Poor man's cadence meter

[withm]

I just did a google search and found a metronome to use while on my trainer. I just turn on my computer (since it is in the same room as my trainer) and set the metronome to the pace I want. It works perfect for anyone who has a laptop or their computer and trainer are in the same room. And it is free!

Have you got a link for us?

[JLZimrmn]

I guess that would help!

www.metronomeonline.com

[Over50Newbie]

If anyone is interested, I have separate metronome bpms (beats per minute) saved as mp3s. I don't want to start a controversy over whether you should listen to your iPod while riding, but every once in a while, I will put on one of my metronome mp3s and listen to it while I bike to help me keep my cadence.

I have 65 bpm, 70 bpm, 75, bpm, 80 bpm, and so on in increments of 5, all the way up to 180 bpm.

If anyone wants any of them for their iPod, please PM me and I'll email them to you.

Just tell me what speeds you are interested in. My email program only allows me to send five at a time.

Lynette

[rij73]

I thought about doing that with mp3's too... Do you just make it a small mp3 file and repeat it? Does it stay steady when it repeats?

[madisongrrl]

Cateye Astrale 8 is a decent computer that has cadence. It has a rear wheel sensor so you can use it on the trainer.

This is one of many places when you can find it on the cheap.

http://www.bikesomewhere.com/bikesom...bestbikebuys=1

[Geonz]

I want to figure out how to hook up an MP3 player to speakers and then put interesting sounds on it ... especially the squealing of brakes. When my brakes were noisy, *everybody* knew where I was!

[Over50Newbie]

rij73,

I have a separate mp3 for each one. I set my iPod to repeat the "song" forever, and it just keeps beating on and on at the cadence that was recorded. It sounds just like a metronome!

Lynette