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CatEye Adventure Bike Computer - Wireless

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CatEye Adventure Bike Computer - Wireless

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The CatEye Adventure wireless bike computer is perfect for capturing elevation on a road ride or off road. It's packed with features yet simple to use.

ClickTec Plus™ single-button design is easy to use even on challenging terrain; it allows operation by simply pressing on the computer's screen
Altitude functions include sea level, ascension rate, total gain and slope
Programmable reference to altitude, home altitude and total distance
Also includes temperature and automatic 2nd bike sensor recognition
FlexTight™ bracket fits on virtually all stems and 22 - 31.8mm handlebars
Fits almost any fork from 11 - 55mm; includes front fork speed sensor
Wireless transmission distance up to 27 in.
All batteries included with the CatEye Adventure bike computer

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CatEye Adventure Bike Computer - Wireless Customer Reviews

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CatEye Adventure Bike Computer - Wireless

3.5

(based on 6 reviews)

50%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Accurate (4)
Lightweight (3)

Cons

Best Uses

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Mar

2012

4.0

I like it. Simple enough, and useful.

By Kennyb

from Carpinteria, CA

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Accurate
Easy to mount
Easy to Read
Lightweight

Cons

Difficult Instructions

Best Uses

Touring
Training

Comments about CatEye Adventure Bike Computer - Wireless:

Used on a tandem, particularly to train for vertical touring. Excellent for measuring climb elevations.

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Dec

2011

3.0

Lots of features

By Robert

from Seattle, WA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Accurate
Easy to install
Easy to use
Lots of useful features

Cons

Hard for me to program
I found manual difficult

Best Uses

Useful for electric bike

Comments about CatEye Adventure Bike Computer - Wireless:

The Adventure is useful with an electric bike because one can measure trip distances and the distance traveled on a battery charge.
Similarly altitude gains are good to know: hill climbing takes more battery charge than level riding.
Perhaps people more familiar with bike computer programming would not find the instructions difficult, but I did.

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Apr

2011

(2 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Confusing to me

By ronrun

from Placerville, Ca.

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Accurate

Cons

Tough to figure out

Best Uses

Recreationl road riding

Comments about CatEye Adventure Bike Computer - Wireless:

Once this is set seems to be accurate regarding elevation. My confusion is when I drive to a location in which I don't know the elevation. This computer doesn't seem to give the elevation automaticly. It has to be set to the known elevation before riding.Am I missing something?
Years ago I had a Cateye AT-1000 and it gave the starting elevation without having to re-set it.
Am I wrong? Someone help me out here please.

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Feb

2011

(0 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

No Cadence ???

By Desert Boy and Dog

from North Bend, OR

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Cons

Best Uses

Road Biking

Comments about CatEye Adventure Bike Computer - Wireless:

I've used an Avocet 50 for nearly 20 years, and would not buy a cyclometer without an altimeter. So I was excited to see this new entry into the very limited universe of cyclometers with altitude.

But then, no cadence option? That's the second most needed feature for training. So, not a viable option. Too bad.

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May

2010

(11 of 11 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Not as good as it could be

By Rich Mulvey

from Rochester, NY

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Lightweight

Cons

Tough To Read

Best Uses

Commuting
Touring

Comments about CatEye Adventure Bike Computer - Wireless:

I've had a few CatEye bike computers in the past, my most recent one was the Cateye Strada Wireless. I've been pleased with them, and never had any issues, so I purchased the Adventure because of my interest in the altitude functions.

The user interface will be familiar to anyone who has used a modern CatEye: For most functions, you simply press down on the bottom of the computer, and a switch underneath performs the action - no fumbling for small buttons while riding. The Adventure extends that by the addition of a small silver button on the bottom center. The "SSE" button is used during initial setup, as well as for setting certain information like your current altitude, or the "Countdown Mileage".

The computer itself is on the large side for a modern unit. However, there is a lot more information constantly displayed on the screen, so that's understandable.

Each of the modes operates as you would expect: Two trip meters, odometer, elevation gain, etc. No surprises there.

There are, however, two really annoying things about the Adventure.

First, the off-axis visibility of the display is much worse than my other CatEyes. If you look straight at it, the display is fine. However, looking at a slight angle, especially from the top, causes it to look very washed-out. The Adventure is mounted on my stem, using my old Strada clamp, and while I could very easily read the Strada in that location, the Adventure is much less easy to read, even though it's at exactly the same angle ( I never removed the old mount, after all - they're the same )

Now this may or may not turn out to be a long-term issue. The display is still readable, and I'm not the sort of person who constantly looks at the computer, but the comparison between the old and new computer is jarring.

The second is issue is a minor annoyance; With other CatEye's, when the computer goes into sleep mode, you can just ride off and it wakes up. Thus, no button-pushing required to keep track of your ride. With the Adventure, when it's in sleep mode, it's REALLY asleep. You need to wake it up first, or it won't measure anything. This is different than "Auto" mode; the Adventure will still pause and restart measurements as long as you move at least once every hour, but after that, it goes into Sleep mode and has to be manually woken.

Overall, I'm on the fence about the Adventure. If I find myself using the altitude functions a lot, it will have been worth the price. If not, I would stick with the Strada.

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Apr

2010

(14 of 14 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Another great Cateye computer.

By chadgo

from Matthews, NC

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Accurate
Easy to Read
Lightweight

Cons

Best Uses

Commuting
Mountain Biking
Road Racing

Comments about CatEye Adventure Bike Computer - Wireless:

Was always interested in elevation and percent slope when riding so using my [$] member discout I decieded to try it out. (temperature feature is an added bonus)Took me a little while to figure out what the silver button does on top of the computer. Pressing down on the side sets the trip distance back to 0. Pressing down both buttons enables you to change your starting elevation. Still getting adjusted from the Cateye Strada where one button did everything. Cateye also says the Start/Stop feature can also be used this way - I prefer for the computer to start and stop automatically. Less things for me to remember.Again, fairly simple...either press on the side of the computer or lay your finger across the bottom to press the silver button on the top and the button on the bottom.Temperature seems to be off in the sunlight. It's spot on inside the house, but outside on the road temperature said 67 degrees when it was actually +/-50 degrees. Guessing the unit is sucking up heat from it's black color and from teh temps and sunlight off the road. I tested it in the shade and it was correct. So this will be accurate if you mt bike, road biking might be another story.The starting elevation matched up with my Garmin Car GPS, so no need to change the default elevation. (It is neat to guage your starting elevation and see how it changes as you ride - as you go up and down the terrain.) Total elevation is given at the end of the ride also.% slope is alright. Not sure how accurate it is. Cateye says it takes measurements every 3 seconds. My computer didn't match up with my riding partner's Garmin GPS on our bikes, but mine seemed more realistic than his. Countdown mileage feature is an added bonus, but not sure why I need it. If I'm doing a 35 mile ride and I am at mile 32, I know i have 3 miles left. The countdown feature (for example: if set up to start at 35 miles would simply read, "3".) We'll see, maybe it will come in somewhere down the road.Besides that, fairly simple to use. Small size is a plus. Handlebar mount, which is typical with Cateye is so easy. Syncing the computer to the fork mount took only a few seconds.Would definitely buy this again.