Today's Joke

[Mark G]

[QUOTE=Graham Breeze;683313]

Just remember the little mechanical bike distance recorders with a little cog wheel on the end that clipped to your forks with a little spike on your spokes that hit the cog on every revolution? Click, click, click, click....
Or in some cases click.........click......
click...

Yep. Told you all you really needed to know...and even allowing for inflation they didn't cost upwards of £500.

Yes, but it's weird. Buying a new bike in about 93 I splashed out on one of the early electronic bike computers. If I remember correctly it would display speed and elapsed distance and cost about £20. Or you could pay a little more for one that also gave you average speed and a pace arrow. And they were wired of course. £20 seemed like a lot of money back then - I think Walshes were about £30. So a (very) basic bike computer cost about 2/3 the cost of a decent pair of fell shoes. Now shoes are £100+ but you can buy an incredibly sophisticated bike computer for less than I paid originally.

[Marco]

[QUOTE=Mark G;683317]

Now shoes are £100+ but you can buy an incredibly sophisticated bike computer for less than I paid originally.

You can also pay over £900 now for a Garmin wristwatch; most of the local cyclists have cycling versions that are north of £500 (I'm sure they could use the satnav out of their car for nowt for what they actually use it for). I don't, as my forerunner 35 does everything I need - and doesn't sound like a mobile disco at the end of every kilometre, mile, segment, and king of the mountain location

[Travs]

I've got a Garmin Fenix.

It was around £650 in the shops new.... although i bought 2nd hand off a mate for less than half that.

Again i use barely any of the features.... distance and pace basically... i don't download anything to Strava or the Garmin App or anything.

Its pretty bulletproof which matters more to me... some of the Garmins that cost around £250 new look pretty flimsy to me.

[Graham Breeze]

I've just been out on my bike for 24 miles to do an errand and I can report that when I got back my Timex Ironman watch, my Motorola phone and both Garmins were showing the same time of day.

So let's not knock technology.

[Marco]

I've got a Garmin Fenix.

It was around £650 in the shops new.... although i bought 2nd hand off a mate for less than half that.

Again i use barely any of the features.... distance and pace basically... i don't download anything to Strava or the Garmin App or anything.

I don't see any problem in barely using any of the features, particularly if the device is half-price (mine was too). The problem comes when you can't take up a sport or hobby until you've got all the technology.

Its pretty bulletproof which matters more to me... some of the Garmins that cost around £250 new look pretty flimsy to me.

I get this too, as if you're going to use technology you want it to be able to withstand the sport it's going to be used in.

[mr brightside]

I use a wired cycle computer, anything else doesn't meet my requirements for reliability.

[felltrumpet]

I was telling a colleague that I’m quite into Beyoncé at the moment.
He said ‘what ever floats your boat’
I replied that is bouyancy

[Mossdog]

I dig
You dig
We dig...

Not the best poem, but it's very deep.

[Mossdog]

What'd call a magician who has lost his magic?


Ian

[Mossdog]

Why can't dogs dance? Cos they've got two left feet...woof woof