New bike--Trek Madone 4.5 AND bike 'puter ?

[kermit]

I am a big fan of Cateye computers. If you want wired the Astrale 8 is a great computer for the price. Or you can go with the Cateye double wireless CD3000W. Both have cadence.

[HillSlugger]

I have a Madone 5.5. I really love having the DuoTrap speed/cadence sensor. The way it integrates into the chain stay is so elegant compared to zip-tying on something else. The DuoTrap is compatible with most Trek bike computers and is also compatible with Garmin gps computers or any that use ANT+ technology. I recommend the DuoTrap highly!

[zoom-zoom]

I run and bike, so the Garmin Forerunner 305 has been an ideal computer for my needs. I had it long before I started biking, so simply added the cadence/speed sensor to make it the perfect bike computer. It works great in the indoor trainer to track my "mileage" over the Winter months, too.

[MollyJ]

I went to the bike store and what they carry is Borntrager computers. Of course with the net, the world is your store.

I had a good discussion with them regarding the wireless versus wired computers and I am thinking that I am more interested _at this time_ in something wired. Because a girl can always change her mind later, right?

Any thoughts on wired versus wireless.

[kermit]

Wired will live forever. I love my wireless but it does burn up batteries.

[Catrin]

Wires can also get in the way and cause visual clutter.

[ny biker]

Why do you say "at this time"?

I have an old Polar heart rate monitor/speedometer/odometer/cadence thing. I stopped using the HRM a few years back when the battery died in the chest strap. Decided I didn't need it anymore. The whole thing is wireless, which can go on the fritz and show extremely high numbers when you're near power lines, but overall that's not a large problem IMO. I prefer wireless because it's neater and there's one less thing to get caught on stuff when I'm loading the bike into the car.

I can upload data to a pc, but I haven't done that since I first bought it because I found it wasn't necessary to see the data on screen.

When it finally dies, I might get a Garmin in order to have the gps cababilities. But since I have a Madone 4.7, I think the Duotrap thing is really cool and much neater than the system I have now, so I will try to get something compatible with it.