bike comp and trimming aero bars?

**Kit** · 02-17-2009, 10:12 AM

need some suggestions for a good bike computer that won't break the bank but will give me cadence and is wireless. Any ideas?
Also have any of you ever trimmed your own aero bars? Probably going to leave this up to the bike shop but if it is easy might try it myself. I have a Giany Aeryn TT 08.

Kit

**Eden** · 02-17-2009, 12:49 PM

I trimmed my aerobars down. They are a relatively inexpensive aluminum pair so I felt like I could take the risk. I used a mitre box and a hack saw...

**Iris616** · 02-17-2009, 03:45 PM

I just got my computer in December-it's a Cateye strada with cadence. It's wired, but the guy at the bike shop really recommended it. He said he didnt think the wireless was worth it for the considerably higher price tag.

so far, I've been happpy with what I have. The reviews I read of it were all positive.

Why do you want wireless?

**HillSlugger** · 02-18-2009, 06:00 AM

I like the Cateye Double Wireless.

**Kit** · 02-18-2009, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by Iris616

I just got my computer in December-it's a Cateye strada with cadence. It's wired, but the guy at the bike shop really recommended it. He said he didnt think the wireless was worth it for the considerably higher price tag.

so far, I've been happpy with what I have. The reviews I read of it were all positive.

Why do you want wireless?

The bike I just bought has internal cable routing and I wanted to keep with the sleek look. So I thought wireless would be better.

**Kit** · 02-18-2009, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by MDHillSlug

I like the Cateye Double Wireless.

thank you I will look that one up.

**Kit** · 02-18-2009, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by Eden

I trimmed my aerobars down. They are a relatively inexpensive aluminum pair so I felt like I could take the risk. I used a mitre box and a hack saw...

Did you just go off of feel for the proper length or did you get fitted to know where to make the cut?

**Eden** · 02-18-2009, 06:09 PM

My coach did fit the bike to me overall. I don't honestly remember if she set the length of the aeros or not... the end I cut off was the end sticking out towards my body when on the bike (as opposed to the end you grasp) - and thus giving me the willies about poking myself on them... so she may have set them up, then I marked them, took them off and lopped them off.... though I may have done the lopping before I had the fitting too. Can't remember. The way they are designed they are still adjustable. I just cut off most of the obvious excess.

**HillSlugger** · 02-18-2009, 06:16 PM

I've fit my own aero bars by trial and error. On my current setup I found my knees frequently hitting the back of the bars so I took my trusty hacksaw and lopped off about an inch. It's pretty easy with aluminum bars. If yours are carbon you might want to have someone do it for you.

**tribogota** · 02-19-2009, 02:17 PM

got a cateye strada wireLESS, last year online, maybe amazon, under $40 including shipping...

**Andrea** · 02-19-2009, 02:23 PM

I chopped my aerobars on my own with a hacksaw and a saw guide (they made for cutting steer tubes, but will clamp to anything round). Mine are carbon- the one thing you have to watch out for is the dust- try not to inhale it or get alot on you, because it gets itchy.

I used trial & error to get the length right- it took cutting them 3 times, because I didn't want to go too short.

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