Zen bicycling.

[gridlore]

Hm. Got on Traveller this morning for a "I need to get used to this again" ride. I'd love to give you the usual stats on speed, distance, etc, but my riding computer seems to be not working.

It's getting power, and cycling through the various categories in scan mode, but when docked to the mount, it isn't receiving any information from the sensor. I checked, and the magnet on the spokes is still active, and from what I can tell the wires are well-seated in the sensor and and the mounting. I'm assuming that something corroded during the long lay-off. Oh, well. I'll see if I can order a new mounting unit. If not, bike computers are fairly cheap.

But I did ride. Did two laps around our neighborhood which is roughly two miles. Everything was smooth, and got into 5th gear (out of six) a few times. The shifting was very smooth, thank you WD-40 and 3-in-1 oil. I'd guess I was averaging about 14mph.

Physically, I'm happy with how I feel after the ride. No obvious pains or strains from suddenly using those muscle groups after such a long lay-off.

I'll probably do another lap later today.

Comments

[taschoene.livejournal.com]

Well done.

I've been working back into riding shape too; I did a 17-mile loop today, which was probably a bit too much (it's 90 degrees and tropical here in DC). Oddly, I was also having comp troubles. Turned out that the magnet was rotated a bit on the spoke so it wasn't registering on the sensor. Failing that, maybe it's a broken wire that's hidden under the insulation? This is why I went wireless for my comp.

[kengr]

If you've got a continuity meter of any sort, just touch the leads to the contacts on the mount. When a maget is near the sensor, you should get a dead short, and it should be open circuit the rest of the time (all the sensor is is a cheap reed relay)

If that doesn't happen, it's the mount or sensor. If it does, it's the computer.