Early morning rides are the best! Watching the sun come up is such an awesome way to start the day. In Tucson, the sun doesn't rise until 7:20 or so - and I have to be at work at 8:00 - or thereabouts. So, morning rides are out until March. I'm jealous!

I just bought a Specialized Elite cyclometer. I wanted one with cadence. This one also has an interval timer and an option to record your time & average speed while you're actually moving (e.g., the cyclometer doesn't record when the wheel isn't moving) or record all the time (moving or not). It's a nice cyclometer. Your speed shows continuously and your cadence ( or whatever you want) is secondary. I really recommend cadence to beginners because you can get into the habit of spinning rather than mashing gears when you can see how fast you're turning your legs.

I wish that this one showed the time continuously, but my LBS only had this one with cadence and I have no patience to wait for a special order. I have a heart rate monitor that will give me the time - or I can push the buttons on the cyclometer. Oh, life is so hard!