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Bicycle speedometers - Alan - 17-09-2017
I've been using a bicycle speedometer on the Box Saloon for years now. Halfords cheapest, magnet on the rear wheel and wire connections. It works really well. I need one for the Chummy and now I notice they do wireless ones. Has anyone tried this and do they work? Or is there too much metal around so the signal gets lost?
RE: Bicycle speedometers - Reckless Rat - 17-09-2017
(17-09-2017, 10:45 AM)Alan Wrote: I've been using a bicycle speedometer on the Box Saloon for years now. Halfords cheapest, magnet on the rear wheel and wire connections. It works really well. I need one for the Chummy and now I notice they do wireless ones. Has anyone tried this and do they work? Or is there too much metal around so the signal gets lost?
I bought one for the RP from that well known auction site. The instructions were in chinese script. I ended up throwing it away because it was rubbish.
The problem with it was:
a difficult to locate the sensor and the pick up on the wheel sufficiently close together
b range of the transponder was roughly 2'6"...
c it didn't work anyway
Caveat emptor!
RE: Bicycle speedometers - Stumpi - 17-09-2017
I have seen a HUD gps speedo in action recently [£20 from e-bay] and it seems to work OK .Easily transferred to different vehicles my friend use's it on his boat and a variety of vintage cars.
Andy
RE: Bicycle speedometers - Alan Ashton - 18-09-2017
(17-09-2017, 05:13 PM)Stumpi Wrote: I have seen a HUD gps speedo in action recently [£20 from e-bay] and it seems to work OK .Easily transferred to different vehicles my friend use's it on his boat and a variety of vintage cars.
Andy
I've been using a HUD speedo on my KIA for two years now, it's brilliant. It's 12 volt though.
Alan
RE: Bicycle speedometers - Mark McKibbin - 18-09-2017
I use a wired bicycle speedo on my veteran car and it works great, I did have to lengthen the wire with a bit of shielded audio wire so it was a bit of mucking around. The advantage is the battery lasts for years. I have had no luck with wireless.
On my Lambda I use a Garmin Edge 200 which is a GPS type bicycle speedo the problem is it will go flat in about 10 hours so you have to remember to charge it before use or do what I have done and hard wire it. The advantage with hard wiring is that it will light up at night.
I have traveled around Europe like this and it has not been nicked as it is hard to see from outside, it may be a bit more obvious in a tourer!
RE: Bicycle speedometers - Roger J - 18-09-2017
Hope this is not a dumb question but I was put off buying one of the many Head Up Display gps speedometers because I imagined they have lateral inversion of the display and couldn't be read directly..That's assuming HUD cannot be made to work with a vertical windscreen. perhaps they have a mode switch for direct viewing ? Any advice from a user ?
RE: Bicycle speedometers - BobH - 18-09-2017
I purchased a HUD which I find excellent, The display has 3 modes projected to the windscreen, Normal and Inverted (if you mount upside down). Well recommended.
RE: Bicycle speedometers - Alan - 18-09-2017
Sounds good but will they work off 6v electrics?
RE: Bicycle speedometers - Ruairidh Dunford - 18-09-2017
Alan,
Just thinking around your request and wonder if you may already have all the equipment you need.
I have been using a free Sat. Nav. app on my phone for a number of years now.
It runs on both Apple and Android phones etc. it shows accurate speed and has a trip which can be reset - it has no wires and can be transferred into any car I am driving. A couple of screen shots for you to see...
RE: Bicycle speedometers - Ian Williams - 18-09-2017
Alan, if the don't work on 6V you could probably use one of those little step up voltage converters, small and cheap.