has been pretty reliable and my only problem
once was during battery change on the wireless unit the plastic broke which
required getting a replacement from the company (at no charge). The instructions
could be a bit more complete but are only needed rarely when set-up or battery
changes are done. I miss the cadence, due to the wireless choice, but I like the
wireless more overall. I used my road bike daily for commuting and on weekends
for local rides and on vacations for bike tours. The cost for the entire set was
about $70 US (BC1100 and wireless kit). I am aware of 4 batteries (included).
Two are within the cyclometer display, 2 are on the wireless fork mount. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
VafunkCooler
a weekend warrior
from Zagreb, Croatia
Date Reviewed: January 29, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
I think it is a great computer. It's not expensive about 30 US$ and it s
working perfect. I use it now for two years and 1000 miles. And it's working
and working.
It has all functions that I need but I think for mountain biking is not
necessary to have a counter of pedales. It's good for road bikes.
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Submitted by
Kane Smart
a weekend warrior
from Australia
Date Reviewed: January 11, 1998 | | Bottom Line: |
Great Computer, This is my third in just 2 years, the first had virtually no functions and wasn't
removeable, the seconds screen broke when i dropped it on a concrete floor and this on has lost a
couple of digits from 40 degree heat, but for just $70 australian it has heaps of functions and is tough | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dan Eccher
a cross-country rider
from Pocatello, Idaho
Date Reviewed: January 3, 1997 | | Bottom Line: |
I have used the Sigma 1100 Computer for about 450 miles now, and it is
the best I have ever used. Especially handy is the optional wireless upgrade
that makes weaving through the trees a breeze. It is also totally waterproof.
Lots of features. NICE! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Richard Robinson
a cross-country rider
from Leeds, England
Date Reviewed: December 29, 1996 | | Bottom Line: |
I have used this computer for around a year now, and have been very pleased with its performance.Fitting was simple, and required no tools, and the computer has not failed yet.If offers all basic functionality that you would want, however, a timer that does not stop when you stop when you stop would be usefull.It has been proved waterproof when it went through the wash in my cycling clothes.The one area which performance could be improved is in the speed with which the display reflects changes in your speed, although I suspect this is in common with all cycle computers. | | Overall Rating: |
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