bike computer

[Geonz]

I like my planet bike computers. One has a thermometer, and the other doesn't. The thermometer isn't exactly accurate - it runs four degrees cold in the winter and hops around a lot when it's warm. I love how it resorts to the clock in the corner as a default on my commuting bikes where time matters a whole lot more than average
They're not hard to install... tho' I stopped with putting one on the Dahon because I couldn't figure out where to send the wire so it would be least likely to mess up in the folding process. (It's 'way too long from wheel to handlebars for wireless.)

[Crankin]

I have a cheap Planet Bike one on my Jamis Coda. Just speed, time, miles ridden, average speed. It works fine.
I have a Cat Eye on my road bike, but it's wired. It has cadence, but no other fancy functions. When we want to know the grades, Steve wears his Garmin HR monitor. We have tried 2-3 wireless computers and they never work! Mine would always interfere with my husband's or something else. One time I was going 203 mph according to the computer!
So, we went back to the wired.
I don't do any mechanical stuff, so I can't comment on installation. I think the Planet Bike one was a relatively short installation for my husband, compared to other ones he's done.

[bean fidhleir]

I've the cheap PB one also. Two copies, in fact, as I liked the first copy so well. It does everything I want, and the readout is very easy to make sense of at a glance. Mine are the wired version because I'd heard that the wireless ones are picky about where the readout head is mounted (don't know whether it's true).