Computer to use with a trainer?

[Elphaba]

I just bought a trainer to use for mornings that drop below 50 (I am a cold weather chicken ). I am the kind of girl that likes stats, how far, how long, etc. My bike computer is attached to my front wheel. Is there any sort of a "temporary" one that I could attach for the trainer and then take off when I am riding my bike on the street?

Thanks!

L

[Elphaba]

OR, am I better off just having the LBS transfer the sensor and magnet from the front wheel to the back wheel?

[withm]

OR, am I better off just having the LBS transfer the sensor and magnet from the front wheel to the back wheel?

You can probably look up the specs for your bike computer on-line and see the maximum distance the transmitter can send to the receiver on your handlebars. I don't think a wireless computer can go that far but maybe they have changed since I looked into it. I used to have a bike with a wired computer, with the transmitter and magnet on the rear wheel that worked well, until the wires kept falling out.

[happyscientist]

If your bike computer can transmit to the rear wheel, you should be able to easily do that without going to the LBS. If you are in the market for a rear-wheel sensor system, I recommend the Cateye. It is small, wireless, and measures cadence as well as speed with one sensor and two magnets. I have requested a spare magnet for x-mas so I don't have to change it out every time I change the wheel for the trainer.

[Owlie]

The Cateye Astrale is a wired computer with a rear wheel pickup. If you don't want to fuss with the wires, they make a wireless version whose name I can't remember. The Strada has a speed sensor that will work on either the rear or the front wheel. I carefully duct-taped my computer on there and took it off when I went out.

[Roadtrip]

I have my wireless sensor mounted to the rear wheel for exactly this purpose. It has worked great for me. A wired setup may or may not have enough wire to be physically moved to the rear wheel... I think a trip to your LBS is in your future!!

Shannon