How to Fix Bicycles : How to Install a Bicycle Computer

[acidhouse1988]

Nice beard

[cliftonmaurice]

dude first of all you need to take off your hat, then tell your camera man to learn to ZOOM IN

[FlyedLice408]

You forgot to tightent the screw on the spoke magnet, what a dumbass

[Vince62965]

I have a wireless speedo will this still work if I set it up on my rear wheel ?

[Iclimbthereforeiam]

If you buy a computer that isn't the cheapest of the cheap and you install it and set up wheel circumference correctly they certainly do work. I have one on two of my bikes and have double checked them with satnav and ordnance survey maps ( yes I had time on my hands that day!) Handy help when you are on a training regime.

[Dritopr]

muy bueno! muchas gracias =D

[cro508]

these things never show the right speed. speed is calculated by time it takes for each full circle. if the wheel is smaller then the full circle will be smaller which means that it will show more speed then you are actually traveling at. that will also effect the distance and in the end if it is showing wrong then it is just not worth getting one.

[scooby1971]

@cro508 By reading your comment I can safely assume you never owned one of these speedometers! Either that are you are pretty clueless how they work ;). He mentions a key fact in the video and that is you have to calibrate the computer with your correct wheel size in order for the speed/distance to be accurate. The ones I have uses wheel circumference measured in millimeters. I have one wireless and one wired and both are very accurate in speed/distance

[cro508]

@scooby1971 i remember getting one for around $40 and down hill it would show me over 60km/h, which wasn't a realistic speed.

[scooby1971]

@cro508 Unrealistic? 60 Km/h is about 36 mph and that's unrealistic? Sure it is! I got my bike up to 38 mph (63 km/h) with about a 35 mph tailwind on a downhill slope! If you still believe that speed was wrong then perhaps you didn't calibrate the speedometer properly. These devices are very accurate when *PROPERLY* calibrated.

[cro508]

@scooby1971 well it was on a mountain bike which had a big fat off road tires so yeah. i mean it was around 50, but not over 60 or 70.

[scooby1971]

@cro508 May I ask, did you even bother to calibrate it? Because that will explain why the speed/distance calculations were off. The most important things that need to be done with these speedometers is to set the correct wheel size and to set the time, otherwise, the speed and distance calculations will not be correct. Every speedometer I've ever owned has been accurate. That includes analog and digital (wired and wireless)

[cro508]

@scooby1971 i was like..14 back then.

[sportsmanxp65]

thanks .. Your help made it so easy to install it. Great ..

[piplup2009]

the speed is calculated by how long the wheel is (distance) divided by the time the magnet takes to go around (time)

speed = distance/time

[AsHLeYL0VeSs]

Thank you so much for helping fellow man...and woman!! :)

[phantom5691]

how about close up or two??

[kungiiii]

would be nice to actually show up close up footage instead filming from miles away..

[ragazzo1679]

thanks mate!! i was looking for knowing where to put the magnet thing, now i know thanks to you, take care!!!

[Spawn1986freedom]

lol i have a polar cs600 and s725x they dont need a cable (wearlink)  up to date?!

[chorroca19]

thank youuuuu

[gobuckeyes77and7rhcp]

does it matter WHERE on the spoke you install it? low on the spoke, high? PLEASE ANSWER

[hb2234s6tb27]

if u install it closer to wheel it will go faster if farder it will go faster but that is useless since the computer program works wth your wheels size... this means that it doesnt matter where you put ir your computer only counts how many times it goes by and does the math with the wheel size.. yourwelcome =)

[badderthanyou]

@hb2234s6tb27 So it doesn't matter where on the spoke the magnet is located?

[regger270]

no, it doesn't.

[evanjeffries]

YES IF THE MAGNET IS CLOSE TO the middle of the wheel the senser will nt line up with the senser

[willyoueatmyshorts]

Great!

[sonnetg]

Thanks. THat was very helpful. I will be installing mines very soon.

[spikeyeyerish]

the magnet musst be near the sensor it ddoesn't matter how far up or down

it measures rpm ...hom many times the magnet passes by in a minute ... the computer then multiplies that by wheel circumfrence ( diameter x Pi) to find out linear distance traveled

[TheBetafish]

Thanks spikeyeyerish, thats exactly right. wish more people heard that

[TheCristy1999]

@spikeyeyerish man...when i set the diameter i put diameter+the tyre?

[jansoldman]

I thought it was important to put the magnet on the spoke that is opposite the valve?

[fayik123]

its amazing how many people dont no how to fix their own bikes

[shaigyrl21]

I'm sorry those other two gave you a bad review but i was able to follow your directions just fine. You told them not to zip tie too tight because they will need to adjust the sensor for the magnet. What idiots they can't even spell. Anyways thanks for the help my cycle computer works just fine now. take care

[ThunderWindz]

loool very bad... the most important think is how you install the wheel size and that part he skips

[hb2234s6tb27]

thi sis actually shown in the instruction manual from your computer thing...