The stories of a singlespeed racer, husband, and father.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Bike Computer
I took the Rig out on a 2 hour road/gravel ride today with a 32:15 gearing. I am still trying to get the hang of steering with the aerobars. While on the road section, I passed a roadie and asked for the speed. He jumped on my wheel and informed me we were going about 17 MPH. He must have been a little surprised when he noticed I was on a singlespeed mountain bike with 2.3 tires that sounded like a tractor on the road. I decided to put my computer on the bike as soon as possible.
This process was much more involved than I anticipated. With all the other stuff on my handlebars, I first needed to find a place to put the computer. I decided I would make a small bar out of PVC in the middle of my aerobars. An hour later and some Polish engineering, I had a place to put my computer. To my surprise, it was strong and looked nice. I started to run the wire and realized it was not going to make it to bottom of the fork about the time I cut my thumb. I came into clean up and had to explain to Cheryl what was going on in the garage. After taking the computer off my cyclocross bike and mounting above the headset cap, I had a working system. My work of art now did not serve a purpose, so I cut it off.