Why do speedos all look shit?

In a world of insipid marketing I like to keep my bike true and brand-free.

Which is why it's impossible to find a speedo I like. I don't need a screen bigger than my telly and I know when my heart's going too fast 'cos it's in my chest and I can feel it. I just sometimes like to know how far I've gone and/ or how fast.

The wireless senders are massive and look like they're about to jam in your spokes and to add insult to injury the manufacturers splash their brand name in huge letters across the front, the tossers.

You can tell this is making me cross. I had an old one (pre 'designer' branding days) which I quite liked but I broke it today moving it to my new bike. Bugger.

Anyone found a decent simple one which doesn't look totally shit?

Cheers,

Simon

i quite like my speedos.

i do believe you mean cycling computers dear chap, as pj pointed out speedos are for swimmers...

Yep, that's the things. See, there's the marketing again. Computers ffs. Can you surf the web on one? I think not.

Cateye Velo 8 - cheap and inoffensively cheerful.

i wouldnt be supprised if you could! ha im sure there is a bar mount for a blackberry out there somewhere on a tricked out Brompton!

i wouldnt be supprised if you could! ha im sure there is a bar mount for a blackberry out there somewhere on a tricked out Brompton!

where do i buy? :p

this is my choice

Young Italian men by the sea..tan skin....red speedos...phew! :)

steady on there roxy.

take it easy - deep breaths.

I use one of these and I think it looks pretty nice, not too showy. They do a wireless version aswell, no idea what sort of size the transmitter is though.

This might be why I struggle up hill..

they make these pretty tiny now. i used to have one 2 years ago and it was fucking massive compared to the ones I saw in evans the other day.

this is my choice

I have got one of these going spare, brand new, never mounted on a bike, nice, nice shiny, shiny still in box - it is the very same wireless version so you can keep your bike looking clean whilst grinning with pride as you pilot your bike to 12 mph.

If anyone is interested - show me the £$£$£$£ !

I have got one of these going spare, brand new, never mounted on a bike, nice, nice shiny, shiny still in box - it is the very same wireless version so you can keep your bike looking clean whilst grinning with pride as you pilot your bike to 12 mph.

If anyone is interested - show me the £$£$£$£ !

Try Polar old chap, in 157 varieties.

£$£$£$£

There you go ty. Do I get it free now?

Try Polar old chap, in 157 varieties.

Sorry I forgot who I was talking too for a minute. Forget the above post by me.

£$£$£$£

There you go ty. Do I get it free now?

You missed the exclamation mark - and you only get one chance.

Sorry I forgot who I was talking too for a minute. Forget the above post by me.

!!!

You had me confused for a while there.

Been to somewhere called Puttenham today. Ignore me.

you only need a cumputar if you have gears, right? Cos fixed gear = fixed GI (which, obviously you already know). (And the time bit is easy, note down when you leave and when you arrive). So all you have to do is work out how many pedal revolutions you have done, using this:

Cheers all.

I checked out the Sigma wireless in a LBS but after all the trouble they've gone to making the unit look good (alright anyway) they've constructed the naffest huge mount with a big round knob hanging off it for the bars/ stem and a wireless sender larger than the unit itself.

I found this one at ChainReaction last night, which looks subtle enough if I can shorten the cable so there's not loads of slack hanging off:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=17155

I'm entering a 25-mile race next month. Not expecting to win (will be only SS there after all) but it'd be nice to go along knowing what speed I should be aiming for.

This is what I had on my old Raleigh, can't be beaten really.

i found those old raleigh ones never went high enough.

I hit 86kph on the Whitehorse Challenge. That's the fastest I've gone in the UK.

The one above goes to 60mph/96kph which should cover me, at least anywhere near London :)