Bike Computer Problems

[makbike]

I have a very old and functional Cateye Solar II bike computer. It has been my trusted friend since 1986. I got caught in an awful rain today and I think it did my computer in - the screen can't be read - numbers are a mess. The screen is fogging up as well. I've put it in a bag with some of those silicon packets that come in medicine bottles in hopes of pulling the moisture out but I'm thinking it may be a lost cause. Does anyone have any suggestions for restoring my trusted friend? I can't image riding without my computer.

[coyote]

Hi Marcie,
Try taking the battery out, leaving the back off and just letting it sit in the open and dry. Or if it is soo humid that nothing is drying...leave it in the bag. Give it a couple of days then see.

[DDH]

Have you tried drying it out with a blow dryer? My husband dropped his cell phone in the water once and picked it out real quick took the battery off and used the blow dryer on it and the next day, believe it or not it worked great the next day and was still working when we traded them in for new ones to upgrade.

[kiwi girl]

What coyote said

when I've had this happen it has taken a few days sometimes to come right.

[mimitabby]

careful with that dryer! you don't want to melt anything

[Jiffer]

My daughter washed her cell phone in the washing machine once. Dh took it apart to lay out and dry. In about 2 days it came back to life.

However, this did not happen when I washed my Blackberry, the first time I went by myself on a bike ride and stuck it in my jersey. I came home, emptied the two pockets I was used to emptying and threw everything in the machine. OOPS!!! I'm pretty sure I'll never do THAT again!

Sad to say, my poor Blackberry did not come back to life. Dh tried the silicone packet thing, too. I think he dried it with the blow dryer first, too.

Anyways, there IS hope. Give it a couple of days. If not, I highly recommend the Garmin Edge 305. Dh found the best deal on them when he bought me one for my birthday. He could have paid over $400 at a bike shop, but found it on-line for around $225 or so. (Somewhere in the $200's). If you want, I can find out the website he ordered it from. He had heard from many people that Costco.com was the cheapest place to get it, but he found it even cheaper elsewhere.

[Jiffer]

It was BuyeRetail.com. Here's the link if anyone is interested. It's $214 without the heartrate monitor, which we already had. He did a search at
nexttag.com to find it, so you could do a search there to find the cheapest price for the Garmin Edge 305 with heartrate monitor (or something else, of course!)

http://buyeretail.com/product.aspfil...u=010-00447-00

This GPS bike computer tells you time, speed, distance, elevation, cadence, incline percentage, heartrate, and what color your underwear is!Oh wait. You're probably not wearing any if your'e wearing cycling shorts! You can connect it to your computer and see all kinds of additional information about your ride. There are less expensive versions by Garmin as well.

[Zen]

My daughter washed her cell phone in the washing machine once. Dh took it apart to lay out and dry. In about 2 days it came back to life.

However, this did not happen when I washed my Blackberry, the first time I went by myself on a bike ride and stuck it in my jersey. I came home, emptied the two pockets I was used to emptying and threw everything in the machine. OOPS!!! I'm pretty sure I'll never do THAT again!

Sad to say, my poor Blackberry did not come back to life. Dh tried the silicone packet thing, too. I think he dried it with the blow dryer first, too.

Anyways, there IS hope. Give it a couple of days. If not, I highly recommend the Garmin Edge 305. Dh found the best deal on them when he bought me one for my birthday. He could have paid over $400 at a bike shop, but found it on-line for around $225 or so. (Somewhere in the $200's). If you want, I can find out the website he ordered it from. He had heard from many people that Costco.com was the cheapest place to get it, but he found it even cheaper elsewhere.

That's kind of steep.
My Cateye cost $35 and tells me everything I need to know.

[Mr. Bloom]

I washed my Blackberry

That was an expensive mistake

I'm amazed by folks who carry heavy things in their pockets. I can't even stand to have a piece of paper in my pocket when I ride