After buying a Cateye Astrale 8 and installing it on my second bike, this unfortunate series of events occurred. No poking fun.

On my way to work one morning, I pushed the reset button on the computer while on a two lane road. Since the head unit wasn't properly seated, it popped out and landed in the road. Five cars passed before I could turn around to retrieve it. No of these cars hit it. I got back to it but the next car was too close for me to retrieve it safely. The car moved to the center of the road to avoid me and you guessed it -- ran over the head unit.

So I buy another and just put the head unit on the bike, the harness with other bike parts.
Then one day, the speedometer isn't woking and I glance down to see the pickup too far from the magnet. Don't push it forward slightly with your toe just because you don't want to stop riding because the magnet will catch it on the next revolution and break a wire.

So then one Saturday afternoon while suffering terribly from a head cold and boredom, don't start drinking Sam Adams and decide this would be a good time to replace the harness so you can have a speedometer again. Why? Well, in a head cold beer induced fog, you will think to yourself "boy, that front wheel speed sensor is on a long cable" not realizing the harness was set up for rear wheel speed sensing. This will result in the crank sensor giving speed and the wheel sensor giving cadance. By now, you are out of beer, tie wraps, and patience. All that is left is to laugh at this series of blunders and to learn from them.

I hope my brain doesn't start acting like that when I get that old. At least you didn't break any bones.

No poking fun.

Nah, that's okay.

You can either:

A. Stop caring about how long/far/fast you ride.

B. Sell bike, start running instead.

C. Keep waiting because, choo choo!, the clue train is running late-- last stop is you.

Sometimes, its 4th and long and its safer just to punt.

I say let someone else install it next- just in case. ;)

I have to tell you how FUNNY that story is. But there is a good point to be learned about sensor placement.

I put my pickup on the FRONT of the fork, not on the REAR. This way, when the magnet comes from the rear towards the front as the wheel turns, if the sensor has slipped too far inward, the magnet does not push it INTO the spokes. but instead pushes it AWAY from them.

No matter how you slice it, a wheel moving forward will not trap the pick-up sensor in the spokes.

Less aerodynamic? Yes, by about 0.0001 mph. Save you from the unfortunate problem maximum15 was kind enough to share (and the cost of a broken spoke(s) and sensr)? You betcha.

Pushing it with your toe. That's classic!!

the mavic wireless is calling your name.

the mavic wireless is calling your name.

Something tells me this guy takes the nut off the end of the QR every time his wheel comes off. I just don't know if there's hope.

JUST JOSHIN' WITH YA, MATE!

After buying a Cateye Astrale 8 and installing it on my second bike, this unfortunate series of events occurred. No poking fun.

On my way to work one morning, I pushed the reset button on the computer while on a two lane road. Since the head unit wasn't properly seated, it popped out and landed in the road. Five cars passed before I could turn around to retrieve it. No of these cars hit it. I got back to it but the next car was too close for me to retrieve it safely. The car moved to the center of the road to avoid me and you guessed it -- ran over the head unit.

So I buy another and just put the head unit on the bike, the harness with other bike parts.
Then one day, the speedometer isn't woking and I glance down to see the pickup too far from the magnet. Don't push it forward slightly with your toe just because you don't want to stop riding because the magnet will catch it on the next revolution and break a wire.

So then one Saturday afternoon while suffering terribly from a head cold and boredom, don't start drinking Sam Adams and decide this would be a good time to replace the harness so you can have a speedometer again. Why? Well, in a head cold beer induced fog, you will think to yourself "boy, that front wheel speed sensor is on a long cable" not realizing the harness was set up for rear wheel speed sensing. This will result in the crank sensor giving speed and the wheel sensor giving cadance. By now, you are out of beer, tie wraps, and patience. All that is left is to laugh at this series of blunders and to learn from them.
Thanks for sharing you ojt experiences with us, some of us really appreciate the fact that you are willing to subject yourself to the wise acre comments that are made by those that don't have the integrity to admit their own mistakes. Remember, when you quit learning, you should be dead.

Thanks for sharing you ojt experiences with us, some of us really appreciate the fact that you are willing to subject yourself to the wise acre comments that are made by those that don't have the integrity to admit their own mistakes. Remember, when you quit learning, you should be dead.

Me too. I enjoyed every word. I hope that you continue to embrace your destiny the way that your post indicates. I'm thinking that you have lots more fun in life than the grim guys who can never admit to an error.

I was just messing with you. I do that stuff all the time.

On my previous road bike I had a Cateye Astrale computer installed at a bike shop. I thought they may be able to hide the wires better than I could. It had the cadence wire and the speed pickup was off the rear wheel. When I got it home and started riding the speed was reading 80 to 100 mph. The guy had installed it wrong. That cadence wire was strecthed pretty tight to get back to the rear wheel. They have since gone out of business.

I've learned to never get near the bike with tools while drinking. Not too long ago,I was trying to adjust the q-factor in my titanium CX-6 pedal and I over tighten the case in the body and broke the screw inside that moves the pedal to and from the crank. Needless to say I just got through trashing a brandnew pedal and those babies weren't cheap. I had just got through unpacking them and installed them on the bike.Thanks for sharing.

But anyone can work on a bike sober. Drinking and wrenching usually makes your next ride more interesting.......

maybe your drinking the wrong beer??? :confused:

It's the only way to be sure.

Thank God for a sense of humor. It's the only thing that saves us sometimes.

Ron